Basic Audio In Doesn't Work

twister

twister

Howdy
I have a G5 iMac at work and I bought a basic GE Portable Headset at Target and my Mac works fine with the headphones but the mic isn't recognized.

It's a basic line in, not USB, and I believe that the port above headphone is for a mic right?

The package says it works with all brands of computers so why won't Mac OS 10.3.9 recognize it?

I did go into the sound preferences and change it to line in and it didn't help.

Any ideas?

Thanks

PS. Yes, I'll get a real USB headset after Christmas but I need to wait for now so I got a cheap one. :)
 
There's a difference between a microphone port and a line in port - Wikipedia:
Most sound cards have a line in connector where the sound signal from a cassette tape recorder or similar sound source can be input... Another typical external connector is the microphone connector, for connecting to a microphone or other input device that generates a relatively lower voltage than the line in connector.
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Lt Major Burns said:
i have the fancier mac. it also has a dead line in that requires a powered microphne. imac's do however have a built in microphone. can you use that?
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The built in mic isn't the best when making Skype phone calls. It has background noise and people feel as if you are on speaker phone all the time.
 
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