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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 06:45:11 -0400
From: Dan Soneson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: eMac and external microphone
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Has anyone had any luck using a regular microphone with the audio-in
minijack in
the new eMac? Apple claims that this jack accomodates a microphone, but
I have
so far been unable to get it to work. The installed system is Jaguar
(OSX 10.2), but it does
not register microphone input in OSX and OS9.2. I can get it to work
with a line connection
from an external tape recorder, but that's it.

I'd like to use one of those nifty ugly Califone headsets with the
machine, but if it doesn't
accept a standard microphone, I'm out of luck.

I know that the eMac has a built-in microphone, but I am interested in
filtering out as much
ambient noise as possible, hence the desire for a headset.


Daniel B. Soneson
Director, Language Lab
Southern CT State University