Things You'll Need:
- Palm Centro
- Cell phone voice and data service plan
- Optional: Secure Digital card reader
- Optional: 2MB (or less) MP3, MIDI, QCELP, AAC or AAC+ music file
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Step 1
Connect the secure digital memory card reader to your home computer. Remove the memory card from the Palm Centro, found on the right side of the Centro adjacent to its touchscreen. Double-click the memory card's icon on your desktop if using a Mac, or access it in "My Computer" on a Windows PC.
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Step 2
Choose a song file that you wish to use as a ringtone. The file can be anything, such as a song or a computer alert, as long as it is in the MIDI, QCELP, AAC or AAC+ file format and is less than 2MB in size. Most users choose a file from their Windows Media or music library. Alternatively, you may use a file from a third-party such as PhoneZoo or Myxer.
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Step 3
Drag the file to the Secure Digital memory card. Copying the file to the card may take several minutes, depending on the speed of your computer's processor. Eject the card from the reader and reinsert into the Palm Centro.
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Step 4
Tap "Applications" on your Palm's home screen. Select "Web" to launch the Palm's built-in Blazer web browser. Tap the browser's address bar and type "file:///file.mp3" in the address bar. Change "file.mp3" to the name of the music file you chose in Step 2 and 3. For example, it could be "file.aac" or "file.midi." Press the "GO" button in the browser. This accesses the file you saved to the memory card and a download window will appear on the browser's screen.
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Step 5
Select "Copy to Ringtone" and press "yes." The Palm Centro will download the file from the memory card to its internal media library. Click "Save." A window will appear saying, "A ringtone has been created." Press "OK."
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Step 6
Use the ringtone. Return to your Palm's home screen and click "Applications," press "Sounds" and select "Sounds & Alerts." Choose the sound you just downloaded to the Centro and select "Done" to use it as a ringtone.
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Step 1
Touch the "Web" icon on your Palm Centro's home screen to launch its browser. Navigate to a site that offers music files for download. All major cell phone service providers, including Verizon and AT&T, have a media store through which they sell ringtones. However, you can use any sound file on any website. For example, some musicians upload songs to their personal websites or blogs. Alternatively, try an online ringtone site such as Myxer or PhoneZoo.
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Step 2
Click the link to the song file to initiate the download process to your Palm Centro. The smartphone will sense that the file is a song file and will give you a list of download options, including "Play" and "Save to Device." Click "Copy to Ringtone" and press "Yes," then click "Save." When the file is done downloading, the web browser will alert you that it has created a ringtone. Press "OK."
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Step 3
Press "Applications" on your Palm Centro's home screen and select "Sounds & Alerts." Select the application for which you want to use a new ringtone. Choose the ringtone you just downloaded, listed in the drop-down list of all your Centro's saved media files. Click "Done."
