Download Free Ringtones: FAQ

How To Download Ringtones?
You can download your free ringtones thru WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) directly to your cell phone. You can download your free ringtones by saving the midi format to your pc and transfer it to your phone using a data cable, infrared port or bluetooth connection. You can send them from cell phone to cell phone via Bluetooth or text messaging. The most common method for transferring over the airwaves is to visit a ringtone Web site, pick out a tone, enter your phone number and let the site administrators send the message to your phone directly.

What is Monophonic Ringtones?
A monophonic ringtones is simply a series of notes, one musical note at a time.

What is Polyphonic Ringtones?
A polyphonic ring tone can consist of several notes at a time. The first polyphonic ring tones used sequenced recording methods such as MIDI. Such recordings specify what synthetic instrument should play a note at a given time, and the actual instrument sound is dependent upon the playback device.

What is Truetone Ringtones?
A truetone is simply an audio recording, typically in a common format such as "MP3", AAC, or WMA, and represents the latest evolution of the ring tone. Truetones, which are often excerpts from songs, have become popular as ring tones.

What is MIDI Ringtones?
(Musical Instrument Digital Interface, IPA: /'m?di/) is an industry-standard protocol that enables electronic musical instruments, computers, and other equipment to communicate, control, and synchronize with each other. MIDI allows computers, synthesizers, MIDI controllers, sound cards, samplers and drum machines to control one another, and to exchange system data.

What is MP3 Ringtones?
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage, as well as a de facto standard encoding for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players.

What is WAV Ringtones?
WAV (or WAVE), short for Waveform audio format, is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs.

How do I get a Key Press Ringtones?
You will need a composer or edit melody function in your phone to be able to do keypress tones. If you have this function, then try our free ring tones database - There's over 1600 ringtones! Do you have free keypress tones for my phone type? We have free keypress tones suitable for compatible Nokia and Ericsson phones and instructions for these phones are available from the web site.