Question About Alarms (basic)

[jrattner]

I just got the treo 700p and it performs differently then my previous smartphone.

For example:

I create an appointment for 5pm on Thursday, and set a reminder to go off 10 minutes before the appointment. So ten minutes before the "alarm/ reminder notification" goes off and rings once. How can I make it so the alarm or reminder sound doesnt stop until I click snooze or acknowledge the event?

[kdallen]

I just got the treo 700p and it performs differently then my previous smartphone.

For example:

I create an appointment for 5pm on Thursday, and set a reminder to go off 10 minutes before the appointment. So ten minutes before the "alarm/ reminder notification" goes off and rings once. How can I make it so the alarm or reminder sound doesnt stop until I click snooze or acknowledge the event?

Hello and welcome to ET. Try going to prefs / sounds & alerts / calendar (change the dropdown box). You'll see a repeat button which you can change from 1 to 100. Will that do ya?

[jrattner]

All i see is the following:

Application: Calendar

Volume: 7

Vibrate: Alaways

Alarm Sound: Alarm

Reminder Sound: Alarm Triangle

Repeate: Once

Default Alarm: 15 minutes

[jrattner]

And If I set repeat to 100, it doesnt make a difference...Any clue

[kdallen]

I would have thought changing it to 100 would do just that. That wasn't from experience, though, as I don't use the Palm calendar. I use Agendus Pro for my events and have always used Butler or mobileClock for alarms.

Maybe someone who uses the native calendar regularly can jump in?

[ChefLionfoot]

The repeat xx times however does not mean that the alarm will continuosly ring for that time. The alarm will go of once every five minutes for 1 to 100 times.

[jrattner]

Well how can i make it go off CONTINULOUSLY until I acknowledge the alarm?

[Bondelev]

Well how can i make it go off CONTINULOUSLY until I acknowledge the alarm?

It's not free, but TreoAlarm works great.

[jrattner]

I dont need an alarm though, I need my reminders for the calendar to audibuly remind me until I acknowledge them, instead of just one beep 10 minutes before as a reminder.

Thats just garbage im ashamed of palm. I hope there is a solution to this

[Bondelev]

I dont need an alarm though, I need my reminders for the calendar to audibuly remind me until I acknowledge them, instead of just one beep 10 minutes before as a reminder.

Thats just garbage im ashamed of palm. I hope there is a solution to this

It's also not free, but Butler also allows you to modify Alarms.

I think most people would be really annoyed by an alarm that never stops. In addition, it would drain the battery pretty quickly, and would be a security risk if you leave it in your car, office, locker etc. where the sound would attract a thief.

There are plenty of ways to repeat the alarm or change it to a longer sound under prefs.

If changing the "repeat" setting does not work, I suspect something else is interfering with the sound on your Treo. Try choosing a different alarm sound and repeat that.