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    microphone on the Z near palmrest, any good?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Kaze, Sep 14, 2008.

  1. Kaze

    Kaze Notebook Consultant

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    How's the microphone on the Z, it's mounted near the palm rest on the Z I believe? Is it any better than the SZ? How far from the speakers are they?

    The ones I had on my SZ were often problematic at loud volumes, you get that echo which is very irritating.

    Anyone care to comment?
     
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    Hybr1dz Notebook Consultant

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    I haven't done a full test yet but I think it worked pretty well when I was chatting with my friends using Ventrilo (hands-free mode). The speakers are above the keyboard (near the S1, S2 buttons and the eject button) and the microphone is on the right-side of the wireless hardware switch so they're pretty far apart.
     
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  3. Kaze

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    the microphone on the SZ was mounted at the top of the screen yet it still had echo... I hope the Z does not have such problems
     
    Kaze, Sep 14, 2008
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