Doing More With Your Desk Phone; Installation - Alcatel-Lucent M8 User Manual

4 Doing more with your desk phone

Your desk phone is designed to evolve with the environment. It can do more than just establishing
communication between people or helping you keep in touch with your contacts and enterprises.
This chapter describes some use cases with your desk phone.
4.1 Use your desk phone as a USB audiohub for your computer
Your phone can be used as an external audio playback/recording device for your personal computer
(PC). Use the hands-free mode of your desk phone with applications such as Rainbow, OpenTouch
Conversation for PC, Skype, etc. Or you can simply listen to music with an outstanding audio
performance.

4.1.1 Installation

4.1.1.1 Prerequisites
Before using your DeskPhone as a USB audiohub for your computer, make sure your computer meets
the minimum hardware and software requirements:
The lists below are for information only and are not contractual. Contact your administrator if necessary.
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The supported operating systems are:
Windows
7 (32-bit or 64 bit)
8 (32-bit or 64 bit)
8.1 (32-bit or 64 bit)
10 (32-bit or 64 bit)
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USB connector: we recommend a USB 3.0 port (USB 2.0 or 1.0 port can reduce performance).
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We recommend using the latest version of audio applications or web browser.
4.1.1.2 Connect your computer to your desk phone
You can use a USB-A or USB-C connectors of the DeskPhone to connect the PC. A stand-alone USB
cable is not provided with your set.
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Configure your desk phone to use it as an audio hub.
M8 User Manual 1.0
Mac OS X
10.9 (Maverick)
10.10 (Yosemite)
10.11 (El Capitan)
10.12 (Sierra),
10.13 (High Sierra),
10.14 (Mojave),
10.15 (Catalina)
Linux
Compatible with most Linux distributions.
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