Using the Office theme song as a Treo 650 ringtone

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

Here are instructions on how to use the theme song from The Office (US version) as a ringtone on a Treo 650, for free. No additional ringtone manager to purchase!

Downloading the .wav file directly into your Treo

From your Treo browser (Blazer), go to www.officetally.com/audio/Office.wav.
On Sprint, you’ll get the following dialog:

Tap Yes.
In the Download dialog, choose to save to Sounds, and then tap Yes.
When the download is complete, tap Save and open.
Confirm the name of the .wav file, and then tap OK.

Note: The transfer will take a bit of time; be patient.
When the transfer is complete, you should see the Manage Sound screen. Confirm that office.wav appears on the list, and then tap Done.
To assign office.wav as your ringtone, press the Home button, and then tap Prefs > Sound & Alerts > Tones. In the Caller Tone drop-down list, select Office.wav.

Downloading the .mp3 file and converting it to .wav

Download the Office theme MP3 file over at Life in The Office. (Thanks, Brian!)
Convert the MP3 file to WAV format using any mp3-to-wav file converter program. I use the free application Switch (PC and Mac versions are available). Setting the format to Low Quality, the resulting .wav file came out to be a little over 500k in size, which is good, because you want the file small.
Send the .wav file via Bluetooth from your computer to your Treo. On a Mac, click the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar and then choose Send File. The transfer takes a bit of time.
On your Treo 650, confirm the name of the .wav file, and then tap OK.
When the transfer is complete, you should see the Manage Sound screen. Confirm that office.wav appears on the list, and then tap Done.
To assign office.wav as your ringtone, press the Home button, and then tap Prefs > Sound & Alerts > Tones. In the Caller Tone drop-down list, select Office.wav.

If you don’t have a Bluetooth-enabled computer, you can replace step 3 above with the following:

Move the .wav file to your Treo 650’s SD card. I use Missing Sync.
On your Treo 650, go to VersaMail.
Tap New.
Enter any recipient in the To field. (It doesn’t matter which recipient, since you won’t actually be sending the email.)
Tap Attachment (the paper clip).
For Type, choose Files on Card, and for Files, choose wav.
Select the Office .wav file, tap Add, and then tap Done.
Press the Menu button, and then choose Options > Save To Drafts.
You should now see the Drafts list. Select the draft you just created.
Tap and hold the little yellow square next to the wav file listing, and then choose Select viewer.
For Viewer, choose Sounds, and then tap View.

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Thanks! This worked for me…. actually I was downloading the 24 CTU ringtone, and just followed your instructions from a different site!
47 | Michael Sat. Aug. 30, 2008 at 6:23am
What about Iphones? It’s impossible to get the office theme in a ringtone version on itunes!
46 | Bruce Sun. Aug. 3, 2008 at 3:17pm
I have a Treo 680 too from AT&T. Any suggestions on how to get the ringtone to work for this phone??
45 | James Wed. Mar. 12, 2008 at 7:05pm
Hi,

I have a Nokia N Series-73. I love the office ringtone and would like it downloaded on my phone. Could you help me?
44 | Macy Sun. Mar. 2, 2008 at 8:07pm
Awesome dude !
I finally overcame my fear of turning bluetooth on and can transfer my wav files to the Treo to make my own ringtones :-)

Thanks for a nicely done work.
43 | Alex Fri. Jan. 25, 2008 at 2:18pm
Nokia 6275i
I downloaded the files to my comp and transfered them to my phone via bluetooth. (took 1 min total) But my phone won’t allow me to play the tones as my ring tone. It says “Not Allowed by Activation Key” Is this something I have to purchase for my phone? Any help?
Thanks
42 | Duane Wed. Jan. 2, 2008 at 12:23pm
This is awesome, thank you so much for publishing the “how to” treo directions! By the way Steve- it works for the verizon Treo 700p also- you just accept it as a voice memo and transfer it into a ring tone.
41 | hmiller Wed. Dec. 26, 2007 at 9:09pm
How do I download The Office ring tone to my Razr? It doesn’t have internet capabilities. I canceled that package! Is there another way to do it?
40 | Di Sat. Nov. 3, 2007 at 9:59am
How do I download The Office ringtone to my Razr?
39 | Di Fri. Nov. 2, 2007 at 4:26pm
This is amazing!!! I had some trouble at first, just make sure that it is typed exactly as it appears above. even make sure that you put a Capital O in Office, that will make a difference. Thanks for doing this so I dont have to buy it!!!
38 | Tre Tue. Oct. 16, 2007 at 3:21pm
To get it on a cingular Treo, the download category listed for me was voice recorder. If you then go into the voice memo function and select Office.wav and hit the menu button you get an option to copy to ringtone. Here I was thinking I was going to have to record it from my TV speakers. THANKS ALL
37 | Nyte Wed. Jun. 27, 2007 at 4:03pm
I’ve been following this thread for almost a year! I just got a treo today and adding this ringtone was the first thing I did! I followed the instructions for the non-bluetooth enabled computer and the directions were sinple to follow. (Even for me who has now been playing with my new treo for close to nine hours and I still can’t figure out how to use most of the basic functions. Haha.) Anyway, thanks OfficeTally!
36 | kelly tarling Fri. May. 11, 2007 at 8:46pm
Hey just a quick shout to help users download the theme song. The URL is CASE SENSITIVE if you access it from your phone. So if you get the YOU HAVE NOT FOUND YOUR CATHERINE ZETA JONES PAGE check your URL in the address bar. My mistake was not capitalizing the O in Office.wav at the end of the URL.

PS-Treo 650 is what I was using. Hope this helps some people. bb
35 | Brian Bordelon Fri. Apr. 6, 2007 at 5:17pm
I have the Treo 700p and I can not get The Office theme song to play as a ringtone! HELP!
34 | Steve Wed. Mar. 14, 2007 at 8:11am
Help! Just got the new Verzion - LG Music Cast phone, but cannot get the Office theme. HELP
33 | Janice Thu. Feb. 1, 2007 at 5:43pm
Any one have any idea how to download the theme song onto a Samsung cell phone (Cingular)?
32 | CINDY MCGEE Tue. Jan. 23, 2007 at 9:51am
Thank you so much for the great download! You are so awesome! I love it.
31 | Ina Sun. Jan. 14, 2007 at 10:40pm
I followed the instructions for the download… The Office theme is in my menu, and I can hear it, when I choose it, however, no matter what I assign my ringtone to be (the office, treo, etc etc) it will always ring the “playful” ring. I can even set it to silent, and it still rings as “playful”? It is stuck on the “playful”????

I went to my carrier & even to Palm on the phone, they say the only way to fix it is to do a ‘hard” reboot, however, this will loose all my software that I will have to reload… any suggestions?
30 | steve nielsen Thu. Jan. 4, 2007 at 8:24am
I have a treo 680 and tried getting the file on my phone several ways, but it seems like there is some sort of a file limit of 190kb! when i attach the file from my SD card, versamail only “sees” 186kb of the file?? and when i try to save it as a voice memo then to ringtone, the same thing occurs??

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
29 | Mo Thu. Dec. 21, 2006 at 5:03am
That has to be the best Treo post ever. I love the ringer. Thank you so much!!
28 | Steve Thu. Nov. 30, 2006 at 10:04pm