Nokia 5170i - Tones

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Tones

Use Menu 8, Tones, to change the six sound settings in your
phone: ringing option, ringing tone, ringing volume, message
alert tone, keypad tones, and warning and game tones.

Using the quick alert settings feature (see page 25) you can
select a fixed combination of these settings to suit your
current environment.

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Ringing option

Use Menu 8 1 to tell your phone how to notify you that you
have a call.

Note: If you choose Beep once or Silent, the alarm clock
only sounds a quiet beep.

Ring The phone rings normally using the currently selected
ringing tone.

Ascending The phone rings using the currently selected
ringing tone. The ringing volume starts low and increases to
selected volume with successive rings.

Ring once The phone rings once using the currently selected
ringing tone.

Beep once The phone beeps once.

Silent The phone makes no sound when you receive a call.
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icon appears on the start screen.

Ringing tone

If your ringing option is set to Ring once, your phone plays a
ringing tone when someone calls you. Use Menu 8 2 to choose
one of 40 ringing tones. Scroll to a tone to hear how it sounds.

Note: If the ringing option is set to Silent or Beep once, the
phone won’t play sample tones.

Ringing volume

Use Menu 8 3 to control the volume of
your phone’s ringing and of message
alert tones.

Message alert tone

Use Menu 8 4 to choose the tone played when you receive a
mobile message. Scroll to a tone to hear how it sounds.

Keypad tones

Use Menu 8 5 to adjust the volume of the tones your phone
makes when you press its keys.

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Warning and game tones

Use Menu 8 6 to turn your phone’s warning and game tones
on or off. Warning tones are created by events such as
confirmations, errors, power on, battery low, and recharge
battery.

Vibrating alert

If a vibrating battery is attached to your phone, it will vibrate
when you receive a voice call, even if the ringing option is
set to Silent.

Note: The battery does not vibrate while your phone is connected
to (or placed in) a charging device or connected to a handsfree
device.