Owners of phones with built-in Windows Phone OS know how to put music on a call (Nokia Lumiya - the model range that we will discuss today) is not easy. What is the reason for this, why is it so difficult to set your favorite melody as a ringtone, and why do smartphone manufacturers put such restrictions? Only they probably know the answers to these questions. But you shouldn't be upset. Who seeks, as you know, he will always achieve his goal. The main thing is not to be nervous, calmly deal with all the intricacies of the case and emerge victorious from the current situation.
Let's try to figure out what is here and how. On Lumiya, you can put music on a call using the already built-in ringtones. There are quite a few of them provided by Microsoft. Yes, and phone manufacturers under the brand name "Nokia Lumiya" pour a sufficient number of melodies on smartphones. But it is much more pleasant to listen to your favorite ringtone and thereby emphasize your taste, style, originality andindividuality. So, get down to business.
What is important to know about setting ringtones?
Not all Nokia Lumia models are the same. They have different versions of Windows Phone OS. And it can play an important role when setting the melody as a ringtone. If the device is running OS Windows Phone 7, then you will have to tinker a bit to install it. How to put music on a call? Lumiya 430 and other similar models have one feature, which we will discuss below.
Restrictions on compositions for calls
Manufacturers have set the following requirements for ring tones:
- music file format can only be used as MP3 or WMA;
- the melody must be without DRM protection, that is, the media material from which the ringtone will be made is in the public domain, not protected from downloading;
- future signal size cannot exceed 1 megabyte;
- its length is 39 seconds.
If at least one of the above conditions is not met, the ringtone cannot be downloaded. Such conditions are created not to complicate the life of users, but to protect someone else's intellectual property from infringement. The corporation is reinsured from judicial red tape. You never know.
Creating a ringtone for "Lumiya"
In order for the future ringtone for your smartphone to be downloaded to your phone, you need tocut it off. If you remember, it should be no longer than 39 seconds. To do this, you can use one of the many editors that work online. You can also download one of the applications to your computer, it's easier for someone to work.
After that, load the melody into the program and select the passage that you like the most. You need to make a segment, we remind you, no more than 39 seconds. To do this, it is not necessary to look for a stopwatch. As a rule, such editors have a timeline. It should be noted that an excerpt can be cut from any place in the composition, for example, from the chorus or somewhere at the end, it does not matter at all. You need to choose your favorite passage by dragging the menu sliders to the desired position.
After trimming, you need to "make friends" of the melody with the operating system.
Enter ringtone data
If the desired segment is ready and saved on the PC, you can proceed to the next step. The simplest solution to the question of how to put music on a call on Lumiya will be the following algorithm.
- The first step is to launch the Zune app on your smartphone.
- Then, connect your device to your computer via a USB cable.
- Move the saved melody section from PC to Zune. After dragging, a short song will appear called "ringtone".
- Right-click on the specified file and select "Edit" from the menu that appears.
- Now you can edit the data about the future ringtone: come up withname, indicate the group or artist of the composition, any other information.
- The “Genre” column is considered the most important point in this filling process. In this field, you need to enter the word ringtone in Latin letters without quotes or brackets.
- The final step is to save the changes made. To do this, simply press Enter or click OK.
Synchronized edited excerpt
Almost everything is ready, and we have figured out how to put music on the bell on Lumiya step by step. Now you need to install the ringtone on the phone. To do this, right-click on the desired file and select the "Synchronize with …" section. Here, instead of the ellipsis, the smartphone model should be displayed.
If the synchronization was successful, then your creation can be found in the ringtones folder in the "Custom" section. You can find it by following the path: "Settings" - "Melodies-sounds" - "Ringtone". Next, the standard installation of the ringtone is performed.
Ringtone for Windows Phone 8 smartphones
Of course, not everyone will like the above method. In today's world, users are accustomed to getting quick results: they want it, they click it, they get it. Therefore, the need to cut a melody, transfer it from a computer to a smartphone, and only then perform actions to install a ringtone in most cases causes at least indignation. It is clear that such a murmur reached smartphone manufacturers andoperating system developers for phones. Of course, they did not change their intellectual property policy, but they solved the problem in a different way: they created a program that makes life easier for impatient users. Here is another way to put music on the bell on Lumiya. The official website says that there are no restrictions on the duration of the ringtone, but practice shows otherwise. Without tempting fate and without wasting your nerves, let's figure out how to put music on a call ("Lumiya 535" or similar models require such an algorithm).
"Melody Creator", or Saving Nerves
If your smartphone is running Windows Phone 8 or higher, the simplest answer to the question of how to put music on a call (Lumia 520 or another similar model can get more personality in this way) is to use special program. This app is called "Melody Maker". It is present immediately in the factory settings of the device. If such a program is not in the smartphone, it is easy to find it on the manufacturer's website and download it to the phone. For safety, in order to avoid unnecessary headaches and possible problems in the operation of the device, we strongly recommend using only the official website of the manufacturer. In order to set a melody as a ringtone on your smartphone, you need to do the following operations.
- Go to the menu and find this program.
- Find the Melody Maker section.
- Then you need to find the "Select a song" section. This menu will display a list of allsongs that are available on this phone model: melodies on the device itself and songs that are present on the flash drive.
- Next, select the desired option from the provided list by simply clicking on its name.
- After that, a section will open in which you can cut the desired passage. The rule of 39 seconds has not been canceled, however, in this version of the program, you can choose a segment of the composition with a length of 40 seconds. Not much, but you don't have to do all these steps on a computer, and thanks for that.
- The final step after selecting the desired part of the melody will be saving it to your smartphone. To do this, click "Save" or check the box "Set as ringtone".
That's it, the new and for a while favorite ringtone is ready to use.
Alternative
In the new versions of Lumiya smartphones, one more option for setting ringtones is possible. In this case, the length of the composition does not matter. For example, consider the Lumiya 540 model. How to put music on the bell on it?
Installation algorithm
- Download the WindowsPhone app.
- Using the instructions, install this program on your PC.
- Launch the application and select the desired song.
- Transfer the melody to your smartphone, preferably in the Ringtones folder.
- Saved melodies will thus be in the "Custom" section.
Everything is ready. You can use the ringtone as a ringtone for general calls or set as a call fora specific subscriber.
For the lazy or for those to whom none of the methods fit
In extreme cases, there is another way to set a ringtone. There are a sufficient number of sites on the Internet where people were not too lazy, adjusted the melodies to the requirements and uploaded already trimmed compositions to the Web. You can easily find them and upload them to your smartphone.
