Microphone input not working

[Guest maghy17]

I'm so frustrated right now, I own a laptop and yesterday I bough a headset

with microphone included since the fan on my laptop makes a lot of noise and

the people I talk to are bothered by the loud fan, I thought this was going

to solve the problem, but yesterday when I plugged the headset the other

person told me he can still hear the fan, how can I block the sounds coming

from inside the laptop and just leave the external microphone working? I have

tried everything but nothing worked, I have no idea why my computer won't

give me an option to pick between external microphone or internal, please

help!!

[Guest Reggie Dunlop]

Re: Microphone input not working

 

"maghy17" <maghy17@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5B4A5BC5-1B5E-4F76-AEE6-34171CF32481@microsoft.com...

> I'm so frustrated right now, I own a laptop and yesterday I bough a

> headset

> with microphone included since the fan on my laptop makes a lot of noise

> and

> the people I talk to are bothered by the loud fan, I thought this was

> going

> to solve the problem, but yesterday when I plugged the headset the other

> person told me he can still hear the fan, how can I block the sounds

> coming

> from inside the laptop and just leave the external microphone working? I

> have

> tried everything but nothing worked, I have no idea why my computer won't

> give me an option to pick between external microphone or internal, please

> help!!

 

Your external mike may be picking up the fan noise, especially it if it's

not a noise canceling model

[Guest maghy17]

Re: Microphone input not working

 

thank you Reggie but that's no it, it's not noise that the microphone is

picking up from it's surroundings, the noise that they are hearing is the

fan, same as before when I was using the built in one, it's an internal noise

not external, and it is a microphone with noise reduction built in.

Thanks though.

 

"Reggie Dunlop" wrote:

> "maghy17" <maghy17@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:5B4A5BC5-1B5E-4F76-AEE6-34171CF32481@microsoft.com...

> > I'm so frustrated right now, I own a laptop and yesterday I bough a

> > headset

> > with microphone included since the fan on my laptop makes a lot of noise

> > and

> > the people I talk to are bothered by the loud fan, I thought this was

> > going

> > to solve the problem, but yesterday when I plugged the headset the other

> > person told me he can still hear the fan, how can I block the sounds

> > coming

> > from inside the laptop and just leave the external microphone working? I

> > have

> > tried everything but nothing worked, I have no idea why my computer won't

> > give me an option to pick between external microphone or internal, please

> > help!!

>

> Your external mike may be picking up the fan noise, especially it if it's

> not a noise canceling model

>

>

>

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: Microphone input not working

 

maghy17 wrote:

> thank you Reggie but that's no it, it's not noise that the microphone is

> picking up from it's surroundings, the noise that they are hearing is the

> fan, same as before when I was using the built in one, it's an internal noise

> not external, and it is a microphone with noise reduction built in.

> Thanks though.

 

So are you saying the other party is NOT complaining about the "whoosh"

fan noise cause by air movement and the turbulence (which causes noise)

and instead it is some electrical "whine" or "buzz" that they hear in

the call? Air physically moving around a wire, like for your headset,

is not going to induce noise into that wire. Your headset is not at the

source of the air noise but farther away so any pickup for the air noise

would be reduced or eliminated. So the "noise" of which you complain is

not from the air turbulence by a fan. That noise must be electrical

interference.

 

If it is an electrical noise they hear, how do you know it is caused by

the fan? Does the whine or buzz variate when the fan's speed changes?

 

Do YOU hear this noise?

 

Just how are the other parties getting connected to this call? Over

VOIP through your network? A voice modem connected to the phone line?

You've told us how you are connected to the call but not how they are

connected to the call.

[Guest dadiOH]

Re: Microphone input not working

 

maghy17 wrote:

> I'm so frustrated right now, I own a laptop and yesterday I bough a

> headset with microphone included since the fan on my laptop makes a

> lot of noise and the people I talk to are bothered by the loud fan, I

> thought this was going to solve the problem, but yesterday when I

> plugged the headset the other person told me he can still hear the

> fan, how can I block the sounds coming from inside the laptop and

> just leave the external microphone working? I have tried everything

> but nothing worked, I have no idea why my computer won't give me an

> option to pick between external microphone or internal, please help!!

 

Assure that the mic cord from the headset is plugged in as well as the

hearing cable. If they are both plugged in and you have the same problem...

 

1. Open Volume Control

 

2. On the "Play Control" applet, mute the microphone. If the mic isn't

listed, click "Options", "Properties", tic Playback", tic "Microphone" in

the list of devices, click "OK" then mute it.

 

3. Click "Options", "Properties", tic "Recording", assure "Microphone" is

ticked, "OK", tic "Select" under microphone on the Recording applet.

 

That help?

 

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[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Microphone input not working

 

 

"maghy17" <maghy17@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5B4A5BC5-1B5E-4F76-AEE6-34171CF32481@microsoft.com...

> I'm so frustrated right now, I own a laptop and yesterday I bough a

> headset

> with microphone included since the fan on my laptop makes a lot of noise

> and

> the people I talk to are bothered by the loud fan, I thought this was

> going

> to solve the problem, but yesterday when I plugged the headset the other

> person told me he can still hear the fan, how can I block the sounds

> coming

> from inside the laptop and just leave the external microphone working? I

> have

> tried everything but nothing worked, I have no idea why my computer won't

> give me an option to pick between external microphone or internal, please

> help!!

 

Double click on the speaker icon in your system tray. Select the 'options'

menu and select 'properties' from it. Click the 'Recording' radio button

and then check that your front panel mic connector is checked on the box

underneath. Click 'OK'. You should now be able to select your required

input (they are mutually exclusive - that means you can't have two active)

and set the input level. The advanced button (if you have one) allows you

to boost the input by 20dB. I know you are not recording, but that is how

it is done.