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Soft Mute

• Used when you only want to employ Mute temporarily, such as when communicating with on-line ATC.
• Works on a "Push-to-Hold" basis.
• If using on-line ATC, you would assign 'Soft Mute' to the same key used for your ATC 'Push-to-Talk (PTT) switch'.
• An "M" symbol will appear in the left hand side of the FS2Crew Main Panel display area when operating.
• SPECIAL NOTE: By default, the LEFT or RIGHT CONTROL KEY key also acts as the SOFT MUTE KEY.  
• To create a Soft Mute key assignment in addition to the default LEFT and RIGHT CONTROL KEY, create a joystick or keyboard button assignment for 'PROPELLER SYNC (ON/OFF)' in the FSX 'SETTINGS - CONTROLS' menu.

FOR NON-ENGLISH USERS:

GERMAN: PROPELLERSYNC (EIN/AUS)

FRENCH: SYNCHRO DE L'HELICE (ACTIVER/DESACTIVER)

ITALIAN: SINCRONIZZAZIONE ELICA

SPANISH: SINCRONIZACION DE LAS HELICES

Important Reminder:  Even with mute enabled, the Speech Recognition will still detect any inputs received via your microphone; in fact, you will still see activity in the Green Bar that displays what the Speech Recognition system is 'detecting'.   The difference, however, is that the virtual FO will not act on any words or phrases the speech the Speech Recognition system detects.

For example, if you cough, and the Speech Recognition system somehow interprets that as "Gear Down", you will still see "Gear Down" in the Green Bar, but the FO will not put the gear down.