Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 5:29 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Michael Barnes wrote: > > > The gray plug is for the microphone. This particular headset required > > "phantom power" on the microphone line to power the microphone. Some > > equipment may provide this natively, most will

Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM Mike C. wrote: > Michael Barnes mentioned HAM users giving this headset good reviews. On > this ham radio forum, https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=7494 > ,there > are 2 comments regarding the microphone, one states poor mic performance > and the other

Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Mike C.
A few more interesting tidbits of info I found that may help or might complicate troubleshooting. -- From a review of the Asus motherboard's audio system: "When recording an audio sample, with the microphone boost option enabled, the audio sample playback was clear and relatively

Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Michael Barnes wrote: The gray plug is for the microphone. This particular headset required "phantom power" on the microphone line to power the microphone. Some equipment may provide this natively, most will not. The headset should have come with a small box to hold a couple

Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Michael Barnes
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 9:52 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Rich Shepard wrote: > > > I have an adapter for the landline phone's headset that allows its use > > with cellphones so I could try that. Or, connect it to the Panasonic > > cordless handset on a call. > > That adapter fits

Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Rich Shepard wrote: I have an adapter for the landline phone's headset that allows its use with cellphones so I could try that. Or, connect it to the Panasonic cordless handset on a call. That adapter fits neither the landline handset nor the cell phone. I connected the

Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Jason Barnett wrote: If your cellphone has a headphone jack, you could try plugging it into that and make a call. If it works properly then the headset and cord are fine and you need to troubleshoot your computer. If it doesn't work properly, then the cord or headphones are

Re: [PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Jason Barnett
If your cellphone has a headphone jack, you could try plugging it into that and make a call. If it works properly then the headset and cord are fine and you need to troubleshoot your computer. If it doesn't work properly, then the cord or headphones are faulty. On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 8:12 AM

[PLUG] Hardware troubleshooting: Yamaha headset

2020-06-03 Thread Rich Shepard
Playing a music mp3 via audacity and listening with the Yamaha CM500 headset, the sound came through only the left speaker and was distorted (the latter might be how audacity's defaults are set). Yesterday on the ringcentral call I could hear (left ear only and sound was not really clear) and