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More info?)
I would go to Marquel.com and order mobile Phone Tools. You can get
just the software for $30 or more for Bluetooth, Serial cord, or USB
cable.
On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 22:11:11 -0700, Ken K <psnw@RE-MOV-Ethekrones.com>
wrote:
>Dick,
>
>I will have to look at creating midi files. What kind of program do you
>need? Can one convert an MP3 file to a midi file to save space? I
>don't know the first thing about music file formats.
>
>I found that the memory can be checked under Main Menu, My Media, either
>Pictures, then the top center button, then check View Free Space, or
>from the Sounds menu, click thetop center button and view the Sounds
>menu, which included the View Free Space. Even after my 290KB ringtone,
>I have 5749Kb free out of a total of 6139Kb
>
>Ken
>
>Dick wrote:
>
>>I was wrong about the MP3. I have been making ringtones from midi
>>files. The ringtone I am using now started as an 18K file. After
>>extracting the part I wanted it is down to a little over 2K. Not bad
>>at all. The phone appears to store the files as midi's. At least
>>that is the file type shown on the phone in MPT.
>>
>>MPT will convert an MP3 file to a midi for the phone to use. When you
>>do an extraction from MP3 the conversion will take place automatically
>>when you save it to the phone. I haven't tried making a ringtone from
>>an MP3 file, so I don't know what kind of file size you would end up
>>with.
>>
>>I haven't figured out how to check the remaining memory.
>>
>>Dick
>>
>>On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:12:23 -0700, Ken K <psnw@RE-MOV-Ethekrones.com>
>>wrote:
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>>>I will explore MPT. Since I posted this, I found xingtone.com and
>>>downloaded an MP3 file. 30 seconds took up about 290KB, so I now know
>>>what you mean when you say that it takes up memory.
>>>
>>>Is there a format that one can convert the MP3 to that takes up less
>>>space or can one only import MP3 files for ringtones?
>>>
>>>Also, there is 5MB of memory, according to what I have read. Any idea
>>>how much is taken up by, say, 200 phone numbers? I am wondering just
>>>how much memory is left? Is there any setting one can check to see what
>>>the memory usage is on a v551?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Ken K
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Dick wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I found it very easy to use MPT and create a ringtone from an MP3 file
>>>>stored on my computer. You can extract any portion of a song you
>>>>want. Of course the more you extract, the more memory you use.
>>>>
>>>>Dick
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:42:31 -0700, Ken K <psnw@RE-MOV-Ethekrones.com>
>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>I tried to create a ringtone with xingone and was successful with
>>>>>creating it, but while it says that it was downloaded to my phone, it
>>>>>never arrived.
>>>>>
>>>>>I would like to try another program to see if there is a problem with my
>>>>>phone or just that program. I also had problems downloaded real music
>>>>>ringtones from Cingular but none downloading polyphonic tones.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>Ken K
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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