generic mic and windows xp?

[ritaxis]

I bought this thing. It looked simple. It's a headset with mic, JASCO 98970. It comes with no instructions. I plugged it in -- mic jack to mic receptacle, headset jack to headset receptacle. I checked toi see if there was anything to install. Nope. I did the search to make sure. Nope. I found "windows sound recorder" in the accessories menu and opened it up. I opened a new file. I pressed record and talked. Nothing. Again. Nothing. I looked at the file properties and I did not understand the formats that were offered -- I had never heard of them. So I tried different ones. Nothing.

I went to JASCO's website and there's no mention of the product, and no FAQ for anything. I did find an demail form and filled it out with all the information. I have run out of things to try.

Also, I'm having trouble posting too.

Comments

[infernarl.livejournal.com]

you likely need to go into the "sound" control panel and unmute the mic intake as well as selecting "microphone" as the source of input.

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

Thanks! We've got it now. (Keith found some things I missed)

[brooksmoses]

That's the problem with Windows (and probably MacOS and Linux and Unix and most things computery): A lot of things that ought to be quite simple (like this) are in fact quite simple, but this does not make it at all simple to find them.

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

That's exactly it. You have to already know where things are to be able to find them. And that counts double for instructions.

I can learn new things, but only if I can find them.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Whenever I see a question I can probably answer, and there's already a reply, I know that somebody has said what I was going to say. Glad it's working, anyway.

[(Anonymous)]

One thing I keep on my generic "things to try" list for this sort of thing is "search USENET and the Web through Google for someone asking the same question". I often find someone did, and often they got a useful answer that I can then use also.

Just thought I'd mention it for future reference. On the other hand, I tried it for this question, and didn't have success, at least not in minute or two I was willing to devote to it, given that it is a solved problem.

And as long as I'm here, I'll offer my thanks to all the helpful people out there who have unknowingly helped me in this fashion.

- Captain Button

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

I didn't do that with this, but I have done it with other things -- especially weird processes that show up in the task manager and other arcane operating system things.

Thanks for reminding me, though, because it should be one of the first things I try.