Why does my headset mic not work on my computer?
So I built a computer recently but when i plug my headset/mic into any of the mic and audio jacks, it doesn't register and wont record the voice. Should I get a sound card or is it just the mic? It works fine on my laptop and anything else. The mic is a turtlebeach xp510 and the computer uses a EVGA gtx 960 gpu and gryphon z79 motherboard. Thanks!
Skullcandy slyr problems, mic not working, no chat volume?
Make sure your Xbox sees it as a chat enabled device (it should if you plug the USB port directly to the Xbox). After that, make sure the 2.5mm chat cable that came with it is firmly plugged into the GMX and other side firmly plugged into the Xbox controller. That should get your chat working. As far as hearing others chat, make sure the game to voice balance on the GMX is set correctly, if you have it set all the way to game then you won't hear anyone else talking.
Why doesn't my headphone's mic work when I plug in the speaker(green port)?
The microphone is not connected. It is shorted to ground.You computer has an output (the green plug) that sends audio into your headphones. This port has no input capabilities. The computer likely has a separate input (often pink colored) that receives the incoming sound from the microphone. Plugged into the green port, you can still use the headphones because of the pin configuration of the plug. Notice that the plug on your headset has four contacts instead of the common three, but the first two, (the tip and the first ring,) are exactly where they would be on a regular, three pin headphone plug.The tip and first ring are the two signals for your left and right headphones. On a three pin headphone plug, the rest of the connector is one big contact. It is the ground for both. So, when you plug in this four pin connector, left and right headphones both work, but the two other connections are shorted together, serving as the ground for both headphones. The computer has no fourth connection for the microphone, so it doesn't go anywhere. Notice the difference between the two connectors in this picture. This is why the headphone portion still works. Unfortunately, the pink microphone port is wired on a computer the same way as a headphone port, making the assumption that you are using a three pin connector, so there is no accommodation for the separate third and fourth pin. You might have noticed that plugging the headset into the microphone port, you may get a bit of crude audio by shouting into the actual headphones. That is why this is the case.You would have to make up or purchase an adapter like the one Arno Brevoort mentions to pull this fourth contact and the ground to another plug for the pink (microphone) port on your computer.
HyperX Cloud II Headset question.?
The skullcandy SLYR also works that way, so I get what you mean. There is a way of doing it, but it's not the same. The way you can do it on Windows works like listening what the microphone hears, and playing it back into your headset. It's called "listen the microphone" If you are interested, here's how to do it Go to Control Panel Go to Sounds Select the "Recording" tab, and select your current microphone Hit the "Properties" button, and select the "Listen" or "Listening" tab - I'm not really sure of how its translated Check the box "Listen to this device" However I do not recomend doing this, as the volume of the microphone input is tied to the headset volume. What this mean is that when you're playing, the moment you increase the headset volume, the microphone input volume also increases . If you want the mic input down to the point where you can only hear a hiss, you will have to decrease the microphone volume, and your team mates won't be able to hear you very well. That's just my personal opinion, anyway. You might like it.