Hi Terri, I don't remember, so it would be useful if you told us what operating system you're using? I know xp, so if I post an answer in terms of xp it might not apply to you. In xp I have a check box for muting the mic, and you can go in to playback and unmute the mic so you hear it through your speakers. Shawn
--- TerriStimmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > Sorry for the cross-posting, but I figured the more > help I can get with > this, then the better. > I've got a couple of problems going on, and I'm not > sure what to make of > them. > First of all, I have Intel integrated sound on this > computer. When I look > under the programs menu, I see something called > Sound Max. This is where I > go to change all my volume settings. > Well, today I tried to go and set up my microphone. > I have one of those > small, rather cheap desktop mics, that you can > purchase from Radio Shack. > It has two tripple A batteries in it. > Well, I connected it, and I noticed that when I > touched it, or moved it, I > didn't hear any sound from it, threw my speakers. > On my older computer, I > would always hear it, and I'd actually have to keep > it disconnected, until I > wanted to use it. > I thought that maybe I just wouldn't hear feedback > from it on this new > computer though. But just in case I was wrong, I > changed the batteries in > it. They die rather quickly anyway, so I wouldn't > have been surprised if > this was the problem. > But changing the batteries made no difference. > So I went into the volume settings, and it's a bit > confusing in there. I'm > not able to tell if the microphone is muted or not, > because the mute isn't a > checkbox, it's just a button. > The microphone volume is set at 65, and I've even > turned the boost on, just > to see if there would be a difference. But I have > know idea if this > microphone is working or not. > I tried to run the audio wizard to see if that would > help, but it didn't. > I was suppose to read the text on the screen, into > the microphone, but > instead I just talked. This was of course so that > it could adjust the > volume. It stated congradulations, that I had set > the mic up properly, but > I don't know if that's accurate or not. > Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be going > on? > And is there any way I can test my mic, and possibly > get feedback, like me > hearing myself? > Now here's the other odd problem, and I'm not too > sure how to explain this. > Whenever I go into the Sound Max program, and I mess > with any of the > settings, my speakers start to act weird. > Now, when I type, and a bit when the computer talks, > the sound kind of fades > out. It's not a huge difference in sound, but it's > enough to be annoying. > And it does concern me. > Would anyone know what could be causing this? And > possibly what I can do > about it? > I'd hate to think that every time I go into the > Sound Max, that this is > going to happen. > Any help on these situations, will be much > appreciated. > Terri > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email > to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
