Removing and Re-Installing Audio Devices

If you use Cisco IP Communicator on a laptop, you might find that you often remove and re-install audio devices as you travel between locations. The following table provides information about re-installing an audio device when you are ready to use it again.

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Re-install a previously tuned USB handset, USB headset, or sound card

  1. Install the audio device (for example, plug in the USB handset) when Cisco IP Communicator is not running.
  2. Launch Cisco IP Communicator.
  3. Select and, if necessary, tune the device. You can manually access the Audio Tuning Wizard through Cisco IP Communicator (right-click > Preferences > Audio tab).
  4. If necessary, assign the device to the desired audio modes.

Install a new device while the application is running and use it as the audio device for Cisco IP Communi cator

  1. Right-click > Preference > Audio tab, and select the device from the drop-down list for an audio mode.
  2. Click OK.
  3. Tune the device when the Audio Tuning Wizard automatically launches.

Set a specific device to be used in the next call

  1. Make sure Cisco IP Communicator is running.
  2. Configure it to use the default Windows device (right-click > Preferences > Audio tab, and select Default Windows Audio Device).
  3. Connect a new device and set it as the default Windows audio device from the Windows Control Panel.
  4. Manually launch the Audio Tuning Wizard (right-click > Audio Tuning Wizard) to tune this device before using it.

If you do not tune the device and you restart the application, the Audio Tuning Wizard automatically launches so that you can tune this device, and Cisco IP Communicator uses this device in the next call.

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