Managing Video Layout - LifeSize Passport User Manual

To set the level for your audio input, position someone the same distance from the
microphone as participants would be in the room during a video conference and have them
speak at a normal volume. Green bars indicate an acceptable setting at normal speaking
volume. Yellow bars are acceptable if you are shouting or speaking loudly. Avoid settings
that produce red bars in the audio meter.
LifeSize recommends a volume setting of 5 to 8 for most LifeSize MicPod applications.
LifeSize recommends a volume setting of 5 to 10 for most LifeSize Focus applications. Use
the meter to visually verify that the transmit level peaks in the desired -28 to -22 dB range.
When the user interface is visible during a call, a volume meter for the active microphone
appears in the near video image next to the dominant speaker icon.
Muting the Active Microphone
Pressing the mute
microphone. When the near side active microphone is muted in a call, the
appears.
Managing PIP
Your display shows the far-end and near-end video conferencing sites in addition to the
menus and video images from connected video sources.
Picture-In-Picture (PIP) is a smaller window placed in one of the corners of the call screen.
This second image is placed on top of the main image and always displays the primary
(near) input by default. You can change the default setting so that PIP never appears or
always appears by adjusting the User Preferences : Appearance : Picture in Picture
preference.

Managing Video Layout

During a call, video from the connected caller appears in your display. You can change the
screen layout of near and far end video that appear in the display.
Understanding Screen Layouts
Screen layouts appear as one of the following types:
• A far end participant or a presentation, when in progress, appears as the largest video
image.
• Your site (the near end participant) appears as the largest video image.
• Both video images are the same size.
If you choose a screen layout that shows both video images as the same size, only the
dominant speaker icon
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button on the remote control or LifeSize MicPod mutes the active
moves to indicate which participant is currently speaking.
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