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Mp3 Ringtones on 8525???
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Posted by: dirtymoe77

Gents, just got my 8525. Was a Treo650 user. I have been searching and searching for how to play MP3 ringtones on this thing. I've put an MP3 on the device but the only way I can play it is through Mediaplayer. Are there any MP3 ringtone manager programs for PPC? I used Lightwave on my Treo and it was awesome. Looking for something similar. I see that you can assign ringtones per contact but I can't get the ringtone to be part of that list. Can anyone help out a new PPC guy?!?!?!? Thanks in Advance!!!!

Also, how do I setup my bluetooth headset to listen to Mp3's through it? I have it working on phone calls but am not sure how to make it active in mediaplayer.

And thanks again!!!!

Posted by: SilverGTP

The way I found you need to put MP3s on has ringtones is put them in the Rings folder. Here is the pathway to it...

File Explorer/Windows/Rings

In that rings folder is where i put all mine at.

Posted by: dirtymoe77

Thank you! I knew it would be easy! Now to figure out the bluetooth thing.

Posted by: SilverGTP

Not a problem at all. Glad I could actually help with something.

Posted by: nutnbolt

Here is another location you can put it in. Applications/Sounds

It actually picks it up when you assign ring tones to your contacts as well as all the sounds from Windows/Rings

Posted by: FLiPinoy9oNe6

Is your headset stereo BT?. Your BTHS has to have stereo capability otherwise you can only is it for calls.

Posted by: wpbear

I had the ring tones still on the SD card and they worked, I moved them for convenience but I was surprised that the ringers worked without moving them to the device.

Posted by: wpbear

Is there a way to assign one of the MP3 ringtones as the email or txt message notification?

Posted by: nutnbolt

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Originally Posted by wpbear

Is there a way to assign one of the MP3 ringtones as the email or txt message notification?

For notifications and txt messages, it has to be a .wav file. You can convert the MP3 to a wav and then make sure you put it in your /windows directory. From there you can go to Settings > Notifications and Sounds and you should be good to go.

Posted by: Maverick05

i have found this thread very helpful! This is great as i had read that this is one of the features that will be natively suppoted by crossbow and hated about my wm5 device!

Posted by: irockash

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Originally Posted by wpbear

I had the ring tones still on the SD card and they worked, I moved them for convenience but I was surprised that the ringers worked without moving them to the device.

You may want to double check that; i just tapped and held onto the mp3 and it gave the option to use as ringtone. Then you get a message saying it has been copied to the windows directory...

Posted by: plz_kill_me

Wirelessly posted (something hot.: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows CE; PPC; 240x320) UP.Link/6.3.0.0.0)

a quick way to set an mp3 as an incoming call alert is to tap and hold the desired file and click 'set as ringtone'

Posted by: MrDSL

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Originally Posted by wpbear

Is there a way to assign one of the MP3 ringtones as the email or txt message notification?

Phone Alarm will do this..

Posted by: Themajesticking

You can also place them in My Documents and it will read them as ringtones in the list when changing tones.

Posted by: Naveen

does anyone here get ringtones from a specific site or just make them on their own?

Posted by: serkle k

I make all my own tones... and I use Ringo for WM devices... it allows me to assign any mp3 as a txt tone and/or just assign a ringtone to a certain person or groups.

Posted by: Themajesticking

I usually just cut any mp3 song down to 30 secs....then switch it from stereo to mono then use activesync to send it to my phone. I do all my edits with the free program: Audacity or Wavepad.......both are pretty much the same and easy to use. you can also fade your ringtone in and out if you choose.