Has anyone got the mic to work with PC? I tried via bluetooth, showed up as "Bluetooth Audio Renderer" in windows 8.1 but doesn't work.
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"Worst Product Ever", I couldn't find anything for days then I have to return amazon on my own expenses, and it was a shame it didn't work as I bought it for my GF. She is so MAD.
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i haven't had any luck so far, not because of skype but because the bluetooth on my computer won't register this as a full headset (mic and headphones) it only picks it up as headphones. i think this has something to do with pairing though. apparently it has two profiles, one utilizes remote controlling from the headphones and maybe the mic too and i guess the other only supports the headphones. i guess i'm going to try to UNPAIR them and see if that works.
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Dear AJ,Your solution sounded quite simple. Unfortunately, it did not work. Tried it twice just to be sure. Also, it is a variation of what Acer tech rep suggested (uninstall and reinstall the sw, but not via eRecovery - just the old fashioned way). Still no live mic. Hope you are right and it is merely a sw fix that could be forthcoming, but reinstalling current driver is not it for my machine.
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Did you get it? I have one of them, it doesn't work. Neither do 3 others I have tried in the last week though, so I think I have a bad sound card. Sorry - I think it worked alright before it stopped working, but I could not swear it and I have a PC. Good luck.
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I run Linux on my PC, so I can't address the Windows issue. And I don't think I even used the USB interface at all ... I just used the "line-level" output, and plugged that directly into my PC's sound card, and that worked perfectly.
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I wish I could help. Unfortunately, I never had much for problems with my mic. What type of program(s) are you using that's picking up the noise? And what's your operating system? I've used mine with things like Skype and Bandicam and it works fine (both on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1). I did notice I tried it with Steam before and it was picking up noise from my headphones, so not sure if that's related (but Steam seems to do this a bit with other people and their hardware as well).
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I've seen many reviews on different bluetooth headsets and the same complaints are with itunes not working right.......evidently it may be something with itunes, not your PC.
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This is on thing I've been having trouble with myself. I have the receiver connected to my home theater system and wanted to play audio from my laptop. I can connect to the receiver with my laptop's Bluetooth, but I haven't been able to get Windows to play sound through It as it doesn't show in audio devices. . I'm using Windows 7 and haven't been able to find any software in the hour I spent searching about it.
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I don't see why it wouldn't work with Windows 8. Most USB microphones act like they are external sound cards, or like headsets, where both the sound in and the sound out goes through them. They usually have their own headphone jack, and this mic is no different. All you have to do to fix this is go into the control panel while the microphone is installed, under sound and the playback tab, you change the default sound to the computer speakers. This only has to be done once and the computer remembers when you plug the mic in.
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Are you running Windows 7? I ran into some problems trying to get the microphone to work on Windows 7 but would be happy to show you how to do it if needed
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I tried this and it did not work. I plugged the headphones into the microphone jack on a desktop computer running Windows XP. I went to the control panel to test if the mic was working and it was not. It doesn't seem to work this way. But I have been using the headphones for quite some time now and they are excellent. Very good sound! And the mic works great during calls also.
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I did a little bit of tweeking on the windows microphone settings and it works on my laptop and It uses a combo headphone/mic jack. Obviously i dont know what you are using, but if you get a splitter that splits the cable to a mic and headphone then it should work
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Cynthia, your PC should have two mini jacks, one for a mic and the other for a headset. plug it into the mic jack. The next challenge is figuring out how to get it to work. If you are using a MAC, I can't help, but ig you are using a PC running any version of Windows you may have to go to the speaker symbol on the task bar in the far right side on my systems, right click and open recording devices. To record you may want to load Audacity, a free sound audio recording/editor. My mic had a touchy on/off switch, but it works fine now. The Sound controls are also available in the Control Panel. Good luck. I live mine. Cynthia, your PC should have two mini jacks, one for a mic and the other for a headset. plug it into the mic jack. The next challenge is figuring out how to get it to work. If you are using a MAC, I can't help, but ig you are using a PC running any version of Windows you may have to go to the speaker symbol on the task bar in the far right side on my systems, right click and open recording devices. To record you may want to load Audacity, a free sound audio recording/editor. My mic had a touchy on/off switch, but it works fine now. The Sound controls are also available in the Control Panel.... » Read More Cynthia, your PC should have two mini jacks, one for a mic and the other for a headset. plug it into the mic jack. The next challenge is figuring out how to get it to work. If you are using a MAC, I can't help, but ig you are using a PC running any version of Windows you may have to go to the speaker symbol on the task bar in the far right side on my systems, right click and open recording devices. To record you may want to load Audacity, a free sound audio recording/editor. My mic had a touchy on/off switch, but it works fine now. The Sound controls are also available in the Control Panel. Good luck. I live mine. « Show Less
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My friend's works fine under Windows 8. As far as I'm aware, there have been no driver changes from Window Vista through to 8. However, the mic/inputs on this unit are very sensitive. I blew mine out. Great sounding unit though I've switched to Focusrite's Scarlett and Personus's Firestudio.
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All bluetooth things from creative have worked with windows 8 unlike my former lexmark printer which I had to replace because my main desktop and laptop are both windows 8 and not compatible. Neither did a usb Skype phone adapter. Personally I like the stability but hate the interface of windows 8.
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I have been unable to get it working on an HP Z420 workstation with Windows 8 (not 8.1). Windows installs a driver automatically but the device stops before the Bluetooth stack looks like it ever gets loaded. Perhaps a driver would fix it, but I have yet to find one that works.
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It definitely does NOT work with windows 8.1. I have a newer laptop with windows 8.1 installed, two USB 2.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports. None of the ports work. I've heard you can change settings in the BIOS or even disable USB 3.0 compatibility, but i'm not willing to go that far for a headset. I'm probably gonna end up selling it.