Ringtones

[Areeda]

When ringtones on Verizon phones meant coughing up $1 each or even 5¢ I didn't have any interest in getting anything but the standard. Now that my Droid lets me use any mp3 for free they are a whole lot more interesting.

So attached are some of the ones I've been using.

The standard one is the geekyest one I could find.

The one for my wife, family members, and students are just what I thought appropriate.

Which ones do you use?

I must have downloaded enough to give everybody in my phonebook one of their own ad I haven't even started editing my music library yet.

Joe

 

[Maverick]

One of my co-workers has a ring tone that I really like. It sounds like an old rotary dial telephone. Imagine that, a phone that actually rings.

A while back a had to get a replacement when my cell phone was accidentally dropped into water. When the person at the Verizon store told me about the games and such that could be played on my new phone I told her that I just wanted my phone to ring and make phone calls.

Although I have been thinking that a ring tone of the Star Wars Imperial March might be appropriate for some people in my address book.

 

[RotorAndWing]

A couple of years ago one of our S/O's (flight engineer) decided to have a unique ringtone so he recorded the GPWS "Woop! Woop! PULL UP!". Everyone thought it was funny and had a good laugh.

A month later the FAA was giving a line check and this SO was part of the crew. The SO had forgot to turn off his phone before the trip. On short final about 500 feet the SO's phone gained signal and low and behold he had a waiting message.

"Woop! Woop! PULL UP!!"

It was late night so the Captain went Go Around. As the crew was trying to figure out the GPWS warning (it was a clear night) the SO confessed.

The FAA Inspector said nothing and the crew returned for another approach and landing. Afterwards all 3 crewmembers were invited to the CP's office with the Inspector for a debriefing.

The Inspector complemented the crew on a good flight and especially following the procedures for an inadverdant GPWS. He also advised the SO to consider a different ringtone and also review the GOM aboout turning off cell phones during the flight.

We all got the memo the next day about cell phones in the cockpit.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

One of my co-workers has a ring tone that I really like. It sounds like an old rotary dial telephone. Imagine that, a phone that actually rings.

That's what I use on my iPhone. It's easily audible, and wonderfully ironic.

 

[RotorAndWing]

That's what I use on my iPhone. It's easily audible, and wonderfully ironic.

Same here.

 

[flyersfan31]

A couple of years ago one of our S/O's (flight engineer) decided to have a unique ringtone so he recorded the GPWS "Woop! Woop! PULL UP!". Everyone thought it was funny and had a good laugh.

A month later the FAA was giving a line check and this SO was part of the crew. The SO had forgot to turn off his phone before the trip. On short final about 500 feet the SO's phone gained signal and low and behold he had a waiting message.

"Woop! Woop! PULL UP!!"

It was late night so the Captain went Go Around. As the crew was trying to figure out the GPWS warning (it was a clear night) the SO confessed.

The FAA Inspector said nothing and the crew returned for another approach and landing. Afterwards all 3 crewmembers were invited to the CP's office with the Inspector for a debriefing.

The Inspector complemented the crew on a good flight and especially following the procedures for an inadverdant GPWS. He also advised the SO to consider a different ringtone and also review the GOM aboout turning off cell phones during the flight.

We all got the memo the next day about cell phones in the cockpit.

Talk about the law of unintended consequences.

I, too, use the old rotary dial ringer for mine.

 

[gismo]

Talk about the law of unintended consequences.

I, too, use the old rotary dial ringer for mine.

I'm not exactly sure which ringer sound you folks are using, but there's no particular sound associated with "old rotary dial" telephones. The most common ringer sound (in the US and Canada) was the "classic" two bell harmonic ringer activated at 20 Hz. Because it was harmonic (the clapper resonated at the excitation frequency) the power required was very low and the volume of the sound had a perceptible ramp up at the start of ringing. I suspect that this is the sound you're referring to but it was used on a wide variety of phones from Ma Bell including the standard single line desk phone (500) and the original "touch tone-tm" (2500&1500) models. The first dial telephone with an internal ringer (302) sounded almost exactly the same as the later models.

 

[EdFred]

I load mp3s on my droid and each person that calls me often enough gets their own song.

Its like a remote caller ID. Oh, its Spike....let that go to voicemail.