mp3: does anyone know if you can use the mp3's on your micro sd card as a ringtone with the phone or does it support only the downloaded ringtones,
1797412
You can use mp3s from your microSD, but it has be encoded at 192kbps or less, have 32 characters or less, and be 600kb in size or less to be used as a ringtone. You select the mp3 from your microSD, set it as a ringtone (which automatically copies it to the phone memory), and it gets added into your phone's "music list". From there, you can select which mp3 you want to use as your ringtone (if you decide to repeat the process more than once).
1329394
Both ways. Depends on how good a phone you have whether or not it will be able to play it though. I'm sure mp3s and pics will work just fine though.
1000646
Yes you can use it as an mp3 player, I had a good experience with the phone it had good signal and it work great other than it sometimes stop unfortunately while running some applications and after a year and 3 months the power buttom started to work a little hard. It has 13 gb interior memory but it doesn't come with expandible memory.
317775
According to the manual there is a random play mode with mp3. I have never used it myself.
1008461
I didn't use it that way...I used it w/ an SD card and it worked fine...the issue was there was no volume control (seriously?). Yup. No volume controls. Great sound...just way too loud and you can't turn it down if there just plain isn't a volume control....no idea what they were thinking...
2141976
I think if want to download audible files to it, you'll just have to convert it to MP3. Hope this helps!
1787290
They are wrong. Period. It uses mp3s as ringtones perfectly well. I have made lots.
973319
Hi, the sound has great quality and easy access to control the volume. However, I never used the sd card, only bluetooth with my iPhone. I love it!
406907
easy to download file from my computer to this device , but i found some MP3 file can not be recognized by this device , i feel a little bit sad
771952
Seeing how the phone does not come with an microSD card, but has a spot for it ( on lower left side of phone), it does not need one in order to download/get music. Although, I highly recommend an microSD card to backup your information and music as well. Again, the phone does not come with an microSD card, but if you have one already use it and if not get one for backing up your stuff. :-) PS: PHONE IS AMAZING!!
1444965
This works witha micro sd card..so yes you can download and save it in your card and play it on your speaker:)
1418504
I downloaded it just because of habit. Then I just rolled back. The download wasn't necessary for me for what I wanted to do. It says it had a few minor bugs to fix like shuffling over a folder boundry or something, but I don't use that feature anyway. I believe that the firmware it ships with allows you to play audible. I have listened to a few audible books so I know it works. I have firmware 2.51.
455131
I just got the 8300 yesterday (3/16/07) and have tried to follow the service menu access trick to enable mp3 functionality. Option 11 is "Music Settings" and when pressed it says "Not Available". It appears that mp3's can now be used on this phone (via the micro-SD card), but I have not had a chance to test that theory yet. Someone else said mp3's can now be loaded & played with no Settings changes needed. For my money I'd use wma's instead of mp3's for this phone; conversion freeware/shareware is available on the web. The type file types are similar size. I've been using wma's on my iRiver for three years now and find them actually more versatile than mp3's. I just got the 8300 yesterday (3/16/07) and have tried to follow the service menu access trick to enable mp3 functionality. Option 11 is "Music Settings" and when pressed it says "Not Available". It appears that mp3's can now be used on this phone (via the micro-SD card), but I have not had a chance to test that theory yet. Someone else said mp3's can now be loaded & played with no Settings changes needed. For my money I'd use wma's instead of mp3's for this phone; conversion freeware/shareware is available on the web. The type file types are similar size. I've been... » Read More I just got the 8300 yesterday (3/16/07) and have tried to follow the service menu access trick to enable mp3 functionality. Option 11 is "Music Settings" and when pressed it says "Not Available". It appears that mp3's can now be used on this phone (via the micro-SD card), but I have not had a chance to test that theory yet. Someone else said mp3's can now be loaded & played with no Settings changes needed. For my money I'd use wma's instead of mp3's for this phone; conversion freeware/shareware is available on the web. The type file types are similar size. I've been using wma's on my iRiver for three years now and find them actually more versatile than mp3's. « Show Less
523393
It does not support MP3 or other music files, phone bluetooth with a cell phone. I tried to play music on my phone via bluetooth to the device and it does not work. The sound for the phone works okay, but importing contacts from your phone is a bit of a chore (but can be done), it's just time consuming.
1353854
I have had no problem with my phone, sound is great and ringtones work well. Some may experience problems if they have a sub par provider? All providers do not provide the same quality. Hope this helps.
42673
This mp3 plays whatever is on the sd memory card or your phone. You have to have sd card or usp cable connected to your phone or aux connected to your phone. Once you hook it up you select a radio station that matches the number of the station on the mp3
218297
I do not havr a sd card i play music from my cell phone through the car mp3 player,so you should be able to listen to songs from your mp3