The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Lenovo Y460p Users - Can't record from ext mic?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by pegasus_777, Apr 11, 2011.

  1. pegasus_777

    pegasus_777 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Lenovo Y460p Users - anyone recorded from a headset mic before?

    I can't seem to record it...

    1) There are 2 jacks: on the manual it said one is called "Headphone jack" and the other "Microphone Jack".

    2) Plugging it the right way ( Red jack to "mic jack", green jack to "headphone jack") yields no recording: audio plays but when recording using sound recorder, nothing is recorded.

    3) Plugging in the wrong way ( Red Jack to "headphone jack"), i actually can record SOUND. but no audio can be played out from the laptop.

    I've updated drivers from the lenovo site, still nothing.

    Someone with Lenovo Y-series can help test this with a headset with mic? See if you can record your voice using your headset mic?

    Many thanks!
     
    pegasus_777, Apr 11, 2011
    #1
  2. AboutThreeFitty

    AboutThreeFitty ~350

    Reputations:
    814
    Messages:
    1,705
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Works just fine on my y460 with Astro A40's.

    It sounds like one of the settings is off. Open the Realtek HD Audio Manager and make sure nothing is muted and the device is recognized. By default, the playback from the microphone was muted on my laptop.....
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Apr 11, 2011
    #2
  3. pegasus_777

    pegasus_777 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Are u using a headset with its own microphone?

    If yes, that would be same as me...

    I wonder why is playback from mic muted... but there's a separate volume control for microphone too. weird.
     
    pegasus_777, Apr 12, 2011
    #3
  4. pegasus_777

    pegasus_777 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    This problem still isn't fixed. Anyone has ideas?
     
    pegasus_777, Apr 12, 2011
    #4
  5. yigit

    yigit Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    15
    Messages:
    43
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    have you try to activate external microphone and/or set it as default?

    right click the volume icon > recording devices > show disabled & disconnected devices > set the external one as default.

    /Lenovo-Y460p-Users-Can-t-record-from-ext-mic
     
    yigit, Apr 13, 2011
    #5
  6. pegasus_777

    pegasus_777 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Seems to work after i replaced my headset... the weird thing is that my old headset used to work with my older laptop. Not too sure whats going on...
    Anyway thanks for the help all!

    Appreciate it.

    Thread closed.
     
    pegasus_777, Apr 15, 2011
    #6