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Configure Member Website Chat

Article Number: 78 | Rating: 4.4/5 from 8 votes | Last Updated: Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Setup Member Website Chat

Purpose & Scope

^{How to Configure Audio Chat feature}

Procedure

^{This is how to set up your options in the SIM to utilize the Audio Chat feature.}

^{1. From the Home page in the SIM, click on Chat.}

^{2. Click on the Chat Room name or Create a new Chat Room.}

^{3. From here you can simply type in text to communicate with others in the chat room, or use your microphone/headphones to Audio Chat.}

^{4. In the chat window, click on Options and then Audio.}

^{5. To select a key (on your keyboard) to activate the Audio Chat feature, Press and Hold down a key and click the Set button in the Audio Options dialog box. In the example below, we used the down arrow key.}

^{6. Next, Select the device you want to use for your Microphone from the Input Device dropdown and select the device you want to use for your Speakers/Headphones from the Output Device dropdown.}

^{7. Then click the OK button.}

^{8. Now when you hold down your selected key (the down arrow) and speak into your microphone, anyone who has headphones or speakers set up in the chat room will be able to hear you.}

^{9. You will see in the body of the chat who is speaking.}