You do not need to use a ringtone for alarms. Songs, mp3 or m4a work fine for alarm sounds. '
Richard, USA —— "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John Wesley (Sent from my iPhone) > On Oct 27, 2023, at 2:29 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think Richard already explained it, you absolutely can select a song from > your music library, but as Richard said, the key is that the song has to be > downloaded to your iPhone, if it's in the cloud it won't work. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Joshua > Hendrickson > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 2:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: changing alarm sound > > She might need to convert that song to a ringtone first. > >> On 10/27/23, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> I believe the original poster wanted to use a song in her music >> library for the alarm and not one of the provided tones. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Joshua Hendrickson >> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 1:26 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: changing alarm sound >> >> Hi Paula. I just changed my alarm sound and tried an alarm, and all >> worked well. I went to my clock, then to add, I chose the time for my >> alarm, and called it a quick test. I then swiped over and I saw sound >> and a button. I double tapped on the button, and I was taken in to my >> various ring tomes, I chose the one I wanted, then I went to the top >> of the screen and a back button, then I double tapped on save. I was >> good to go from then on. All worked very well. I don't use alarms >> much, but it is good to know I can set them if I wish. >> >>> On 10/27/23, Paula Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Chris. The song is already downloaded. >>> >>> I can’t find a place that lets me choose audio. Where is it. Maybe >>> I’ll just have to deal with the default which isn’t quite as annoying >>> an 17.1 as the previous sound. Thanks for the suggestions. >>> >>> God bless! >>> >>> Paula and the pups >>> >>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf >>> Of Chris Chaffin >>> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 1:26 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: changing alarm sound >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> OK, I just tried this myself, and at first, it did the same thing. I >>> had the song selected, but it still played the default sound for me. >>> >>> >>> >>> But now it works for me. This is what I did. >>> >>> Open music, go to library, and find that song. >>> >>> Flick down, and download should be one of your choices. So choose >>> download. >>> >>> In order for any song to be used as an alarm sound, it must be >>> downloaded to your device. >>> >>> >>> >>> If this for some reason does not work, then I have one more thing to try. >>> >>> Go to music, swipe and choose audio quality. Make sure lossess is >>> turned off. >>> >>> I read online that this sometimes caused an issue. But you might not >>> have to do that if downloading it works. >>> >>> >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> >>> >>> Chris Chaffin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 27, 2023, at 12:49 PM, Paula Jordan <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Richard and all, I am still having difficulty getting my alarm sound >>> set for a particular song in my play list. Here are the steps I take: >>> >>> 1. Open clock >>> 2. Flick left to add >>> 3. Flick right to sound (the song title shows up Double tap on that. >>> 4. Flick left to the back button >>> 5. Set an alarm time >>> 6. Flick left to save. >>> >>> >>> >>> I still get the default sound when I set an alarm. What am I missing? >>> >>> Thanks for your patience. Once this gets figured out I’m going to >>> write the steps down just in case I loose the email. >>> >>> God bless! >>> >>> Paula and the pups >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On >>> Behalf Of Richard Turner >>> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2023 7:23 PM >>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: changing alarm sound >>> >>> >>> >>> Well, unless something changed in 17.0.3, when you double tap on >>> sound, you should be able to flick through to song, and double tap >>> and pick something from your library. >>> >>> I'm on the 17.1 beta 3 and everything works as always. >>> >>> So maybe trying 17.1 when it is released if it isn't working now will >>> be the answerÎ >>> >>> >>> >>> Richard, USA >>> >>> —— >>> >>> "While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." — John >>> Wesley >>> >>> (Sent from my iPhone) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 23, 2023, at 11:50 AM, Paula Jordan <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi all. I’ve asked this question some time ago and was able to change >>> the sound on my alarm, however, the phone has gone back to the >>> obnoxious default sound. I’d like to change it to play a song that >>> is on my phone, but can’t seem to get it to work. Could someone >>> please talk me through the steps. I plan to update to 17.1 when it’s >>> available, so perhaps I should wait until I update. Any help would >>> be most appreciated. Thanks. >>> >>> God bless! >>> >>> Paula and the pups >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V >>> iPhone list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >>> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >>> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . 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