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Lord_Darkclaw · Mar 24, 2007, 04:52 PM

Is anyone else having trouble with their microphone?
The USB mic on my webcam records okay, but the analogue mic on my headset barely picks up my voice at all - I have to SHOUT to make myself heard!

I've gone through all the settings - boost, record volume control, but nothing works.
It used to work - that was months ago - but now it's useless.

I've emaied three or four other people who have been haiving the same problem and I'm wondering, might it be a bug in a Windows XP update?

I'm so annoyed! I paid £20 for the headset because I wanted a decent quality set up for webcam chat.

HVAC888 · Mar 24, 2007, 06:12 PM

PC's will usually have one MIC input.

So the USB MIC works fine. Removing it, and plugging in the headset MIC, is not loud. Is that right?

Doesn't sound like a Windows issue. Could be sound driver issue, or bad mic. If you can find another mic, try it. That's probably the best way to determine if its software or hardware.:)

Lord_Darkclaw · Mar 25, 2007, 02:47 AM

I tried another mic, and that one works so I guess it's the headset at fault.
I wish I'd kept the receipt!

When I tap it, it responds on the hardware test wizard but it's only barely picking up my voice... which is strange, because the second microphone that I tried had the same problem last year! So now the old one works and the new one doesn't. :confused:

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to go and buy another one.

Thanks HVAC :)