249Sound PreferencesSound Preferences enable you to adjust the volumelevel, select sound types, and select melodies for manydifferent tones.VolumeYou can adjust the volume for the call ringer, key tone,and effect tone.To increase the volume, tap the volume level blocksupward and to decrease the volume, tap the volumelevel blocks downward.Tapping Default sets the volume of the sounds to thedefault mode.TypeYou can assign different types to the alerts for incomingcalls, SMS messages, or MMS messages.You can also set how the phone acts when Quiet mode isactivated, to mute all sounds or to vibrate, and turn thealerts on or off to inform you that certain things havehappened, such as the minute minder, connect tone, anddisconnect tone.The alerts only occur in your earpiece so that the otherperson on the phone does not hear them.Tapping Default sets the alert types to the default mode.