Audio Playback Controls for Interactive PDF

I am a student and new user of Adobe Indesign CS6. I have an interactive PDF with an audio file (mp3). When I click on the play icon for the audio file in my PDF, it opens in an ugly gray box, and I can't really tell how to stop, replay, or fast forward the audio file because the gray box is so small. How can I modify this? Thank you

This might help. Nothing has changed since this was written:
http://indesignsecrets.com/hiding-sound-files-in-an-interactive-pdf.php

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