Guest cat999 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Hi everybody I've just upgraded from my trusty old SPV C500 to the Orange M500. Fantastic little device. Having had it a week or so I find I am unable to alter the notification tones for say new text message, new email etc. There are options there like alarm 1-4, at home, at mobile, at pager and so on, but I would like to add my own sounds to this list. Is there any way of doing this? I read somewhere on this forum somebody suggesting adding your sounds to WINDOWS/RINGS and setting them as an alarm from here. When I copy my sounds to this folder the only option for setting is to set as a ringtone only. Can anybody help? (I am sure this will be the first of many questions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Disco Stu Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 The files need to be in the \Windows folder and not a sub-directory. Change them in Settings, Sounds & Notifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cat999 Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Sorry to be a pain but I’m still not able to set my own sounds, I’ve copied my sound files to Windows folder but when I go into Settings, Sounds and Notification the list is still the same and my sound files do not appear Any thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 The sounds are probably in the wrong format then I use WAV for ring tones (in \Windows\Rings) and message tones (in \Windows) Bear in mind that there are different types of WAV, PCM WAV works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cat999 Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Thanks for your input ,chucky, egg the files I want to use are WAV files I used on my spv c500 I already have the ring tone set up as want it, it’s alarm sounds I want to change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Ah, OK My tones also came from a C500, and all worked for me, so I've attached them - give them a try and see if they work I dont have much time ATM, but I'll try to play with it later On my Dopod I can't see what setting to change to use my own tone for the Alarm (I tried Reminders, but that isn't it apparently!) Where are you going to change the Alarm tone?R2D2_short_PCM.wavToy_Story___Buzz_to_Star_Command.wav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cat999 Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 I want to change the alarms that are set in ( Settings, Sounds & Notifications.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 I dont have any "Alarms" option in there. I dont have my M500 to hand, but it all looks as I remember it from WM2003 (with the exception of the "Wireless network detected" option) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cat999 Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 In the Start. Settings, Sounds & Notifications,Notification.is where you set the tones for new text messages and new e-mail messages this is is what I what to change if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Disco Stu Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 The files need to be in the \Windows folder and not a sub-directory. Change them in Settings, Sounds & Notifications. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> To change the alarms file go into Settings, System, Clock & Alarms, Alarms. Press and hold the bell icon at the right of the 3 options. This is a little tricky as a light press just gets you the time setting. Did you get message alerts to work ? You could post them here and we could try them on our phones. Did you try chucky.egg's files ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 To change the alarms file go into Settings, System, Clock & Alarms, Alarms. Press and hold the bell icon at the right of the 3 options. This is a little tricky as a light press just gets you the time setting. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I never knew that! :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Disco Stu Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 ...and I'd forgotten it until your post above ! :oops: :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cat999 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 I think were getting our wires crossed Disco Stu the list of tones in the Alarm menu is the same as the list in the notification menu this is where I want to add a Wav of my own if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Doing what Disco has said works for me Have you tried the files I attached? The R2D2 one works as an alarm on my WM5 device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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