Patent ID: 7684773

Claim:
A mobile terminal for use in a wireless communication network, comprising: a speaker to provide audio signals decoded during a wireless voice communication; an antenna to receive a speech signal; an input device to receive user input to control equalizer frequency of the audio signals output to the speaker; a codec configured to decode a coded signal to a decoded signal; an equalizer configured to equalize the decoded signal received from the codec and provide the equalized signal to the speaker; and a processor adapted to supply a first control signal to an equalizer control circuit, wherein the first control signal corresponds to a frequency band set by a user, wherein the equalizer control circuit supplies a timbre control signal to the equalizer to adjust a frequency band of an analog speech signal inputted to the equalizer, and wherein the timbre control signal supplied by the equalizer control circuit is controlled in response to the first control signal, wherein the processor is configured to provide a second control signal to the codec.