So I'm a bit disappointed. I figured I might try and get creative. I downloaded some MP3 files of some Minitor alerts and I even used Audacity to create my own and saved them as WAV files. They sounded good and I was exciting. When I uploaded them in the PPS under the custom tone setting and played them back they sound hideously overmodulated and distorted. I threw the files back into audacity and lowered the amplitude. Still sounds terrible. It even freezes up my G5 pager when it goes off. Did I miss something?
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Custom Tone Settings
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Try "8 khz 8 bit Mono". That is what I use with my G5 Zone Voice Files.
I had the same issue when I tried "16 khz 16 bit Stereo"...
Wayne
I had the same issue when I tried "16 khz 16 bit Stereo"...
Wayne
Thanks! Is that in the PPS Tab D7 or D8 where all the settings are?
It is not a setting in the PPS. When you create your alert files, record them as "8 khz 8 bit Mono" sound files. I created .wav files for each of my voice files that announce my channels in each of my zones.
For your situation, I think you need to go back to Audacity and reconvert your .mp3 files to .wav files but change them to "8 khz 8 bit Mono" then save them.
Wayne
For your situation, I think you need to go back to Audacity and reconvert your .mp3 files to .wav files but change them to "8 khz 8 bit Mono" then save them.
Wayne
Ok thanks.
When I made the profiles for our G4s, I had to drop the level of the minitor beeps by a lot. (IIRC, about 24dB. I would have to look at the files.) Otherwise the alerts were annoyingly loud, or the volume set so low that the radio audio could not be heard.
Did you ever get it working?
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