How to turn modem speakers on or off

Updated: 08/31/2020 by Computer Hope
External computer modem

The following steps describe how to enable or disable the computer's internal, not external, modem speaker. Some computers have the capability of emitting the sound through the computer speakers. For those computers, the steps below may not enable or disable this, as other software may be involved.

Note

There are some computer modems that do not contain a speaker and therefore will not emit sound if enabled or disabled. Additionally, the modem speaker may become defective, and therefore is not able to emit sound.

Windows 95 and above users

To adjust the modem speaker, follow the steps below:

  1. Open the Control Panel.
  2. Double-click the Modems icon.
  3. Highlight the modem that you want to adjust the volume and click the Properties button.
  4. This window provides an interface for adjusting the volume. Moving the volume slider to the left reduces the volume, and moving it to the right increases the volume.

DOS and Windows 3.x users

DOS and Windows 3.x users must enable or disable the modem speaker with the AT commands.

Below is the AT command to set the speaker volume to low and then turn it off once connected.

ATM1L1

To turn off the speaker, you would use either of the following commands.

ATM0L1
M0

The AT commands above can be typed at an MS-DOS prompt, or through the terminal or dialing program.

Note

Not all modems support the commands above.