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About Using A Microphone
Why doesn’t my microphone work properly?
Check that the microphone is plugged into the Microphone jack.
Why is my microphone so sensitive to background noise?
If you find there is too much background noise when you record sound, you
should adjust the microphone gain by following these steps:
1 Click Start in the Windows taskbar, then click Control Panel.
2 Click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, then click Sounds and Audio
Devices.
3 From the Audio tab, locate the Sound recording section and click Volume.
The Recording Control dialog box appears.
4 Select the Options menu and click Properties. The Properties dialog box
appears.
5 In the section, “Adjust volume for,” select the Recording option. Click OK.
6 From the Recording Control dialog box, decrease the microphone volume
level by moving the slider bar down.
7 Close the Recording Control dialog box and then close the Sounds and
Audio Devices Properties window.