Mic is not working but, headphones are

[Chewy]

Hey all,
I have checked the forums and googled how to fix this issue and can't find it. So I come to you for your help. Before I tell you my head phones type I will give you my pc specs.

I am running Windows 8.1 with 32 gigs of Ram, intel core i7-4770 cpu @ 3.40 ghz, 64 bit operating system with a Sound blaster audigy fx sound card newly installed 4 months ago.

My head set is:

Each G2000 mic/headset type with a usb/ mic and head phone plug in. It was all working fine except that if I wasn't playing Insurgency or Arma 3 I would have to unplug it to get the sound from the speakers (Logitech 2.1 with a sub woofer).

Now, I can't use the mic on my headset. Noone can hear me but I can hear them. I can hear my games just not the mic capability.

On Insurgency, I use to get the handset icon on the left side and now I don't. I do have it set to "push a button to talk" (K).

If you can help me out that would be great and other players will appreciate it as well.

Thanks in advance!

Snip3r_wolf

[funkynutz]

Have you tried right clicking the little speaker icon in your taskbar, opening recording devices and made sure the right mic is set as default?

I've got a different USB headset, but I get a similar problem: every time I unplug the headset, the system defaults to the onboard sound as it should, but when I plug the headset back in it doesn't always default back to the headset (stupid crummy drivers which spoil an otherwise perfectly good headset).

[Chewy]

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Have you tried right clicking the little speaker icon in your taskbar, opening recording devices and made sure the right mic is set as default?

I've got a different USB headset, but I get a similar problem: every time I unplug the headset, the system defaults to the onboard sound as it should, but when I plug the headset back in it doesn't always default back to the headset (stupid crummy drivers which spoil an otherwise perfectly good headset).

I just tried what you said to try clicking on different rec. devices in my speaker menu and that doesn't seem to be working.. Tested all of them through Insurgency and noone heard me. I'm running out of ideas

[funkynutz]

Clicking on them won't work, you need to right click and set as default, and you might need to close and restart any programs that would have been using it, including the game.

Also check the output volume in the device properties (sounds daft but it's an easy one to overlook).

[=BB= Pudfark]

Howdy Snip3r

Are you seeing something like this in your 'Windows' Sound...it's that little icon on the bottom right portion of your screen and it looks like a speaker pointing to the right.

http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/Pudfark/media/Windows%20SoundRecording.png.html

Check to see what type of sound your 'card' produces.....likely it's 5.1 or 7.1
Where I ran into the same type of frustrating trouble is that the headset running the applied software that came with it.....wanted to run everything through my onboard realtek 5.1 sound at 7.1 and it really caused me headaches and frustration. I only use the sound setup for windows and not anything else. Perhaps, this is part of the problem. When it comes to add on sound cards, I don't know nuthin about them.

The only other thing I can think of is (pls pardon me, I know you ain't stupid) that perhaps you have unknowingly switched the sound off using a control on your headset?

[Chewy]

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Howdy Snip3r

Are you seeing something like this in your 'Windows' Sound...it's that little icon on the bottom right portion of your screen and it looks like a speaker pointing to the right.

http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/Pudfark/media/Windows%20SoundRecording.png.html

Check to see what type of sound your 'card' produces.....likely it's 5.1 or 7.1
Where I ran into the same type of frustrating trouble is that the headset running the applied software that came with it.....wanted to run everything through my onboard realtek 5.1 sound at 7.1 and it really caused me headaches and frustration. I only use the sound setup for windows and not anything else. Perhaps, this is part of the problem. When it comes to add on sound cards, I don't know nuthin about them.

The only other thing I can think of is (pls pardon me, I know you ain't stupid) that perhaps you have unknowingly switched the sound off using a control on your headset?

Hey Pudfark,

I do see the line in and the stereo mix options. But I also see 3 of the microphone options. So what I have been doing is switching back and forth through those and settled on 1 that says "Sound blaster" which is enabled. But, all that really accomplished was now I can use my headset and turn off my speakers or vice a versa.

The 5.1 or 7.1 I have to look into. I only have Logitech with a sub woofer and 2 speakers.

I will try this option (5.1 or 7.1) and post and update a.s.a.p.

[Chewy]

If this matters.... In Insurgency, I have it set to Headphones.

[Chewy]

Postat inițial de =BB= Pudfark:

Howdy Snip3r

Are you seeing something like this in your 'Windows' Sound...it's that little icon on the bottom right portion of your screen and it looks like a speaker pointing to the right.

http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/Pudfark/media/Windows%20SoundRecording.png.html

Check to see what type of sound your 'card' produces.....likely it's 5.1 or 7.1
Where I ran into the same type of frustrating trouble is that the headset running the applied software that came with it.....wanted to run everything through my onboard realtek 5.1 sound at 7.1 and it really caused me headaches and frustration. I only use the sound setup for windows and not anything else. Perhaps, this is part of the problem. When it comes to add on sound cards, I don't know nuthin about them.

The only other thing I can think of is (pls pardon me, I know you ain't stupid) that perhaps you have unknowingly switched the sound off using a control on your headset?

As far as turning off the controls via headset I checked that...was the 1st thing I checked B4 coming to the community.. I have been fiddling around with the 5.1 and 7.1... still nothing positive.

[SpeshjulK]

Im having the same problem brand new but i can't speak it can only recieve audio

[=BB= Pudfark]

My mike crapped out a couple of days ago.....right before our squad game. delete expletive
Make sure your mike is selected and enabled correctly through your windows OS settings.
Then make sure the sensitivities for it are also set correctly. My mike problem was (unknown why) sesitivity was set a zero. How this happened? I don't know, but the fix was to increase the sensitivity :)

[[57th] AngryHatter]

If the mic works in windows audio settings then it can be made to work in INS.
However, the microphone is the FIRST thing that fails on a headset.
I did not read all the suggestions but make certain the mic works in windows, then Steam then INS - one step at a time.

[=BB= Pudfark]

Thanks AH. You said it better. :)

[TheSurvivor001]

Hey guys just got these headphones and well... I have a brand new macbook pro and they dont work at all. I have the 2 input jack headphones as well as the USB next to them and can't get them to work. I tried OBS and Audacity and well didn't get anything. So I swapped over to my Pc and didn't get anything ether. nether of my computers could pick it up so I tried my PS4. AS a final push I tried to check the Kotion website. The website is awful and you can't even buy things there. Just saying. Anyways as a Canadian I hate bothering customer service and/or emailing about problems but I had to throw a hail marry here and sent Kotion and email...Well.... I tried to... I don't know why but I can't send emails to the customer service people there so... Yeah that didn't work ether. I ain't gonna call because screw it I don't want to. I'm gonna complain a little more tho. Instruction manuel? Guess again. Chinese!! Or Japanese. No idea.


SO!!! Overall I only have the audio working right now and can't get anything else. The newer macs have a audio/microphone input and I can only get the audio to work. I was late to my classes because of this garbage. Not happy and thinking I want to ship this thing back to amazon. Would someone PLEASE help me.

P.S. ( yes this is a letter now ) I was thinking of buying an audio/microphone USB drive to fix this. But REALLY dont want to throw more money at this problem.

[Chewy]

Im glad you made your comment!...After a year or so of trying to get my mic working on my headphones I still didn't get it working. I tried Audigy, pissed around with my sound card and actually got to the point I bought 2 new pairs of sony headphones...BTW not the quality i got with my Kotion ws way better as well, they didn't work either so I took thos back...

FINALLY, I got my headphones to work with a mic. However, not the mic on my headset, I use a BLUE stand up mic (snowball will work too) this is a simple usb plug in and a bit of retweaking with my sound card it works and it works fantastic.

The only draw back is that the mic was near $100 canadian bucks at Best buy.

Hope this helps your sanity.

Yuor friendly neighborhood Canadian (AB)

[TheSurvivor001]

haha thank you sniper. thin i'll send it back to amazon and get something i can use in my consoles as well! Thank you again eh!

[Chewy]

No problem! good luck! Eh!