Blackberry 9500 User Guide - Page 135

User Guide Notifications Notifications Notification basics About notifications and sound profiles Sound profiles define how your BlackBerry® device notifies you of calendar and task reminders, and incoming messages, calls, and browser content. Your device has seven preloaded sound profiles: Loud, Medium, Silent, Vibrate Only, Normal, Phone Calls Only, and All Alerts Off. You can create custom sound profiles so you can set different notification options for different items, set ring tones, or set the volume for notification. If you set notification volume to Escalating, the notification volume gradually increases. You can also assign ring tones and notifications to specific contacts in your contact list so that phone calls and messages from the contact are unique. Change your ring tone 1. In the sounds application, click Set Ring Tones/Alerts. 2. Click the application or item that you want to change. 3. Perform one of the following actions: • To use a preloaded ring tone, in the Ringtone field, click a ring tone. • To use a ring tone that you downloaded, in the Ringtone field, click Browse. Navigate to a folder that contains ring tones. Click a ring tone. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Save. Switch sound profiles In the sounds application, click a sound profile. Change a sound profile 1. In the sounds application, perform one of the following actions: • To change the Normal sound profile, click Set Ring Tones/Alerts. • To change a custom sound profile, click Custom Profiles. Click a profile. 2. Click the application or item that you want to change. 3. Change the notification information. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Save. 133