Using Your Computer as a Speakerphone

You can use your computer's sound card to place and receive calls in speakerphone mode. See the table below for details.

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Use your computer like a speakerphone to place and answer calls

Make sure that is lit so that Cisco IP Communicator will operate in speakerphone mode. Unlike other modes, speakerphone mode provides echo suppression. You can toggle speakerphone mode on and off by clicking or by entering the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + P.

By default, speakerphone mode is active. This means that many of the actions you take to place or answer a call will automatically trigger speakerphone mode, such as using a speed dial button or softkey.

Note     If you have an analog headset plugged in to the computer, you will not be able hear audio through your computer's speakers in speakerphone mode.

Switch to the speakerphone during a call

Click or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + P. If you were using a handset before switching, turn it off or hang it up.

Use your computer's speaker as a ringer to alert you to incoming calls

Make sure that your sound card is assigned to the ringer mode and that you have not muted your computer's speaker. Additionally, if you plug an analog headset into your computer, the ringer will be audible from the headset speakers only.

Use AutoAnswer with speakerphone mode

Click or to place, answer, and end calls, open and close lines, and to switch from other audio devices to speakerphone mode. Because speakerphone mode is active by default, you do not need to keep the corresponding button lit as you do for headset mode.

(AutoAnswer is a non-standard feature that your system administrator might enable for you.)

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