Toshiba SATELLITE P500 User Manual

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User’s Manual

Operating Basics

Your computer has a built-in microphone that can be used to record 

monaural sounds with your applications. It can also be used to issue voice 

commands to applications that support such functions.(Built-in microphone 

is provided with some models)
If your computer has a built-in microphone and speaker, “feedback” may be 

heard under certain conditions. Feedback occurs when sound from the 

speaker is picked up in the microphone and amplified back to the speaker, 

which amplifies it again to the microphone.
This type of feedback occurs repeatedly and causes a very loud, high-

pitched noise. It is a common phenomenon that occurs in any sound 

system when the microphone input is output to the speaker (throughput) 

and the speaker volume is too loud or too close to the microphone. You can 

control throughput by adjusting the volume of your speaker or through the 

Mute function in the Master Volume panel. Refer to your Windows 

documentation for details on using the Master Volume panel.

TOSHIBA Face Recognition uses a face verification library to verify the 

face data of users when they log on to Windows. This way the user can 

avoid having to enter a password, which makes the logon process easier.

In the Options tab, flip or zoom the image, or set 

the flicker rate, night mode, and backlight 

compensation. In the Image tab, change the 

color settings. In the Profiles tab, change the 

lighting conditions.

In the Options tab, change the tool bar position. 

In the Picture tab, select picture output options 

such as size, export file and save path. In the 

Video tab, choose video output settings such as 

frame rate, size, record compressor, and save 

path. In the Audio tab, change the audio device, 

audio compressor, audio volume and save path.

Displays the help files for the software.