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

#687
From: hrdtd
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 02:08
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This is getting quite tiresome.

You continue to cite examples of messages on Delltalk (the example below is 
from back in 2000) that may or may not be relevent to the particular 
soundcard and mic you have now.

You have yet to give answers to the questions I've posed.

What are the output specs for your mic?

What are the mic input specs for your sound card?

"Class_Action" <classactionlaw1@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> "hdrdtd" wrote:
>
>> OK, that's fine, but back to my question,
>>
>> Regardless of which sound card you have, in the specs for that sound 
>> card,
>> what are the requirements for the microphone input portion. What does it 
>> say
>> as far as microphone impedance and voltage?
>>
>> On to whichever microphone you have chosen to try. what are the specs for
>> that microphone. what is it's rated impedance and output voltage.
>>
>> Now, from the actual specifications for each, does the stated output of 
>> the
>> microphone match the specs for the mic input on the soundcard?
>>
>> That's all I'm asking.
>
> Dell supplies a microphone if you get the telephony modem.  People are
> experiencing problems with such systems right out of the box.
>
> Yet Dell Tech support say they have never heard of the problem, and
> proceed to jerk around the customers.
>
>> Just mentioning that the mic is made by a particular manufactirer or that
>> the microphoe is a 'powered' mic, doesn't guaranty that the specs are
>> correct.. What are the actual specs are for both the card and the mic.
>>
>> If the spec's match, and the mic was provided by Dell, then I would say 
>> it's
>> a Dell problem.
>>
>> If the specs don't match, and yet Dell supplied the mic, then again it's 
>> a
>> Dell issue.
>>
>> However, if for some reason, the spec's don't match, and you supplied the
>> mic, then finding a mic that has the right specs is up to you.
>
> One more time:
>
> Microphone - low input  (9/6/2000)
> http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=7947
>
>    I have to yell into my Dell provided microphone
>
>    Just got off the phone w/Customer Service, they told me that
>    the microphone provided was provided "as a COURTESY"
>
> 
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