"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/25/2020 at 15:49 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
08/25/2020 at 15:49 • Filed to: None | 1
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My son has a new Acer Chromebook that he’s using for school. He is listening though Apple plug-in headphones with built in mic. The headphones work fine, but he’s convinced that the mic used to work and now doesn’t. Though I’ve read various sources online that say the mic should work, it is my belief that he was using the internal mic and didn’t know it.
Does anybody know if the mic should work? These CBs are pretty short on settings, it’s either on or off, so I think we just have a basic compatibility issue here.
Edit : Turns out it was a bum headset. Tried another and it worked.
facw
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 15:27 |
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Know nothing about chromebooks, but I’d be surprised if they didn’t support the headphone mic, that seems pretty standard these days.
HammerheadFistpunch
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 15:29 |
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man...so many variables. I guess you should check the manufactures page for detailed specs on the port. Does it use three rings (support a mic)?
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ttyymmnn
> facw
08/25/2020 at 15:30 |
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Me too, but Apple. The mic does not work on a Windows box, as far as I can tell.
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ttyymmnn
> HammerheadFistpunch
08/25/2020 at 15:31 |
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Three rings on the mic jack?
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ttyymmnn
> HammerheadFistpunch
08/25/2020 at 15:32 |
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Yes, three rings on the jack.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 15:32 |
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yeah, 2 rings for headphones, 3 rings for headphones plus mic (on the chromebook side)
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 15:34 |
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I could be wrong but I think Apple wires their headset jacks differently to others.
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ttyymmnn
> Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/25/2020 at 15:34 |
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That’s what I’m thinking, but there are all sorts of posts on the internet saying that they work. Or at least that they should.
CobraJoe
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 15:36 |
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Are you sure the mic on the headphones work? I have a set of apple headphones with the 3.5mm jack and the mic works great on my windows laptop or my android phone. The volume buttons do not work on either, but the center button works on the android.
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ttyymmnn
> CobraJoe
08/25/2020 at 15:36 |
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That’s certainly worth checking out. Thx.
lone_liberal
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 15:38 |
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Just to throw it out there, have you double checked the settings in Zoom or whatever he’s using for the video conference? I’ve seen it where that setting will be for the built-in even if another mic is plugged in.
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ttyymmnn
> lone_liberal
08/25/2020 at 15:40 |
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He’s using Google or something. I tried making a video on the CB, with external mic selected and got nothing. Switching to internal worked. I’m going to try with a different set.
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lone_liberal
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 15:53 |
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Probably Hangouts or I guess Meet is what they call it now. I’m glad you found the solution.
hillrat
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 15:55 |
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Not yet, but we’ll be picking up a new ChromeBook for my youngest on Thursday. We’ll have to stay in touch on our new role of providing tech support to children.
#DadLife
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ttyymmnn
> hillrat
08/25/2020 at 15:59 |
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My house is #DadLife x 3. At least our kids are old enough to be relatively self reliant. I’ve got a friend who is home trying to wrangle a three year old while helping his kindergartner with online school while his wife teaches online. Crazy.
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hillrat
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 16:05 |
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I’ve got two and like yourself, mine are old enough to be self-reliant (kind of) so I’ve had a relatively easy ride other than having a part time job as a short order cook.
Dawg, I feel so bad for my friends that have young kids. One of my oldest friends had his first kid in March and one of my rugby buddies had his first kid in June, the shit is tragic.
Spaceball-Two
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 16:05 |
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Watching this thread closely as my oldest starts kindergarten on a CB next week. Ugh. This is going to suck.
Textured Soy Protein
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 16:23 |
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If you want a friggin headset, my wife uses this one with her Asus C302 Chromebook .
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 16:36 |
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I’ve worked on the Google show many times, I’ve seen them in the displays, but no I have never used one. Once during the show move in they had a pallet of them and one of the teamsters said, hey they got tons of laptops over here (teamsters are often Hells Angels here and often end up with things from shows, go figure) and another guy said, nah those are chromebooks!
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ttyymmnn
> Spaceball-Two
08/25/2020 at 16:48 |
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I have a friend who is watching his three year old while helping his daughter who is in kindergarten while his wife teaches remotely. Go with God, my son.
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Spaceball-Two
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 16:52 |
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Oh yeah. There’s an 18 month old in the mix too. We’re both working from home until at least the first of the year or likely this time next year.
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ttyymmnn
> Textured Soy Protein
08/25/2020 at 16:55 |
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I might have something like that in the garage. They’re kids; they want the white earbuds.
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ttyymmnn
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
08/25/2020 at 16:56 |
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A Chromebook is definitely not a laptop, it’s an Internet appliance. And as such, if you pay enough, they’re pretty good. They will see our boys through high school, but we’ll get our oldest a proper laptop when he goes to college.
functionoverfashion
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 20:17 |
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Yeah exactly - I have a chromebook for internetting on my couch when I don’t want my work laptop. It’s light, simple, and just works - I did get a good one on super sale in early January a couple years ago. But trying to do much more on it... yeah nope. I put Linux on it for a while but that just made it annoying to do anything, which is missing the point of a simple internet device.
Merkin Muffley
> ttyymmnn
08/25/2020 at 21:14 |
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That BIOs is pretty smart. So. Yeah.
Ive had Chromebooks work with several audio DACs where I thought “this will never work”.
It PnPs way better than Windows ever did