# Audio Basic tab field descriptions

The Basic tab provides simple settings to adjust the audio volume for playback, recording, and incoming calls. You can also set the system to play a ring tone through your computer speaker and select a ringtone for an incoming call.

The Basic tab provides the following controls:

Name | Description
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Playback | Use the Playback slider to adjust the volume for the sound output through your computer speakers or headphones. Enable the Mute option to eliminate all sound output through your speakers or headset. Note Voice on Playback is only applicable for the My Computer configuration. These settings get applied on your computer and do not affect your headset.
Record | Use the Record slider to adjust the recording volume of all sound transmitted through a microphone to your computer. Enable the Mute option to eliminate any sound sent to your computer through the microphone. Note These settings will not affect a headset volume if that headset is attached to the telephone rather than your computer.
Ringing | Use the Ringing slider to adjust the volume of the sound played through your speakers or headset that occurs when you receive an incoming call. Enable the Mute option to eliminate any sound that indicates an incoming call.
Play ringing through the internal PC speakers | Enable the Play ringing through the internal PC speakers option to play the sound associated with an incoming call through the speakers of your personal computer and your headset simultaneously. Note If your computer does not have an internal speaker, this option will have no effect.
Enable Sidetone | Side Tone refers to listening to what you say in the microphone. You cannot edit the settings and therefore the control is grayed out.
Use Custom ringtone | Enable the Use Custom ringtone option to set the system to play a custom ringtone (a Wave file) through your speakers or headset, when you receive an incoming call. Note When you enable this option, the system displays a browse field. Use the browse field to locate and set Wave file and the application plays the wave file every time you receive a call.

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Audio Advanced tab field descriptions
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