Re: Dell's Sorry History of Microphone/Soundcard Issue (Update)

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From: Grumps
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:19

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Class_Action wrote:
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I don't really want to extend the war here but I'd like to contribute this
little snippet of info I gained recently.
I have an old Dimension XPS. It has a mic that would appear to be wired a
little unusual. I thought that the 3.5mm stereo jack plug used the end two
conductors for the left and right channels, and the longer conductor
(nearest the jack body) as the common (or ground). Well, the Dell mic that
came with the XPS has the mic element connected between the end two
conductors and does not use the ground part of the plug. This mic does not
work (I haven't tried shouting) in any other piece of audio gear (PCs,
minidisk, etc). Does this mean that the XPS has a weird arrangement on the
sound card (mic input)? And would it follow that only the supplied mic would
work?

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