Custom Boot Tunes

Custom Boot Tunes
This page assumes that you have a basic understanding of how to read from and write to a memory stick.

Tools

 * SONY-brand memory stick reader
 * Audio editing program

Custom boot tunes are really fun, easy to make (no programming skills of ANY kind needed!!!) and entertaining enough to make you dance! put whatever song you like or your favorite song or song that matches your Aibo's color or personality! but, be careful when you post a video of it online on websites like RetroTube or YouTube/Facebook, as it may get copyrighted and will be mute!

Be creative, have fun! you could also put a song you wrote and surprise your friends!

NOTE: please amplify them enough to where they're nice and LOUD! the older models tend to be REALLY quiet when making noises, sometimes inaudible, so please make it really loud, but not too loud cause it might could blow out the speaker or distort.


 * 1) Many members of the community use the following website to convert .WAV files: audio.online-convert.com
 * 2) Alternatively, Audacity is another option as a free audio editing program: audacityteam.org

Note that regardless of the length of your file, once it completes, it will immediately loop until your AIBO is finished booting. Create a file that you know loops well for maximum fun!

ERS-110 or ERS-111
For the ERS-110 or ERS-111, in order for a boot tune to be valid, it must meet the following requirements:
 * .WAV file
 * Mono
 * 16bit
 * 32000hz
 * Short enough to fit on the memory stick.

(Side note: 11x dogs are known to be unstable with boot tunes and it may not always work.)

ERS-210, ERS-220, or ERS-31x

 * .WAV file
 * Mono
 * 8bit
 * 8000hz
 * Short enough to fit on the memory stick (usually between 1 and 45 seconds).

ERS-210A ERS-220A Supercores

 * .WAV file
 * Mono
 * 16bit
 * 16000hz
 * Short enough to fit on the memory stick (usually between 1 and 45 seconds).

(The WAV file music or sounds are fun on the Supercores, as it has amazing sound quality! as well as other WAV files the supercores can play that are the same bit rate!)

ERS-7

 * .WAV file
 * Mono
 * 16bit
 * 16000hz
 * Short enough to fit on the memory stick (usually between 1 and 33 seconds).

Replacing the Old Boot Tune
Once you have an audio file of the boot tune you want that meets these requirements, name it "BOOT.WAV" for the old non Supercore 210/220s, the 31x series and 110/111 series. (or, if it is for an ERS-7 or Supercore 210A/220A, "BOOT16.WAV") and place it in the following location on the memory stick:

OPEN-R/MW/DATA/P

Either remove the previously existing BOOT.WAV/BOOT16.WAV before placing the new one in the folder, or overwrite it.

If you were successful, when you try to boot your AIBO with the new BOOT.WAV, you should hear your customized boot tune. If your AIBO remains silent for the entirety of booting, the boot tune you have given it is invalid - double-check that the file you made meets the requirements above. If your AIBO plays an error tone, you may have put the file in the wrong place or otherwise modified the memory stick incorrectly.