Vertical Communications TeleVantage 7.5 manual Adjusting microphone and speaker volume

Adjusting microphone and speaker volume

1.Open the SoftPhone keypad window (see “Showing the SoftPhone keypad window” on page F-5).

2.Click the audio icon to expand the dialog box.

3.Use the slider bars for Volume and Mic to adjust the audio volume and microphone pickup. Uncheck a field to mute it.

Setting preferences

1.From the SoftPhone keypad window (see “Showing the SoftPhone keypad window” on page F-5), choose Tools > Options. You can also right-click the SoftPhone icon in the system tray and choose Options.

2.Click the Preferences tab.

3.Set any of the following options:

Q Auto answer. If checked, SoftPhone automatically answers incoming calls. If unchecked, incoming calls cause the New Call window to open, where you can either accept or decline the call.

Q Always on top. If checked, the dialog box will remain on top of all other windows. You can set it separately for the main SoftPhone window and the New Call window.

Q Audio device to use for playback. Select the sound card on your computer to use for playing SoftPhone audio.

Q Audio device to use for recording. Select the microphone or other audio device to use for speaking and recording with SoftPhone.

Q Check USB Phone. Click to check the connection with a USB phone connected to your PC.

4.Click OK.

Setting call restrictions

You can use Call Restriction tab in Options to make sure that your SoftPhone can only be called by sources you approve, for example, the IP address of the TeleVantage Server's Internet span. To do so:

1.From the SoftPhone keypad window (see “Showing the SoftPhone keypad window” on page F-5), choose Tools > Options. You can also right-click the SoftPhone icon in the system tray and choose Options.

2.Click the Call Restrictions tab.

3.Check Accept calls from only the following IP addresses. This blocks all incoming calls from IP addresses other than the ones you specify.

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