Re: Microphone does NOT work

From: Peter (ex-brit)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 05:36:24 -0400

Have you tried unplugging the mic then switching the PC off. Plug the mic
back in and reboot...Windows should detect a new device.
Also go to Start/Control Panel/Sounds Speech and Audio/Sounds and Audio
Devices/Audio tab - check the volume there? 

-- 
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1.0gb DDR.
"Dario de Judicibus" <NOSPAM.dejudicibus@geocities.com> wrote in message 
news:undUWWSqEHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Microphone does NOT work
>
> I cannot have my microphone working. I used several microphones and tested
> the audio card. It looks like an XP problem. In fact, the XP Guide states
> that to configure the microphone I have to use the Control Panel->Voice
> Recognition panel. However my XP is Italian, and for Italian there is NO
> voice recognition. So THAT panel does not exist. I can see only the Voice
> Syntesys panel with one voice available only. Furthermore, most of 
> controls
> and commands described in XP Guide are grayed out or not visible.
>
> On the other hand, I do NOT need my microphone for voice recognition, but
> for other applications (VoIP, sound recording, etc...). Any help
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advace.
>
> Dario de Judicibus
> www.dejudicibus.it
>
>

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