- 1). Close the Timex Data Link USB program on your computer, if it's open.
- 2). Open the folder containing the program files on your computer. Open the "Timex" folder. Open "Data Link USB" and "Sounds."
- 3). Open one of the ".sf" files in a text editor, such as Notepad.
- 4). Locate the line of text that says "Name=." The text to the right of "Name=" is the name of the sound set that appears in the Timex Data Link USB program. Delete the text to the right of "Name=" and type the desired name of the sound set. When you're done, the text may look like this:
Name=MyNewSoundSet - 5). Modify the existing sounds, such as "Button Beep," "Halfway Reminder" or "Hourly Chime," by setting the number of repetitions, frequencies and durations of the tones that make up those sounds. To make the sound titled "Button Beep" play a 1,170-hertz tone for 32 milliseconds, type:
[Button Beep]
Sound1=-1,1
Sound2=1170,32
The sound's name is "[Button Beep]." "Sound1=-1,1" initializes the sound. The "-1" tells the software that "Sound1" specifies the number of times the next tone -- "Sound2" -- repeats. The "1" is the number of times "Sound2" plays. "Sound2=1170,32" tells the software to play a 1,170-hertz tone for 32 milliseconds. The following frequencies are supported by the watch: 0 hertz, 1,170 hertz, 1,365 hertz, 1,638 hertz, 2,048 hertz, 2,340 hertz, 2,731 hertz, 3,277 hertz, 3,277 hertz and 4,096 hertz. - 6). Create complex sounds by adding more tones to a sound and varying the number of times certain tones, or groups of tones, repeat. Your text may look like this:
[Button Beep]
Sound1=-1,1
Sound2=1170,32
Sound3=-1,3
Sound4=2048,100
Sound5=0,50
Sound6=-1,1
Sound7=1170,32
This text says that "Button Beep" starts with a 1,170-hertz tone played once for 32 milliseconds. A 2,048-hertz tone is then played for 100 milliseconds, followed by silence for 50 milliseconds. The 2,048-hertz tone and silence play three times. The sound ends with a 1,170-hertz tone played once for 32 milliseconds. - 7). Save the edited sound set file in the "Sounds" folder by clicking "Save" and typing the name of your sound set. Type ".sf" after the sound set's name to specify the file's extension. The name may read "MyNewSoundSet.sf," for example. If the Save dialog box provides an option to select a file type, select "All Files." Click "Save." The sound set is now available for use in the Timex Data Link USB program.
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