--- Forwarded Message from "Jo:rg Waltje" <[log in to unmask]> --- >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:08:57 -0400 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: "Jo:rg Waltje" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #6901 Audio in on e-Macs ------------------ Hello Dan and fellow LLTIers: Yep, it is a problem we experience, too. Apple claimed that the emac gives us back what we asked for in (higher) education. However, the audio-jack is really just a line-in. Unless you have an amplified source, it will not register. The only way out (to my knowledge): USB microphone headsets. That means, replacing your old headsets if you need an external microphone. Apple Tech support now does admit that the jack does not work with regular, un-amplified microphones. Best regards, Jörg Waltje --------------------- Dr. Jörg Waltje Director LRC Ohio University Gordy Hall 17 D Athens, Ohio 45701 (USA) Ph: (740) 593-2748 Fax: (740) 593-0729 --------------------- >--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] --- > >>Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 08:08:10 -0400 (EDT) >>From: [log in to unmask] > >.edu; Wed, 16 Oct 2002 06:43:59 -0400 (EDT) >Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 06:45:11 -0400 >From: Dan Soneson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: eMac and external microphone >To: [log in to unmask] >Message-id: <[log in to unmask]> >MIME-version: 1.0 >X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.543) >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > >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 --------------------- Dr. Jörg Waltje Director LRC Ohio University Gordy Hall 17 D Athens, Ohio 45701 (USA) Ph: (740) 593-2748 Fax: (740) 593-0729 ---------------------