Panasonic (Generic)
The number in bracket tells you the amount of times you have to press the number on the left, e.g. "5(3)*" means press "5" three times, and then press "*" once in the ringtone composer. (For those which do not have bracket. press the number once.)

">" means press right key once.

Samsung (I)
For SGH-2488, SGH-800 or mobile phones which use the same key-in method.
Enter the ringtone directly into your mobile phone ringtone composer.

Samsung (II)
For SGH-R255, T100, T108, Nxx, A200 or mobile phones which use the same key-in method.
Enter the ringtone directly into your mobile phone ringtone composer.

Siemens
Pressing the numbers on your phones keypad will enter notes.
The ring tone notations are shown as, for example: E2 (1/16), where E is the tone, 2 is the octave, and (1/16) is the length.
To enter E2 (1/16) into your mobile you would start by setting the octave ( 2 ), by pressing the # key until 2 is shown on your display.
Next you enter the E note by pressing the 3 key on your phone.
Your phone will now display E2 (1/16).
The longer you hold this key, the longer the note will become, eg. (1/8), (1/4), (1/2) etc.

Some tones however look different, eg. Ais4 (1/16).
In this case you first press * on your phones keypad, which results in the is being displayed on screen. Next you change the octave to 2 by pressing the # key, until the screen displays is2. You then continue as before, and press the 6 on the keypad which corresponds to the A note. Holding the key down changes the length of the note.

Notes
1 displays C
2 displays D
3 displays E
4 displays F
5 displays G
6 displays A
7 displays B
8 displays high C
0 inserts a pause
* displays is
# changes octave