sound card/mike

[alondra]

Im checking out a on line phone thingy. have a 1/2 duplex board, earphones work fine, but cant get responce from mike,(pluged in to mike jack on audio card.) how do I check it. every thing on audio panel (midi etc.) is checked and vol at max. bad mike? or settings? want to find out if worthwhile before I buy a better card. also noticed that the card specs.on cards dont say if full duplex.

[This message has been edited by alondra (edited 09-14-2000).]

[thekingofpain]

If you go into the sounds tab in your control panel there is a test feature for your mic...what soundcard are you using?...

My experience with full to half duplex is that with full, you can talk over each other like a phone, without, its like a CB radio, gotta make sure the person has quit speaking which is sorta difficult, if you really wanna do it without probs get a duplex card... are ya using Dialpad? killer phone solution...

[This message has been edited by thekingofpain (edited 09-14-2000).]

[alondra]

one box has a diamond sound, dont know which with out opening it up and looking. other a aztek 1023. couldn't find mic test on sound tab am using dialpad. tried a call, input there but garbled and no mike output. guess Ill have to get a full duplex card, never saw this mentioned when I bought them.

[thekingofpain]

Try this it may help more, programs>accessories>entertainment>sound recorder...try your mic using the sound recorder, if you need assistance click help for using a mic...

[alondra]

broke down and bought a head set. working OK get sounde in earphone and hear my self in mike. called a couple 800 numbers to test, input garbled, they couldn.t hear me, guess i will get a new card, looked at them.localy. not much choice, today and none state if full or half duplex on them, sure dont need one of those 100 buck gamer cards for this. to best buy tomorrow.

[thekingofpain]

Look at the Creative Soundblaster Live Value, cant beat its performance to cost ratio...(about 45$)

[alondra]

guess I screwed up couldn't find the creative card, so bought a digital research drsound. easy to install just P&P oh yeah! the card is not DR but crystal?? fought with the POS for hours, win found it but could not find driver either in win or the CD that came with it, no sound at all. one of the chips on it gets too hot to hold on too. stuck the old aztek back in and sound OK again. this POS going back will keep looking for the creative card.