Chris, In the skype software, itself, have you selected the headset as your input and output devices? Sounds as if you might have the headset selected as your windows default device, but not your skype device.
Blessed Be, Dana that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: dsleslie Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 11:08 PM Subject: logitech USB mic/headset not working? > Hi all! I spent a little of my Christmas cash and bought a Logitech USB > headset/mic combo today. When I got it home and plugged it into my USB > port, all went correctly, windows saw everything it needed to see and it's > being recognized. In the instructions, it says to make sure the headset > is > your default playback device in windows which, when it's plugged in, it > is. When I unplug it, it goes back to my sound card. While it's plugged > in > to the USB port for some reason, certain sounds come through the headset, > and other sounds come through the speakers. for example on a skype call, > the person speaking comes through my speakers, but software speech from > JAWS and other sounds can be heard on my headset. Not only that, but > people > tell me that the volume level is very low. I wanted to see if I could > track the problem down, so I went into the windows volume control and made > sure the mic was checked in playback. it wasn't, so I checked it and the > mic level was only at like 19% so I kicked it up to 70% so I could test > it. So when I did that, i made a call to echo 123 on Skype and tested it. > I couldn't hear myself, which obviously means something is wrong, but I'm > not sure what it is. I even made sure that the mic was unmuted in > playbackso i'm not sure what the deal is. > > > If anyone has any ideas of how to fix this, I'd very much appreciate it! > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ 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] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
