Built-In Microphone & I-Chat AV

Hello Richard and welcome to discussion,

Yep - It can be used in iChat.

You can also use it for recording your own voice or any kind of noise.

Cars, Bikes, Planes, Trains and Automobilles - Anything that you want to record.

Hope that helps some

Regards

Ian

Hi Richard,

Welcome to the Appple Discussion Pages.

In Addition to Ian's advice I would point out that in some cases the Mic will pick up hard drive noise and any other background noise as well.

This may be distracting to others listening to your Auido.

Also if you have External speakers you may have to move things about to get around any feedback problems.

Ralph

Hi Richard,

Go to System Prefernces > Sound >Input tab.
Make sure the nternal Mic is selected there and that the blue bar moves to at least halfway when you talk. (the slider will probably need to be at 75%

Then go to iChat >iChat menu >Preferences >Video section
Go to the Microphone dropdwon and amake sure the internal mic is selected there as well.

Then go to the View menu in iChat.
Select Show Audio Status

Last go to the menu to the ri=ght of Buddies (IS labled Audio or Video depending on whether you have a camera or not).
Make sure there is a tick next to Microphone Enabled

Now you should be good to go.

Ralph

Hello Richard,

Welcome to Apple Discussions.

The button that i'm supposed to press in order to invite someone is gray...

Did you click once on your buddy's name in your Buddy List? If you have done that correctly, the name should be shown in a blue highlight bar.

Then, if your buddy has a Mac that can do audio chat,
b your
audio (phone) iCon should darken and allow you to invite your buddy.

Hi ,

Also look at the View menu.
Clcik once on the Buddy list before doing so.

Select the Show Audio Status item so it has a tick

Ralph

Every computer comes with an internal mic, as far as I remember (at least all Macintoshes do). So you should be able to chat with anyone that is using either the latest version of AIM for Windows or any Mac user using iChat.

Feel free to test it out with me if you'd like. My screenname is on 24/7 (for the most part except for network issues) and it's all automated. See my profile for details.

-Ryan

Just FYI, Ryan,

At least
b my
DP G5 has NO microphone built in, or built in audio, either, for that matter.

If Richard sets a check (tick) mark in his
b iChat > View > Show Audio Status
, he can see which buddies have audio capability. The audio capable buddy's names will have the phone icon next to them. If he has also selected the
b iChat > View > Show Video Status
, the buddies who have camera icons next to their names will also likely have audio capability.

The current AIM for Windows does not support audio only (what the PC folks call "talk") with Mac. Mac to PC audio is only supported as part of video connections. See the How do I Get Video and Audio Chats with PCs ? FAQ (toward the end) for confirmation.

EZ Jim

Thanks Jim for the FYI 🙂

I think what I was trying to say is that all one piece Macs (meaning the iMac, iBook, Powerbook, anything with a computer and screen in one) have internal mics. I also should have added that bit about the Windows computer or the Mac needing a camera for the audio chat to work...I knew that...

I think I need some more sleep!

NEVER a problem, Ryan,

(Especially after all the help YOU have given to me. :-))

Sleep well.

Cheers,
Jim

P.S. Neither does my G4 1Ghz dual

I think it is a Tower thing.

Ralph

HI Richard,

My 2 Cents worth.

Any other iChat user with or without a Mic as you can always One-Way Audio to those who do not have any Camera or Mic. It does not matter what screen name they use - AIM, @mac or Jabber

Any XP PC running Trillian (another AIM client), that CAN Audio chat to iChat.

Ralph