This section describes Internet Phone Release 5 Preferences dialog boxes and their parameters. To access each one of the preferences, choose Preferences from the Options menu and then click the icon corresponding to the group of parameters you wish to change. Each group is subdivided into tabs.

General Preferences

Display
Open Community Browser on Startup	Select to open the Community Browser window automatically when you start Internet Phone.
Show Icon when Minimized	Select to display the Internet Phone icon in Windows taskbar if you minimize the Internet Phone window. If cleared, and the Internet Phone window is minimized, you can restore it by clicking the Internet Phone icon in Windows taskbar tray.
Attach Community Browser	Select to attach the Community Browser window to the Internet Phone window. If you move one of the windows, the other one moves accordingly.
Detach Remote Video	Select to display the remote video window outside the Internet Phone window. This option will occur automatically when large video frames are transmitted from a remote user.
Detach Dialer	Select to display the dialer window outside the Internet Phone window.
Animated Assistant	Select the animated assistant character that appears in the Internet Phone window. Select None to display Internet Phone in a compact window.
Restore Original Background	Click to display the original Internet Phone background.
Windows Appearance	Click to display your Windows appearance background.
Select New Background	Click to select a bitmap file as your Internet Phone background.

Sessions
Auto Receive Video	Select to receive video automatically if the user at the other end transmits video.
Send Video on Session Startup	Select to transmit video automatically after you start Internet Phone. Your system must include a camera, and the user's system at the other end of the call must be set to receive video.
Bring to Top on Call	Select to make the Internet Phone window the top window when you receive a call.
Maximum Number of Simultaneous Sessions	Type the maximum number of active sessions that your system will handle at the same time. If an incoming call will exceed this number, it will be disconnected with a Busy signal.

History
Incoming Folder	Displays the path of the Incoming Calls History list.
Save Internet Phone Users	Type the maximum number of the most recent incoming calls that appear in the Incoming History list. When the number of incoming calls exceeds this number, the earliest entries are deleted.
Clear Incoming Folder	Click to delete all entries in the Incoming History list.
Outgoing Folder	Displays the path of the Outgoing Calls History list.
Save Internet Phone Users	Type the maximum number of the most recent outgoing calls that appear in the Outgoing History list. When the number of outgoing calls exceeds this number, the earliest entries are deleted.
Clear Outgoing Folder	Click to delete all entries in the Outgoing History list.

Network
Internet Connection	Select your Internet access or modem speed to enable the optimal use of bandwidth for audio and video communication over the Internet.
Use H.323 Protocol	Select to communicate on the industry standard protocol. To use H.323 protocol you need additional system resources. Select it only if you are connected to a LAN and you need to call other Net Phone applications.

User Preferences

NOTE The information in the User Information preferences is available to other users when you are in a chat room and to other users calling you directly.

User Information
First Name	Type your first name.
Last Name	Type your last name.
Nickname	Type your Internet Phone nick name. This is required to connect to Community Browser servers. The nick name can contain a maximum of nine characters without spaces.
Comment	Type a comment about yourself
Phone	Type your phone number. Other users can call you by this number through the Dialer if you include the country code. You can enter the number with or without hyphens.
E-mail	Type our e-mail address. Other users can use this address to send you voice mail or to call you if you have subscribed to the Addressing Service
Country	Type the country you are in (click None to leave this item empty in the user lists).
Internet Phone Address	Displays your Internet Phone address if you subscribed to the Addressing Service. This address is visible to other users when you are in a chat room. Other users can use this address to call you directly.

Audio Preferences

Audio Settings
Start Test/Stop Test	Click to start or stop, respectively, the audio test.
Status	Displays the state of the test: Idle - No voice Active - Recording voice, but not long enough for significant playback Recording - Recording voice, long enough for significant playback Playing - Playing back the recorded voice
Record	Drag the slider to adjust the voice recording level. This is only available when the Voice Activation Mode is Manual.
Playback	To increase the volume, drag the slider to the right.
Voice Activation Mode	Automatic Quiet Environment - Select to activate automatic voice if you use Internet Phone in a quiet environment. Automatic Noisy Environment - Select to activate automatic voice if you use Internet Phone in a noisy environment. Manual - Select this option to activate the voice manually. Time Before Idle - Adjust the wait time from the end of the voice until the recording is stopped.

Devices
Recording Device	Select the recording device that you use during calls and voice mail.
Playback Device	Select the playback device that you use during calls and voice mail.
Use Full Duplex	Select to start Internet Phone automatically in full-duplex mode. If the user at the other end of a call is in half-duplex mode, or if full-duplex mode fails, Internet Phone will run in half-duplex mode.
Use Echo Suppression	Select this option if you use speakers and microphone. This will reduce echo problems when you are in a full-duplex mode. When you use handset or headset clear this option for better performance.
Use Standard Sampling Rate	Select to run Internet Phone Release 5 with devices that claim to support 8000 Hz sampling rate, but in fact, do not at a satisfactory level. This option reduces audio quality and affects both recording and playback devices.
Use 8 Bits	Select to run Internet Phone with devices that claim to support 16-bit audio but in fact, do not at a satisfactory level. This option reduces audio quality and affects both recording and playback devices.

Codecs The Audio Codecs properties affect recording and transmitting audio only. Audio playback is affected by the other user's Audio Codecs settings.
Choose codec automatically	Select to allow Internet Phone to decide upon the audio codecs and their priority. This automatic selection will be suggested to the other user' system while negotiatiating audio capabilities. Clear to set audio codecs priority manually. Note that even if you set the codecs priority manually, the actual codec that will be used during a call depends on the other user's supported codecs and the available bandwidth.
Priority of codecs used for audio compression	If you choose to set the audio codecs priority manually, you can arrange the codecs in the list by priority: Click Up to move the selected codec up the list, giving it a higher priority. Click *Down* to move the selected codec down the list, giving it a lower priority.

Events
Audio Notifications	Double-click a listed event to activate its event sound.
No Sound	Select to disable all event sounds.
Change Sounds	Click to change an event sound from Windows Control Panel
Play button	Click to play the selected event sound.
Stop button	Click to stop the currently playing sound.

Community Browser Preferences

Main
Join to last room on startup	Select to automatically open the Community Browser with the last room that was active each time you start Internet Phone.
Enable/Disable Parental Control	Click to enable parental control. A dialog box will open, and prompt you to enter and confirm a supervisor password. If you enabled parental control, the button will then change to a Disable button. Click to enter the password and cancel parental control.

Servers
Try another server after: XX Seconds	Set the amount of time Internet Phone will try to connect to one server before moving on to the next server if the attempt was unsuccessful. The default time is 30 seconds, and the allowed range is between 10 and 120 seconds.
Clear Server Performance Information	Click to reset the server performance history.

Web Content
Cache Folder	The Community Broswer employs a cache in order to reduce download time from the Internet. A cache is a folder on your hard disk in which the Community Broswer stores information downloaded from the Internet. The next time you want to access this information, it will appear much faster because it is already stored on your hard disk. This means that the first time you use the Community Browser things may be a bit slow, depending on the speed of your Internet connection. As you continue to use the Community browser, things will speed up, since most of the information is already stored locally in the cache. This box displays the folder containing the Community Browser browser cache.
Cache Size	Set the amount of memory the cache can use. The default is 10MB, and the allowed range is between 5MB and 50MB.
Move Cache Folder	Click to select a different path for the cache folder.
Clear Cache	Click to clear the cache contents. This operation will close the Community Browser and the next time you use it things may be a bit slow, since the information is downloaded from the Internet.
Web Browser	The Community Browser displays information your computer receives from the Internet, just like a Web browser. If you have Microsoft's Internet Explorer installed on your system, you will be able to view content that contains animation, plug-ins and Java applets. If you do not have Internet Explorer installed, the Community Browser will display its content using an internal browser, which means that you will not be able to view all types of content properly. We therefore recommend that you install Microsoft Internet Explorer on your system. Note that if you use another type of Web broswer, such as Netscape Navigator, you can install Internet Explorer on your system and still use the other browser to browse the Internet. Internal - Select to use the internal Web browser to display Web content in the Community Browser. Internet Explorer - Select to use Microsoft Internet Explorer to display Web content in the Community Browser.
Use Proxy	Select to enable to enter an HTTP proxy server address and port.
Proxy Port	Type the proxy server port to use if the Use Proxy option is selected. Grayed when Use Proxy option is not selected.
Proxy Address	Type the host name or IP address of the proxy server to use if the Use Proxy option is selected. Grayed when Use Proxy option is not selected.

Video Preferences

Video Test
Device Name	Displays the name of the video device that is recording during the video test.
Codec Name	Name of the video codec that is being used during the video test. Different codecs can be selected.
Start/Stop Test	Click the Start Test button to start the video test. Click the Stop button to stop the video test.
Codec Quality	Drag this slider to adjust the video compression quality. If the quality is higher, the video speed is slower. If the quality is lower, the video speed is higher.
Frame Rate	Displays current speed of the video display (number of frames per second) in the remote view window.
Bandwidth	Displays available bandwidth required to transmit the compressed video in the remote view window.

Device
Device Name	Select the video device to capture video.
Video Source	Click to adjust camera properties of the selected video device driver.
Video Format	Click to set image size* and quality properties of the selected video device driver.
Video Display	Click to set Self View properties of the selected video device driver.
Captured picture size	Select the preferable video capture size: Small, Normal, Large. Please note: Internet Phone receives the information about the image size from your selection for the Captured picture size option (i.e., Small, Normal or Large) and ignores any changes you apply to the image size through the Video Format dialog.

Voice Mail Preferences

Message
Prompt for Voice Message whenever someone is not available	Select to automatically open the Voice Mail window after you call to an e-mail address, but there is no answer.
Default Comment	Type text that will automatically be included in your voice mail message.

Signature
Reply-to Address	Type your e-mail address for your voice mail in case you do not want to show your e-mail address to other users, but you want to use the Voice Mail feature.
Signature	Type a signature that will automatically be included in your voice mail message.
Send my Internet Phone Address shortcut with the message	Select to attach an Internet Phone Address file to your voice mail so that the other user can return your call easily.
Attach a shortcut to your Internet Phone Address to every message	This option is enabled only if you have registered the Addressing Service. Select it to attach your Internet Phone address to every voice message you send so that the recipients can easily call you using Internet Phone Release 5.

Mail Server
SMTP Server	Type the host name or IP address of the mail server that you are using to send voice mail messages.
SMTP Server Time-out	Set the amount of time Internet Phone will try to send a voice mail before notifying that your voice mail transmission is not successful. The default time is 30 seconds, and the allowed range is between 10 and 120 seconds.

Services Preferences

Services
View Services by Type	Select one of the installed types of services: All - all types of services Fax - only Fax services Telephony - only Telephony services
List of Services	Displays the list of services with the relevant service parametrs: Name of the service provider, service Description, date you last Modified this service, Update availability notifier - this entry reminds you that you have received a new .ips file from the service provider, with updates for the selected service (e.g., new destinations to call, new service tariffs etc.) but in order for the update to take effect you must install the new service file. The service unique ID is also displayed.
Set As Default	Click to make the selected service the default service. This service will always be used whenever you try to call to a regular phone or fax (unless you select a different service using the dialer). This option is enabled only when a specific type of service is displayed, e.g, Telephony or Fax.
Remove	Click to remove the selected telephony service from the List of Services.
Properties	Click to change your user ID and password for the selected service.
Install New Service	Click to browse for a new Internet Phone Service (.ips) file to install.
Default Service	Displays the name of the default service from the list.