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    Poor Microphone Quality T420

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by koreo, Jul 30, 2011.

  1. koreo

    koreo Notebook Consultant

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    I tried a Skype call using my T420, but the mic seems to pick up a lot of background and computer noise, making it somewhat muffled.

    is this quality normal for ThinkPad microphones? It seems worse than my T400's mic.
     
    koreo, Jul 30, 2011
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  2. Mech0z

    Mech0z Notebook Evangelist

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    Mine (W520 duel mic) is bad when using Ventrilo, apparently its driver issues but they only seem to support stuff like Skype and such which got fixed in the latest driver.
     
    Mech0z, Jul 30, 2011
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  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Did you try adjusting the settings (Fn+F6)? Start with the option to select one voice or multiple voices.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 30, 2011
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