Lenovo ThinkPad L430 - Volume and Mute Buttons

Volumeandmutebuttons
Youcanadjustthesoundlevelofyourcomputerbyusingthefollowingthreebuttons:
1 Speakermutebutton:Pressthiskeytomutethesoundofyourcomputer.Ifyoumutethesoundand
thenturnoffyourcomputer,thesoundwillremainmutedwhenyouturnonyourcomputeragain.Toturnon
thesound,pressthespeakermutebuttonagainorpressthevolumecontrolbutton.
2 Volumecontrolbutton:Pressthiskeytoquicklyadjustthevolumeofthesoundfromyourcomputer
3 Microphonemutebutton:Pressthiskeytomuteorunmutealloftherecordingdevices.
Settingthevolume
Toadjusttheoutputvolumeortherecordingvolume,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel➙HardwareandSound➙Sound.TheSoundwindowopens.
2.ClickthePlaybacktaborRecordingtab,andthenclickadevice,whichyouwanttocustomize.
3.ClickthePropertiesbutton.
4.ClicktheLevelstab,andthenchangethevolumebymovingtheslider.
Youalsocangetaccesstothedesktopvolumecontrolbyusingthevolumeicononthetaskbaratthelower
rightofthescreen.Fordetailsaboutcontrollingvolume,refertoyourWindowshelpinformationsystem.
Settingthemicrophonemutesettings
Bydefault,whenyoupressthemicrophonemutebutton,alloftherecordingdevicesaresetonmute
orunmute.
Tochangethesetting,dothefollowing:
1.PressFn+F6.TheCommunicationsSettingswindowopens.
2.ClicktheManageSettingsbutton.TheCommunicationsUtilitywindowopens.
3.OntheVoIPCallSettingstab,clickMicrophonemutebuttonsettings.TheSettingforMicrophone
Mutewindowopens.
4.SelectOnlytherecordingdeviceselectedbelow:.Thenselecttherecordingdevicefromthe
drop-downlistbox.
5.ClickOK.
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