# Microphone.silenceTimeout()

#### Availability

Flash Player 6.

#### Usage

    activeMicrophone.silenceTimeout

#### Description

Read-only property; a numeric value representing the number of milliseconds between the time the microphone stops detecting sound and the time `Microphone.onActivity(false)` is invoked. The default value is 2000 (2 seconds).

To set this value, use Microphone.setSilenceLevel().

#### Example

The following example sets the timeout to two times its current value.

    myMic.setSilenceLevel(myMic.silenceLevel, myMic.silenceTimeOut * 2);

#### See also

`Microphone.setSilenceLevel()`