Hi Diana, Thanks very much. I’ve also had two off line responses, so plenty of options to go on now. I’ve ordered a part on amazon. I had found out about the dual functionality of the headphone port, but had confused it meant the type of headsets operators use with mic/mouth pieces built into the headset itself. All sorted. Many thanks, Gerard
On Oct 3, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Diana Doyle <di...@semi-local.com> wrote: > Hi Gerard, > > We have similar Mac laptop equipment. I asked my husband, who follows all > this Mac stuff, and he says it should be an easy fix. The Macbook Pros don't > have the audio-in PORT, but they do have audio in and audio out, it's just > integral. > > So all you should need is a small cable splitter, USB to audio-in and > audio-out. > > For example, we use Skype and GoogleVoice on our Macbook Pro. To use our > Logitech headset, we need this splitter cable to connect the headset to the > laptop, so that it has audio-in and audio-out connects (like our previous > Macs did). > > I looked at our cable and it is by Logitech. It says USB Adapter model number > A-5572A on it. It has male USB on one tail (for your laptop) and the other > end has two female audio ports, one for mike/input and one for headset/output. > > I hope that works for you. > > Best, > > Diana > > ______________________________________________________________ > > On Oct 3, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Gerard Phillips <gphill...@istar.ca> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I’m listening “live" using a plant pot mic, monitoring for fun mostly, the > better the flight, the more I stay tuned. I had hoped to start recording > migrations, but only recently discovered that the Macbook Pro with 15” retina > display which I bought last year actually has no audio input, a jolting > oversight on my part. But I gather there are ways around it, but so far I’ve > only received conflicting info regarding what type/model USB sound card to > use to get around the issue…it seems that when it comes to third party > hardware Apple Support will not recommend or pin point any specific > product…those they loosely ‘describe’ turn out from my investigations to be > PC compatible only? Id appreciate hearing from anyone with first or > secondhand experience/knowldege getting around this type of issue. Thanks. > > > > ____________________________________________ > Department Editor, Tools of the Trade > Birding Magazine > American Birding Association > www.aba.org > > Founder, "SeaBC" Sea Bird Count > www.birdingaboard.org > A Clean Wake project of the Seven Seas Cruising Association > An Environmental Programme of the Ocean Cruising Club > > Team Leader > Science & Technology SeaBC Sea Bird Count > Blue Planet Odyssey > www.blueplanetodyssey.com > > di...@birdingaboard.org > 612-859-0000 > -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
