When this external mic is attached, the internal mic is automatically turned off. You may also have a hole in the front of the monitor that says Mic. The microphone may be located at the bottom or near the top of the monitor and can be seen by the slits in the monitor. Most all of our monitors have a built-in (all condenser type) microphone. If you are experiencing problems with your built-in microphone or you cant record anything please read the following. A few sound cards have one jack for line in and mic and it automatically know what you are using by the impedance of the source. Also, it is totally possible that your microphone in your monitor is bad, or the mic jack on your motherboard/sound card is bad.Īlso try turning up line in. I basically already said all this, I just wanted to make it clear. Select the microphone and turn up the volume. This way, you do not need a program, if the mic and connection work and you audio hardware is set up, then you should hear your voice out of the speakers.Īlso in the mixer go back to options>properties>select ever box in the list. Make sure you have your master volume up high enough too. Now unmute the microphone volume and turn it up.

Once you are there, click on options>properties>playback>select every box in the list. Go to the win98 mixers settings by double clicking on the volume control in the taskbar. It is highly unlikely, but your monitor's on screen display could have and option to turn the mic on/off.

I am going to check out a few things on you monitor and get back to ya. Yeh the win98 mixer settings does apply to you. You really need to borrow somebody's cheap desktop microphone to test things with.

Right click on my computer>properties>device manager>click the + sign for Sound to expand the list and post the names listed. Try this to find out what sound you have. If everything ends up working and you still have a buzzing sound, you could have a ground problem. You should try an external microphone too. Is your voice recorded at all? It could also be a bad cable even if it is brand new. If you have built in sound on your motherboard, the drivers might not be installed correct for all functions. Try using sound recorder to record your voice to check it. I don't know what sound card you have so you will have to find that one out.ĭo the same for preferred recording device too.Īlso, what program did you record your voice with? The program might have to be set up to first.ĭouble check the mixer settings in windows again. Under preferred playback device, make sure that your sound card playback device is selected.

Mac built in mic not working