HTC Dream User Manual - Page 185

Set a song as ring tone, To import a playlist

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Experiencing Multimedia 185 To import a playlist You can create playlists on your computer, then save these on your storage card. Music can access the following playlist formats: M3U, WPL, and PLS. 1. On your computer, open a simple text file for editing. 2. On separate lines, enter all the music file names you want to include in your playlist. Note The names you list in the file must be the same with the music file names that appear when you view the storage card through your computer's file system, and not the names that appear in the list of songs on your device. 3. Save the playlist file using .m3u as the file name extension (for example, MyMusic.m3u). 4. Copy the playlist file to the Music folder on the storage card. Follow the instructions in "To copy music into the storage card" section earlier in this chapter. Note It is recommended that you create a Playlist folder inside your Music folder in the storage card to hold all your playlist files. Set a song as ring tone You can use a song as your phone ring tone. 1. From the Music library, navigate to the song that you want to use as ring tone. 2. Touch and hold the song, then touch Use as phone ringtone on the menu. The song is set as your default incoming call ring tone. Note To check if the selected song is added as a ring tone, press HOME, then touch Settings > Sound & display > Phone ringtone. The song should be be listed as an option.

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Experiencing Multimedia
185
To import a playlist
You can create playlists on your computer, then save these on your storage card.
Music can access the following playlist formats:
M3U
,
WPL
, and
PLS
.
On your computer, open a simple text file for editing.
2.
On separate lines, enter all the music file
names you want to include in your playlist.
Note
The names you list in the file must be the
same with the music file names that appear
when you view the storage card through
your computer’s file system, and not the
names that appear in the list of songs on your
device.
3.
Save the playlist file using .m3u as the file name extension (for example,
MyMusic.m3u).
4.
Copy the playlist file to the Music folder on the storage card. Follow the
instructions in “To copy music into the storage card” section earlier in this
chapter.
Note
It is recommended that you create a
Playlist
folder inside your
Music
folder in
the storage card to hold all your playlist files.
Set a song as ring tone
You can use a song as your phone ring tone.
1.
From the Music library, navigate to the song that you want to use as ring
tone.
2.
Touch and hold the song, then touch
Use as phone ringtone
on the menu.
The song is set as your default incoming call ring tone.
Note
To check if the selected song is added as a ring tone, press HOME, then touch
Settings > Sound & display > Phone ringtone
. The song should be be listed as an
option.
1.