Volume And Mute Buttons - Lenovo ThinkPad L430 User Manual

Volume and mute buttons

You can adjust the sound level of your computer by using the following three buttons:
1 Speaker mute button: Press this key to mute the sound of your computer. If you mute the sound and
then turn off your computer, the sound will remain muted when you turn on your computer again. To turn on
the sound, press the speaker mute button again or press the volume control button.
2 Volume control button: Press this key to quickly adjust the volume of the sound from your computer
3 Microphone mute button: Press this key to mute or unmute all of the recording devices.
Setting the volume
To adjust the output volume or the recording volume, do the following:
1. Click Start ➙ Control Panel ➙ Hardware and Sound ➙ Sound. The Sound window opens.
2. Click the Playback tab or Recording tab, and then click a device, which you want to customize.
3. Click the Properties button.
4. Click the Levels tab, and then change the volume by moving the slider.
You also can get access to the desktop volume control by using the volume icon on the taskbar at the lower
right of the screen. For details about controlling volume, refer to your Windows help information system.
Setting the microphone mute settings
By default, when you press the microphone mute button, all of the recording devices are set on mute
or unmute.
To change the setting, do the following:
1. Press Fn+F6. The Communications Settings window opens.
2. Click the Manage Settings button. The Communications Utility window opens.
3. On the VoIP Call Settings tab, click Microphone mute button settings. The Setting for Microphone
Mute window opens.
4. Select Only the recording device selected below:. Then select the recording device from the
drop-down list box.
5. Click OK.
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