Volumeandmutebuttons
Youcanadjustthesoundlevelofyourcomputerbyusingthefollowingthreebuttons:
1Speakermutebutton:Pressthiskeytomutethesoundofyourcomputer.Ifyoumutethesoundand
thenturnoffyourcomputer,thesoundwillremainmutedwhenyouturnonyourcomputeragain.Toturnon
thesound,pressthespeakermutebuttonagainorpressthevolumecontrolbutton.
2Volumecontrolbutton:Pressthiskeytoquicklyadjustthevolumeofthesoundfromyourcomputer
3Microphonemutebutton:Pressthiskeytomuteorunmutealloftherecordingdevices.
Settingthevolume
Toadjusttheoutputvolumeortherecordingvolumeonthewindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound➙Sound.TheSoundwindowopens.
2.ClickthePlaybacktaborRecordingtab,andthenclickadevicethatyouwanttocustomize.
3.ClickthePropertiesbutton.
4.ClicktheLevelstab,andthenchangethevolumebymovingtheslider.
YoualsocangetaccesstothedesktopvolumecontrolbyclickingthevolumeiconintheWindows
noticationarea.Fordetailsaboutcontrollingvolume,refertoyourWindowshelpinformationsystem.
SettingthemicrophonemutebuttonontheWindows7operatingsystem
Bydefault,whenyoupressthemicrophonemutebutton,alloftherecordingdevicesaresetonmute
orunmute.
Ifyouwanttocontrolonlyoneoftherecordingdevicesusingthemicrophonemutebutton,dothefollowing:
1.PressFn+F6.TheCommunicationssettingswindowopens.
2.ClicktheManageSettingsbutton.TheCommunicationsUtilitywindowopens.
3.OntheVoIPCallSettingstab,clickMicrophonemutebuttonsettings.TheSettingforMicrophone
Mutewindowopens.
4.SelectOnlytherecordingdeviceselectedbelow:.Thenselecttherecordingdevicefromthe
drop-downlistbox.
5.ClickOK.
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