By connecting a microphone to your PC and an external speaker to the camera, you can talk to someone while seeing their image on your PC screen.
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If you have speakers or headphones connected to your PC, the person on the camera side can talk to you using a microphone connected to the camera.
Using the talk feature
While viewing live images from the camera, you can talk into your PC’s microphone. Your voice will be heard through the external speaker connected to the camera.
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In order to use this feature, a microphone must be connected to the PC, and an external speaker must be connected to the camera. Refer to the Installation Guide for information on connecting an external speaker to the camera.
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Confirm that the talk button () is displayed.
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Click the talk off button () if it is displayed to turn the microphone on. The button will change to the talk button ().
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Talk into your PC’s microphone.
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To turn off the microphone, click the talk button () or the listen off button (). The talk button will change to the talk off button.
Using the listen feature
While viewing live images from the camera, you can monitor the audio from the camera’s microphone.
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In order to use this feature, a microphone must be connected to the camera. You can listen to the audio picked by the microphone using headphones or speakers connected to your PC.
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Confirm that the listen button () is displayed.
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You can mute the audio by pressing the listen button. It will change to the listen off button ().
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Press the listen off button to monitor the audio again.
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Adjust the volume using the volume slider ().
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When viewing MPEG-4 images, the volume slider changes appearance ().
The talk and listen features cannot be used simultaneously.
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The audio may be interrupted or delayed due to your PC’s performance, the network environment, if you are running other applications, or if you have multiple windows open. Close other applications and windows or reduce the maximum bandwidth (see 5.1.1 Network (IPv4) Settings or 11.3 Configuring Your Camera for IPv6) for best performance.
The talk feature can be used by only one user at a time.
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You can change the maximum time the talk feature can be used (see 5.5 Changing Audio Settings (BB-HCM581A Only)). After the set amount of time passes, the talk feature is automatically turned off.
By default the camera’s microphone is automatically muted when the lens is panning or tilting. You can change this setting if desired, as well as adjust the sensitivity of the microphone (see 5.5 Changing Audio Settings (BB-HCM581A Only)).
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When the image is refreshed (such as during preset registration or when clicking your browser’s refresh button), the volume is reset to the center position and the mute will be turned off (i.e., audio will be heard again).