Manual

Starting PhonExt

The easiest way to start PhonExt is to add a link to your "today" screen (1) or even to assign a hardware button to the application.
It is also possible to add a shortcut to the application to the directory "Windows\Start up". Then PhonExt will be automatically started each time you (re)start your XDA/MDA.

When you start PhonExt, it will appear as a little icon in the lower right corner of your Pocket PC's "today" screen (2):

By tapping on the icon with your stylus, PhonExts menu will appear:

There are four menu options:

• Dialling a contact
• Assigning a ring tone to a category of contacts
• Learning more about the application
• Closing the application

The menu options are discussed in the following paragraphs.

Dial a contact

When you select Dial a contact from the PhonExt menu, a list of your contacts appears.
(if you added a shortcut to the "today" screen or assigned a hardware button, then the list will also appear when you click the shortcut or press the hardware button.)

You can scroll through the list by tapping on the arrows on the right. With the upper button you go to the beginning of the list; press the lower arrow button to go to the end.
When you see the contact you want to call, you can select it by tapping it. Then click on the Dial button.

When you do so, a screen appears with three types of phone numbers: Home, Mobile and Business. If the person you want to call doesn't have all the types of phone numbers, only the types he or she has are active.

You can call a phone number by clicking one of the buttons.

Assign a ring tone to a category

When you select "Category ring tones" from the PhonExt menu, a screen appears on which you can assign a ring tone to a category of contacts.

It is possible to add, modify or remove the assignment of a ringtone to a category.
It is also possible to set the order in which the categories of a contact are checked.

Add a category ring tone

When you click Add on the Category screen, another screen appears on which you can select one of the categories of contacts.

Then you can select a ring tone by clicking the [...] button.
A screen appears, with all the available ring tones in the standard directory "Windows\Rings\".

You can select a ring tone by typing the name and clicking OK, or by tapping on a certain ring tone.
After selecting a tone you'll return to the previous screen and hear the selected ring tone. You can leave this screen by confirming your choices (OK) or by cancelling them (Cancel).

 

Modify a category ring tone

If you assigned a ring tone to a category earlier, it is possible to change this assignment.
To do so, you select one of the categories on the you assigned a ring tone to, and click on Modify.
Then a screen appears, similar to the Add screen.

 

Remove a category ring tone

To remove category ringtone, you select one of the categories you assigned a ring tone to, and click on Remove.

 

Changing priority

In Outlook it is possible to assign more than one category to a contact. In PhonExt you can assign ring tones to as many categories as you like. But when a contact that belongs to multiple categories decides to call you, PhonExt has to determine which ring tone it has to play.

So in PhonExt you can set the priority according to which the selection of ring tones should take place.
You can change the priority by selecting one of the categories you assigned a ring tone to, and push the Move Up or Move Down button.
This determines the order in which PhonExt checks which tone to ring when you are receiving a call.

Assign a ring tone to a contact

The third option of Phonext is to assign a ring tone to a contact. In fact this is an add-on to the Contacts application.

Start the "Contacts" application, select a contact and hold the stylus pressed down for a moment. Then an extended menu appears:

Click the option Set ring tone, and a little screen appears.

You can select a ring tone by clicking on [...]. A second screen appears, with all the available ring tones in the standard directory "Windows\Rings\".

You can select a ring tone by typing the name and pushing "OK", or by tapping on a certain ring tone.
After selecting a tone you'll return to the previous screen and hear the ring tone. You can leave this screen by confirming your choices (OK) or by cancelling them (Cancel).

When you assigned a ring tone to a contact earlier, the name of it is shown in the little screen. You can change it by clicking on the [...] button or remove it by clicking on [C].

Receiving a call

When you are receiving a call, at first PhonExt will check if a personal ring tone was assigned to the contact that calls you. If so, it will ring this tone.
Secondly PhonExt will check if a ring tone is assigned to one of the categories the contact belongs to. It does so beginning with the first category in the priorities list, going on in downward order.
If no special ring tone is assigned to neither the contact nor to the categories the contact belongs to, the standard tone will be ringed. You can change that in the settings of the standard phone application.

About PhonExt

By selecting the About option from PhonExts menu you can open up the following screen:



This screen shows you the version of PhonExt.

Closing PhonExt

By selecting the Exit option from PhonExts menu you can close the application.
When you receive a call in all cases the standard tone will be ringed now.
It is still possible to assign a ring tone to a contact.