Microphone not working in XP

[Guest Persephone]

Hey...

 

I posted another post in here ealier this week, alas, it seems ot have

'disappeared' so, I'll try this again.

 

I am running WIN XP SP3 and I am having problems getting my mic to be

recognized, I have went through all the help and advice in all the posts in

here...

 

An my Advanced areas, the mic WAS Slelected--NOT muted, but, I was able to

Select another itme, hence the mic is 'clean' now, also I noticed on the

Record area that isa is greyed out, should it be greyed out and if not, how

do I get it to where I can use it?

 

I was told by my brother that it SHOULD NOT be greyed out and IF it is, then

I need to try another audio divice and see if it works with it, like my Ipod

or someother audio device. My desktop speakers work just fine and th3e

hjeadphone part of my headphone/mic comvo unit work fine, just not the mic

part.

 

HELP!!!!! I am getting ready to start working from home an dI NEED this to

WORK!!!!!

 

Thanks,

Persephone

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Microphone not working in XP

 

"Persephone" <Persephone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:224B1998-83A8-435F-BD58-2A9191B73519@microsoft.com...

> Hey...

>

> I posted another post in here ealier this week, alas, it seems ot have

> 'disappeared' so, I'll try this again.

>

> I am running WIN XP SP3 and I am having problems getting my mic to be

> recognized, I have went through all the help and advice in all the posts

> in

> here...

>

> An my Advanced areas, the mic WAS Slelected--NOT muted, but, I was able to

> Select another itme, hence the mic is 'clean' now, also I noticed on the

> Record area that isa is greyed out, should it be greyed out and if not,

> how

> do I get it to where I can use it?

>

> I was told by my brother that it SHOULD NOT be greyed out and IF it is,

> then

> I need to try another audio divice and see if it works with it, like my

> Ipod

> or someother audio device. My desktop speakers work just fine and th3e

> hjeadphone part of my headphone/mic comvo unit work fine, just not the mic

> part.

>

> HELP!!!!! I am getting ready to start working from home an dI NEED this to

> WORK!!!!!

>

> Thanks,

 

Be sure that the mic actually does work. Try it on another system, try

another mic that you know to work. It's also possible that the mic jack is

broken, in which case you probably need to add another sound card or audio

interface.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest Persephone]

Re: Microphone not working in XP

 

Thanks Patrick, I have gotten it to work now..YES!!!!!! But, here is another

question, my voice didn't sound very loud on it, I have maxed out all the

volume controls that I have, what else can I do, if anything?

 

Thanks again!!!

Persy.....

 

"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

> "Persephone" <Persephone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:224B1998-83A8-435F-BD58-2A9191B73519@microsoft.com...

> > Hey...

> >

> > I posted another post in here ealier this week, alas, it seems ot have

> > 'disappeared' so, I'll try this again.

> >

> > I am running WIN XP SP3 and I am having problems getting my mic to be

> > recognized, I have went through all the help and advice in all the posts

> > in

> > here...

> >

> > An my Advanced areas, the mic WAS Slelected--NOT muted, but, I was able to

> > Select another itme, hence the mic is 'clean' now, also I noticed on the

> > Record area that isa is greyed out, should it be greyed out and if not,

> > how

> > do I get it to where I can use it?

> >

> > I was told by my brother that it SHOULD NOT be greyed out and IF it is,

> > then

> > I need to try another audio divice and see if it works with it, like my

> > Ipod

> > or someother audio device. My desktop speakers work just fine and th3e

> > hjeadphone part of my headphone/mic comvo unit work fine, just not the mic

> > part.

> >

> > HELP!!!!! I am getting ready to start working from home an dI NEED this to

> > WORK!!!!!

> >

> > Thanks,

>

> Be sure that the mic actually does work. Try it on another system, try

> another mic that you know to work. It's also possible that the mic jack is

> broken, in which case you probably need to add another sound card or audio

> interface.

>

> HTH

> -pk

>

>

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Microphone not working in XP

 

"Persephone" <Persephone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D1097CAF-AF2A-4594-9EA3-0E79C9DCA4C9@microsoft.com...

> Thanks Patrick, I have gotten it to work now..YES!!!!!! But, here is

> another

> question, my voice didn't sound very loud on it, I have maxed out all the

> volume controls that I have, what else can I do, if anything?

 

If the mic does not have a lot of output, you have to either use a mic that

does, or amplify it with an external amplifier.

 

Microphones are not by any means all equal.

 

For just non-critical voice amplification, I tend to use small mixers, in a

number of cases Behringer products, which are available at many music

stores. They aren't great, and noise levels rise dramatically if you have

to turn them up, but if you're careful that isn't a problem; and they are

not expensive as these things go.

 

What kind and quality of mic you need is heavily influenced by what you need

it for.

 

HTH

-pk

 

>

> Thanks again!!!

> Persy.....

>

> "Patrick Keenan" wrote:

>

>> "Persephone" <Persephone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:224B1998-83A8-435F-BD58-2A9191B73519@microsoft.com...

>> > Hey...

>> >

>> > I posted another post in here ealier this week, alas, it seems ot have

>> > 'disappeared' so, I'll try this again.

>> >

>> > I am running WIN XP SP3 and I am having problems getting my mic to be

>> > recognized, I have went through all the help and advice in all the

>> > posts

>> > in

>> > here...

>> >

>> > An my Advanced areas, the mic WAS Slelected--NOT muted, but, I was able

>> > to

>> > Select another itme, hence the mic is 'clean' now, also I noticed on

>> > the

>> > Record area that isa is greyed out, should it be greyed out and if not,

>> > how

>> > do I get it to where I can use it?

>> >

>> > I was told by my brother that it SHOULD NOT be greyed out and IF it is,

>> > then

>> > I need to try another audio divice and see if it works with it, like my

>> > Ipod

>> > or someother audio device. My desktop speakers work just fine and th3e

>> > hjeadphone part of my headphone/mic comvo unit work fine, just not the

>> > mic

>> > part.

>> >

>> > HELP!!!!! I am getting ready to start working from home an dI NEED this

>> > to

>> > WORK!!!!!

>> >

>> > Thanks,

>>

>> Be sure that the mic actually does work. Try it on another system, try

>> another mic that you know to work. It's also possible that the mic jack

>> is

>> broken, in which case you probably need to add another sound card or

>> audio

>> interface.

>>

>> HTH

>> -pk

>>

>>