Assigning a tone on Blackberry Bold

Oh, no, your ringing Bold has woken you. Ring tones help you decide whether to ignore the call or get up. Hopefully, you can easily switch to Sleep mode if you decide to ignore the call.

If you have OS 4.6, follow these steps to assign a ring tone to one of your contacts:

1. While editing a contact, press the trackball, and then select Add Custom Ring Tone from the menu.
2. Press the trackball.
From this screen, you can select a ring tone; set the volume; and control whether to make the LED blink, the phone vibrate, and the settings work while on a call.
3. Select the ring tone you want.
4. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.

If you have OS 5.0, follow these steps to assign a ring tone to one of your contacts:
1. While editing a contact, scroll to the Ring Tones/Alerts section. Under the Ring Tones/Alerts section, you should see Phone and Messages. You can customize the ring tone when you receive a call and when you have a new message such as e-mail or SMS.
2. Select Phone.
Customize the ring tone on the screen that follows. You will see and be able to change the following options:
• Ring Tone: You select from a list of ring tones here.
• Volume: Allows you to control the volume. The default is set to use the Active Profile settings. Other values are from 1 to 10; 10 is the loudest.
• Play Sound: Lets you control in what state to play the tone. Values are Active Profile, In holster, Out of holster, and Always; the default is set to Active Profile, which uses the settings on the Active Profile.
• LED: Allows you to use LED to indicate a call. Displays only if you have work address information filled up. This allows you to map the location using Maps.
• Vibration: Allows you to enable vibration as a way of notification.
Choices are Active Profile, Off, On, and Custom. The default is Active Profile. Choosing Custom allows you to control how long you want the vibration to last.
• Vibrate with Ring Tone: Allows you to choose between vibration and play the tone. Choices are Active Profile, On, and Off. The default value is Active Profile.
3. Press the Escape key.
You’re back to the Edit Contact screen.
4. Select Messages.
You’ll be presented with the Messages screen, allowing you to customize the ring tone when you receive a message.
All the customization that you can do is the same as in Step 2 except for this addition:
• Notify Me During calls: Allows you toggle notification while you are actively on a call. Your choices are Yes or No, and it defaults to No.
5. Press the Escape key.
6. Press the Menu key, and then select Save.
Spend a little bit of time adding your own contact record(s). We recommend adding at least one record for your business contact info and one for your personal contact info. This saves you time having to type your own contact information every time you want to give it to someone. You can share your contact record by sending it as an attachment to an e-mail.