Selecting an Audio Mode
By default, Cisco IP Communicator selects one audio device for all of your audio modes and for the ringer. This device could be a sound card, for example. If you have multiple audio devices available, you have additional configuration options. For example, if you have a USB headset, you can select it for headset mode and activate it by clicking the Headset button.
You can maintain the default configuration or customize it. If you choose to customize the configuration, follow these recommendations:
- If you use a USB headset, assign it to headset mode.
- If you use an external USB speakerphone, assign it to speakerphone mode.
- If you use a USB handset, assign it to handset mode.
- If you use an analog headset, assign the computer sound card to headset mode.
- If you do not have an external speakerphone device, select the computer sound card for speakerphone mode.
- Assign the ringer to the device that you want to alert you when you receive a call. Be aware, however, that if you assign the ringer to a sound card and plug an analog headset into your computer, you cannot hear the ringer unless you are wearing the headset.
Tip You can use the sound playback and the sound recording settings in the Windows Control Panel (Sounds and Multimedia > Audio tab or Sounds and Audio Devices > Audio tab for Windows XP) as the audio devices in Cisco IP Communicator. In the Cisco IP Communicator Preferences window (right-click > Preferences > Audio tab), choose Default Windows Audio Device from the drop-down list for one or more settings. and click OK. Use this method if you want one device for sound playback and a different device (such as the VT camera microphone) for sound recording.
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