Patent ID: 7076316

Claim:
A method for controlling an operative setting of a communications link, the communications link being capable of acquiring plurality of operative settings, said method comprising: a) comparing audio quality in the communications link under at least two operative settings, said at least two operative settings including a first setting and a second setting, the first setting being a first active setting wherein the communications link transmits an audio signal subsequent to at least one processing operation on the audio signal, and the second setting being at least one of: i) a bypass setting wherein the communications link transmits an audio signal substantially unaltered; or ii) a second active setting wherein the communications link transmits an audio signal subsequent to at least one processing operation on the audio signal; b) selecting an operative setting from the at least two operative settings at least in part on the basis of the comparing in a); c) sending a control signal to at least one component in the communications link to cause the communications link to attempt to acquire the selected setting.