Sound Preferences
Menu path: Accessories > Sound Preferences
With this function, you can configure your device’s audio system. For details of how to change the presets for the audio system, see Options. For details of how to use the function, see Using "Sound Preferences" Function.
The settings for starting the function are described below.
Session name: Name for the session.
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Starting Methods for Session
Start menu
☑ The session can be launched from the start menu.
Application Launcher
☑ The session can be launched with the Application Launcher.
Desktop
☑ The session can be launched with a program launcher on the desktop.
Quick start panel
☑ The session can be launched with the quick start panel
Start menu's system tab
☑ The session can be launched with the start menu's system tab.
Application Launcher's system tab
☑ The session can be launched with the Application Launcher's system tab.
Desktop context menu
☑ The session can be launched with the desktop context menu.
Menu folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used in the start menu and in the desktop context menu.
Application Launcher folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used in the Application Launcher.
Desktop folder: If you specify a folder name or a path comprising a number of folder names separated by "/", a menu path will be created for the session. The menu path will be used for the program launcher on the desktop.
Password protection: Specifies which password will be requested when launching the session.
Possible values:
- None: No password is requested when launching the session.
- Administrator: The administrator password is requested when launching the session.
- User: The user password is requested when launching the session.
- Setup user: The setup user's password is requested when launching the session.
Hotkey
☑ The session can be started with a hotkey. A hotkey consists of one or more modifiers and a key.
Modifiers: A modifier or a combination of several modifiers for the hotkey. You can select a set key symbol/combination or your own key symbol/combination. A key symbol is a defined chain of characters, e.g. Ctrl.
Do not use [AltGr] as a modifier (represented as Mod5). Otherwise, the key that is configured as a hotkey with AltGr cannot be used as a regular key anymore. Example: If you configure [AltGr] + [E] as a hotkey, it is impossible to enter an "e".
These are the pre-defined modifiers and the associated key symbols:
(No modifier) =
None
= Shift[Ctrl] =
Ctrl
= Mod4
When this keyboard key is used as a modifier, it is represented as Mod4; when it is used as a key, it is represented as Super_L.
[Alt] =
Alt
Key combinations are formed as follows with |:
Ctrl +
= Ctrl|Super_L
Key: Key for the hotkey
user and enter xev -event keyboard. Press the key to be used for the hotkey. The text in brackets that begins with keysym contains the key symbol for the Key field. Example: Tab in (keysym 0xff09, Tab)
Autostart
☑ The session will be launched automatically when the device boots.
Restart
☑ The session will be restarted automatically after the termination.
Autostart delay: Waiting time in seconds between the complete startup of the desktop and the automatic session launch.
Autostart notification: This parameter is available if Autostart is activated and Autostart delay is set to a value greater than zero.
☑ For the duration defined by Autostart delay, a dialog is shown which allows the user to start the session immediately or cancel the automatic session start.
☐ No dialog is shown; the session is started automatically after the timespan specified with Autostart delay.
Appliance mode access: Determines whether the session can be started in appliance mode. By default, appliance mode implies that one session is running on the device exclusively. For further information, see Appliance Mode.
☑ The session can be started in appliance mode. The following starting methods can be used in appliance mode:
Desktop (desktop icon; not in appliance mode XDMCP for this Display)
Desktop Context Menu (not in appliance mode XDMCP for this Display)
Application Launcher (includes Application Launcher's system tab; not in appliance mode XDMCP for this Display)
Hotkey
Autostart (not in appliance mode XDMCP for this Display)
☐ The session cannot be started in appliance mode.