Hi, Dan is correct; the switch on the iMic just changes which port is used for line-in. This is for low-power equipment or high-power equipment. The microphone icon and speaker icon are just symbols of the two different input power categoreies.
Esther On Thursday, January 12, 2006, at 04:04PM, Dan Keys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, >Just one little thing to add. >The switch only switches the Microphone/Line-in jack. It has nothing >to do with the output or earphone jack. > >On Jan 12, 2006, at 6:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> To respond to Gordon's comment about the difficulty in tactilely >> distinguishing input and output sockets on the iMic -- his one >> small criticism about a practical usage among his recommendations >> based on perfomance -- here is the description excerpted from >> my September 18 post. I'd use the ridges of the speaker icon >> (on both sides of the iMic disc, above and below the port) to >> identify the speaker output, then mark the case like Dan does. >> >> "The Griffin iMic is offered as one of the Mac Mini accessories. >> It provides an alternative to the missing audio line-in by using >> the USB >> port, but does not include a microphone. You might use this to record >> cassettes, LPs, or radio broadcasts to your computer in digital format >> using a sound capture program, like Wiretap or Audio Hijack. >> >> The iMic is a hockey-puck shaped disk with an 18-inch long cord that >> ends in a USB connector. There are two mini-jack ports located at >> 5 o'clock >> and 7 o'clock, when the USB cord is at 12 o'clock. They're labeled >> with >> icons on either side of the disk: a raised ellipse of a microphone for >> input from low-power devices such as microphones and a shell-shaped >> speaker with ridged sound waves for input from high-power line-level >> devices such as stereo equipment. A toggle-switch between the two >> ports >> allows selecting the port you want to use for input/output. >> >> To connect stereo equipment, which use RCA cables, to the mini port, >> you can get a Radio Shack Y-Adapter Audio Cable in either 3-foot or >> 6-foot length. Part numbers are 42-2550 and 42-2551 and prices are >> $5.99 and $6.99." >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Esther >> >> On Thursday, January 12, 2006, at 08:34AM, Dan Keys >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I scratched a mark in the case near the switch. >>> Also, on my unit, the two jacks, are slightly different. You might >>> find that the opening of the case around the earphone jack is >>> slightly smaller than the opening around the microphone/line-in jack. >>> When the switch is toward the earphone jack, that is microphone >>> input. >>> HTH >>> >>> On Jan 12, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: >>> >>>> Just ad an IMic from Griffin Technologies, (if memory serves). I >>>> have one of these little boxes on my Mac Mini, and I tell you - in >>>> terms of latency and quality, they out-perform some of the so- >>>> called top notch PCI cards on the PC platform. I have just one >>>> small criticism. From a tactile perspective, there is no way to >>>> distinguish between the input and output sockets. The box is >>>> circular, the mic/line switch is mounted dead center. Other than >>>> that, excellent. >>>> >>>> At 07:28 12/01/2006 -0800, Dan Keys said: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I am extremely pleased with my iMic interface on the Mac mini. >>>>> However, having the audio inputs as a part of the system is also a >>>>> plus, I would think. >>>> >> >> > > > >
