On mouseover change auto to false

[alexgv14]

I have this code and i want the mouseover to change the variable auto from true to false.

if ($featuredArea.length) {
	$featuredArea.et_switcher({
	useArrows: true <?php if (get_option($shortname.'_slider_auto') == 'on') { ?>,
			auto: true,
			autoSpeed: <?php echo(get_option($shortname.'_slider_autospeed')); ?>
			<?php }; ?>	

			});
		};
		
		$("div.slide").mouseover(function(){
			$featuredArea.et_switcher({
			auto: false
			});
		 });

The last part is where I am trying to do that. However it is not working.