Page 1. Sound Settings

Sound Settings

The Sound settings menu lets you control your mobile device's audio, from ringtones and alerts to touch-tones and notifications. To access the sounds settings, from the Home screen, touch Menu > Settings > Sound.

General Sound Settings

Mute

To activate Mute, touch and hold the volume down button until you see in the status bar. To deactivate Mute, touch the volume up button repeatedly to select a volume level.

Vibrate

To activate Vibrate mode, touch and hold the volume down button until you see in the status bar.

To adjust your mobile device's vibrate feature:

1. Touch Device vibration and select Basic call, Heartbeat, Jinglebell, Ticktock, Waltz, or Zig-zig-zig.
   
2. You can also touch Create to create a custom vibration pattern.
   
3. To set your mobile device to vibrate (provide haptic feedback) while using the dial pad, keyboard, and other touchscreen interfaces, scroll to and mark Haptic feedback.
4. Touch Vibration intensity to increase or decrease the vibration level used for Incoming call, Notification, and Haptic feedback.

Volume

Adjust the volume settings to suit your needs and your environment.

1. Touch Volume.
2. Touch and drag the slider bars to assign the volume level settings for the following:
   
   • Music, video, games, and other media
   • Ringtone
   • Notifications
   • System
   
3. Touch OK to assign the volume levels.

Note: You can adjust the ringtone volume in normal mode (or the earpiece volume during a call) by using the volume button on the left side of your mobile device.

Device Ringtone

Ringtones help you identify incoming calls and messages.

Selecting Ringtones for Voice Calls

Your mobile device provides a variety of ringtones that allow you to customize the way your device will sound when you receive incoming calls or notifications.

1. Touch Device ringtone.
2. Touch a ringtone in the list. The ringtone briefly plays when selected.
3. Touch Add to select a ringtone from your music files.
4. Touch OK to assign the ringtone.
   
   

Notification Ringtone

The notification area displays icons associated with user notifications such as email messages, missed calls, voicemail, upcoming events, USB connections, or text/MMS messages. You can select the ringtone that plays when your mobile device receives new notifications.

1. Touch Default notifications.
2. Touch a notification ringtone in the list. The ringtone briefly plays when selected.
3. Touch OK to assign the ringtone.
   

Additional System Settings

A few additional system settings are not yet covered.

• Keytones: Play tones when the keypad is pressed.
• Touch sounds: Play sounds when making screen selections.
• Screen lock sound: Play sounds when locking or unlocking the screen.
• Emergency tone: Play a sound or vibrate when an emergency alert arrives.