System and method for adjusting hands-free phone

A communications device having a configurable speakerphone feature including a microphone, the communications device comprising:

• a user interface for providing a user with a plurality of options for configuring the speakerphone feature, wherein the plurality of options includes an intimate option, a hall option, and at least one additional option that each specify settings to adjust the sensitivity of the microphone and settings to specify a frequency response of the microphone;
• an input device for receiving a user input that selects one of the plurality of options;
• and
• at least one processor adapted to apply settings to the communications device associated with the option selected by the user input, wherein the intimate option is associated with intimate settings that configure the communication device to filter noise from an immediate vicinity of the microphone,
• the hall option associated with hall settings that configure the communication device to detect speech in a first area beyond the immediate vicinity of the microphone, and at least one additional option associated with settings that configure the communication device to detect speech in a second area that is different from the first area and is different from the immediate vicinity of the microphone.

A communications device comprising:

• a microphone;
• a microphone circuit that controls the operation of the microphone;
• and
• a user interface that allows a user to select options for the operation of the microphone that are provided to the microphone circuit, the options specifying settings to adjust the sensitivity of the microphone and settings to specify a frequency response of the microphone, wherein the settings control ambience at a transmit end of the communications device, the options include an intimate option, a hall option, and at least one additional option, the intimate option is associated with intimate settings that configure the communication device to filter noise from an immediate vicinity of the microphone, the hall option associated with the hall settings that configure the communication device to detect speech in a first area beyond the immediate vicinity of the microphone, and the at least one additional option is associated with settings that configure the communication device to detect speech in a second area that is different from the first area and is different from the immediate vicinity of the microphone.