Ringtones sound like crap on new Motorola V635

bigstunnerdude · 08-01-2006, 19:32

Bought a brand new Motorola V635 today. Transferred all my ringtones from my Motorola V300 to it and am finding that sound completely crap. Really poor. They sound fine on the V300 and even on my sister's Pebl but on the V635 any MP3 I transfer onto it sounds completely garbage. I have tried different bitrates and quality of MP3s and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Anyone have any ideas on how I can get MP3s to play decent or get the phone to sound decent?

WordLife · 08-01-2006, 19:48

some phones just dont have as good MP3 playback as others, i found on my V545 they weren't as good as my Samsung E350 but they still sounded ok on the V545

bigstunnerdude · 08-01-2006, 19:51

These sound really, really poor. Not being funny but a 64Kbps bitrate file on my V300 sounds better then a 192kbps bitrate file on my new V635.

I wonder if its the phones software that is the problem, as it has a built in MP3 player to manage and play MP3s, my over phone does not have this. I notice non-MP3 sounds are fine and play the same i.e. the built in ringtones, sound on video clips etc.

WordLife · 08-01-2006, 21:48

do you know anyone with a V635 or know a shop that would demo the MP3 side of it so you can compare it?

bigstunnerdude · 09-01-2006, 16:14

Unfortunately I don't have another V635 to compare to. Just seems odd sound files/MP3s sound as recorded on my V300 and my sister's Pebl, but sound horrid on this new V635. Very tinny and crackly. I would have said the speaker was faulty but the midi-tones on the phone, voice recordings and sound on videos recorder on the phone sound fine.

bigstunnerdude · 09-01-2006, 19:27

Just gone into my phones information page and had a look where it tells you what flex its using, what version software, what languages are installed etc it also tells you whether its ready to accept data transmissions, whether the webbrowser is configured and whether it is MP3 ready. Well when I check the MP3 setting it says 'NO'. So that suggests the phone is not ready to support MP3s which would explain why they don't sound right. Anyone have any ideas how I could change this setting?

bigstunnerdude · 27-04-2006, 21:58

Well bit of time has passed since I created this topic. Wish someone had responded to me back in January and said the phone's speaker is faulty and the phones software is bugged too. Basically today the phone just got to the point where on the loudest setting the ringtone was barely audible and horribly distorted. So went back to Carphone Warehouse tonight with phone and the guy in there checked it over and said it was most definitely a faulty phone. So they have sent it away for replacement of speaker and the new software version which should fix music file playback problems. The only downside is now the V635 is a prehistoric phone I am without a phone for two weeks as they couldn't loan me a phone as they had none in stock.

08-01-2006, 19:32	#1
bigstunnerdude Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire Posts: 5,353	Ringtones sound like crap on new Motorola V635 Bought a brand new Motorola V635 today. Transferred all my ringtones from my Motorola V300 to it and am finding that sound completely crap. Really poor. They sound fine on the V300 and even on my sister's Pebl but on the V635 any MP3 I transfer onto it sounds completely garbage. I have tried different bitrates and quality of MP3s and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Anyone have any ideas on how I can get MP3s to play decent or get the phone to sound decent?

08-01-2006, 19:48	#2
WordLife Banned User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 712	some phones just dont have as good MP3 playback as others, i found on my V545 they weren't as good as my Samsung E350 but they still sounded ok on the V545

08-01-2006, 19:51	#3
bigstunnerdude Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire Posts: 5,353	These sound really, really poor. Not being funny but a 64Kbps bitrate file on my V300 sounds better then a 192kbps bitrate file on my new V635. I wonder if its the phones software that is the problem, as it has a built in MP3 player to manage and play MP3s, my over phone does not have this. I notice non-MP3 sounds are fine and play the same i.e. the built in ringtones, sound on video clips etc.

08-01-2006, 21:48	#4
WordLife Banned User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 712	do you know anyone with a V635 or know a shop that would demo the MP3 side of it so you can compare it?

09-01-2006, 16:14	#5
bigstunnerdude Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire Posts: 5,353	Unfortunately I don't have another V635 to compare to. Just seems odd sound files/MP3s sound as recorded on my V300 and my sister's Pebl, but sound horrid on this new V635. Very tinny and crackly. I would have said the speaker was faulty but the midi-tones on the phone, voice recordings and sound on videos recorder on the phone sound fine.

09-01-2006, 19:27	#6
bigstunnerdude Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire Posts: 5,353	Just gone into my phones information page and had a look where it tells you what flex its using, what version software, what languages are installed etc it also tells you whether its ready to accept data transmissions, whether the webbrowser is configured and whether it is MP3 ready. Well when I check the MP3 setting it says 'NO'. So that suggests the phone is not ready to support MP3s which would explain why they don't sound right. Anyone have any ideas how I could change this setting?

27-04-2006, 21:58	#7
bigstunnerdude Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire Posts: 5,353	Well bit of time has passed since I created this topic. Wish someone had responded to me back in January and said the phone's speaker is faulty and the phones software is bugged too. Basically today the phone just got to the point where on the loudest setting the ringtone was barely audible and horribly distorted. So went back to Carphone Warehouse tonight with phone and the guy in there checked it over and said it was most definitely a faulty phone. So they have sent it away for replacement of speaker and the new software version which should fix music file playback problems. The only downside is now the V635 is a prehistoric phone I am without a phone for two weeks as they couldn't loan me a phone as they had none in stock.

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