• Apple OS X

  Microphone problems

  Posted by Nicholas Johnson on July 18, 2006 at 12:11 am

  I have a Mac G5 running OsX 10.3.9 and I can’t seem to figure out how to install my microphone – there’s only one port, other than the headphone jack, that looks to work and when I plug it in I can’t get it to pick anything up

  I check at the store I bought the mic from, and it worked fine on a PC – and the headphones that came with the mic work fine…

  am I retarded or is there something I’m missing? the jack I’m pluggin into has a circle with two arrows pointing inwards >o< kinda like that...is that the right one???

  Nicholas Johnson replied 19 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  July 18, 2006 at 3:59 pm

  have you looked at your settings on the Sound Panel of System Preferences. That port might not be selected as the input port or the input volume may be turned all the way down
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  Chuck Reti

  July 19, 2006 at 3:23 am

  The Mac’s audio input jack wants LINE LEVEL not MIC level. You need a preamp or an amplified mike. Or a USB mike.
  To verify, launch System Profiler (via About This Mac>More Info under Apple menu). Twirl down the “Hardware” disclosure triangle. Click on the item “Audio (Built In)” in left hand column. The info in the Overview window will list audio I/O specs and will indicate mic or Line level under the “Input” item. Been true for most Macs for many years.
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  Nicholas Johnson

  July 19, 2006 at 5:03 pm

  hmm ok – I’ve open up the About this Mac section but under hardware it only lists the following:

  Memory
  PCI/AGP Cards
  ATA
  SCSI
  USB
  Firewire
  Airport Card
  Modems

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