Nokia Lumia 900 User Guide - Page 23

Make your own ringtone, Silence your phone, Text input, Use the virtual keyboard, ringtones+sounds

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Basics 23 Make your own ringtone You can use your own sound files as ringtones. 1 Connect your phone to your computer with a compatible USB cable. 2 On your computer, open Zune. 3 Select the sound file you want to use as a ringtone. The file must be in MP3 or WMA format, and should be less than 40 seconds long and less than 1 MB in size. 4 Right-click the file, then select Edit. 5 Write ringtone in the genre field, or select it from the list. 6 Drag and drop the new ringtone to your phone. 7 On your phone, select > and ringtones+sounds, then select your ringtone. Silence your phone When you switch silent mode on, all ringtones and alert tones are muted. Use this when you are, for example, at the cinema or in a meeting. Press a volume key to see the volume status bar, then select ring . Silent mode is switched on. If you have set your phone to vibrate, vibrate mode is switched on instead of silent mode. Set your phone to vibrate Select > and ringtones+sounds, and switch Vibrate to On . Text input Use the virtual keyboard To open the virtual keyboard, select a text input field. You can use the virtual keyboard when holding your phone upright or on its side. 1 Character keys 2 Shift key

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Make your own ringtone
You can use your own sound files as ringtones.
1
Connect your phone to your computer with a compatible USB cable.
2
On your computer, open Zune.
3
Select the sound file you want to use as a ringtone. The file must be in MP3 or
WMA format, and should be less than 40 seconds long and less than 1 MB in size.
4
Right-click the file, then select
Edit
.
5
Write
ringtone
in the genre field, or select it from the list.
6
Drag and drop the new ringtone to your phone.
7
On your phone, select
>
and
ringtones+sounds
, then select your ringtone.
Silence your phone
When you switch silent mode on, all ringtones and alert tones are muted. Use this
when you are, for example, at the cinema or in a meeting.
Press a volume key to see the volume status bar, then select
ring
. Silent mode
is switched on. If you have set your phone to vibrate, vibrate mode
is switched on
instead of silent mode.
Set your phone to vibrate
Select
>
and
ringtones+sounds
, and switch
Vibrate
to
On
.
Text input
Use the virtual keyboard
To open the virtual keyboard, select a text input field. You can use the virtual keyboard
when holding your phone upright or on its side.
1
Character keys
2
Shift key
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