# Turn your camera and microphone on or off > Use the camera and microphone buttons at the top right of the room, or press C for camera and M for microphone. Category: Rooms and meetings Web page: https://www.pactto.com/help/camera-and-microphone All guides: https://www.pactto.com/help.md ## Camera and microphone controls Inside a room, your camera and microphone buttons sit in the bar at the top right of the screen. ### Turn them on or off 1. Click the camera button to turn your camera on or off. Its tooltip reads **Show camera – C** or **Hide camera – C**. 2. Click the microphone button to mute or unmute. Its tooltip reads **Mute mic – M** or **Unmute mic – M**. Keyboard shortcuts: **C** for camera, **M** for microphone. Shortcuts do not work while you are typing in a text field. Pactto confirms each change with **Camera is ON** / **Camera is OFF** or **Mic is ON** / **You are muted, mic is OFF**. If you are the room owner or an editor, you can also click the microphone badge in the top right corner of your own camera tile (**Mute your microphone** / **Unmute your microphone**). ### When a button is grayed out - **No camera detected**: your computer has no camera available. The camera button does not respond until you connect one. - **No microphone detected**: your computer has no microphone available. - After connecting a device, open **Device options** (the small arrow next to the microphone button) so Pactto detects it. See [Choose your camera, microphone, and speakers](https://www.pactto.com/help/device-settings.md). ### If your browser blocks the camera or microphone When Pactto is not allowed to use your devices, the camera and microphone buttons show a warning badge and the tooltip reads **Camera access is not allowed. Click to allow** (or **Microphone access is not allowed. Click to allow**). 1. Click the camera or microphone button. Pactto shows **Pactto is blocked from using your camera and microphone** with steps for your browser. 2. Follow the steps. In Chrome and Edge: click the camera icon at the left of the address bar, select **Always allow** for camera and microphone, click **Done**, then click **Try again**. 3. In Safari, Firefox, and on phones, change the site permission to **Allow** and reload the page. ### When Pactto mutes you - **Joining an empty room**: you start muted, with your camera off, if nobody else is there. - **Being left alone**: if everyone else leaves and you stay alone for 60 seconds, Pactto mutes your microphone and shows **You are muted, mic is OFF**. If someone comes back within those 60 seconds, nothing happens. - **Muted by the owner or an editor**: you see **You have been muted**. See [Mute other participants](https://www.pactto.com/help/mute-other-participants.md). Pactto never unmutes you on its own. Click the microphone button or press **M** when you want to talk again. ### Good to know - The buttons show what others actually see and hear. If your camera or microphone state changes because of a reconnection, the buttons update to match. - When you turn your camera off, others stop seeing your video right away, and after a few seconds Pactto also releases the camera so your camera light turns off. - If your audio stops reaching others, a red badge appears on your own tile: **Your audio is not reaching other participants**. Check your microphone and connection, or pick another microphone. If your network blocks the call entirely, the badge reads **Your camera and mic are not reaching others**. See [Connection quality warnings](https://www.pactto.com/help/connection-quality-warnings.md). - A **Microphone muted** icon on a tile means that person is muted. - If you joined without a camera, you can still use your microphone (audio only). - Pactto reduces background noise in your microphone automatically. See [Background noise reduction](https://www.pactto.com/help/background-noise-reduction.md). ## Related guides - [Choose your camera, microphone, and speakers](https://www.pactto.com/help/device-settings.md): Open Device settings on Your rooms, or Device options next to the microphone button inside a room, pick your devices, and click Save. - [Mute other participants](https://www.pactto.com/help/mute-other-participants.md): If you are the room owner or an editor, open Room members from the avatars at the top right and click Mute next to a person or Mute all, or click the microphone badge on someone's camera tile. - [Join a meeting in a room](https://www.pactto.com/help/join-a-meeting.md): Click Join room next to the room in Your rooms (or open the room link); if you are not yet a member, set up your devices and click Request to join, then wait for the host to admit you. - [Arrange camera tiles and use conversation mode](https://www.pactto.com/help/camera-tiles-and-conversation-mode.md): Camera tiles sit in a row at the top of the canvas; use the Room menu to hide or reset them, drag a tile to float it, and click the Conversation mode button to hide the canvas and show large cameras for everyone. - [Reduce background noise from your microphone](https://www.pactto.com/help/background-noise-reduction.md): Pactto automatically filters background noise such as typing, fans, and barking out of your microphone; there is nothing to turn on, and it cannot be turned off. - [Keyboard shortcuts during a meeting](https://www.pactto.com/help/meeting-keyboard-shortcuts.md): Press C to toggle your camera, M to toggle your microphone, S to share or stop sharing your screen, X to spotlight yourself, and 1 to add an asset.