What is the best mic fix for this tablet? - Acer Iconia A500

I'm new to this tablet, only had it a week and relized people cant hear me when i Skype with them. So before i purchase a head phone set with a mic on it i wanted to ask here to find out what is the best solution ??

I use a stereo headphone (make Wesc - more or less 50 €) with a little microphone which is located on the cable (close to the headphone). The sound is crystal clear.
I didn't find any other solution for using voip (skype, google) with this tablet.

I use it in three ways.
1- like castafiore do.
2- using only a headphone, no mic. (use the internal mic)
3- using speakers conect to heatphone plug. (use the internal mic)
I think that the "plug" disconect something internal in reference with the "cancel noise system."
Please excuse my bad english.

tabasco22 said:
I use it in three ways.
1- like castafiore do.
2- using only a headphone, no mic. (use the internal mic)
3- using speakers conect to heatphone plug. (use the internal mic)
I think that the "plug" disconect something internal in reference with the "cancel noise system."
Please excuse my bad english.
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So are you saying that all I need is head phones no mic?

Yes.
If you want better results, you can install: "volume control"
market.android.com/details?id=com.revsodev.volumecontrol&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yZXZzb2Rldi52b2x1bWVjb250cm9sIl0.
and high the "in-call volume".
Try skype test.
I talk with my son every night and he hear me wery well.

Unlike tabasco22 even though the noise is reduced when there is something plugged into the headphone jack, the internal mic is not usable for skype.
it seems that there are many headphone/mic sets that work, though i have tried 2 iphone sets that do not .

bullyspud said:
Unlike tabasco22 even though the noise is reduced when there is something plugged into the headphone jack, the internal mic is not usable for skype.
it seems that there are many headphone/mic sets that work, though i have tried 2 iphone sets that do not .[
So should i not buy headphones with a mic that are for apple ipod or iphone?
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I use SONY headphones ,speakers.

using a $1.50 headset with mic i got from ebay. works great. actually it works way better then it should for that price.

yo all have been thanked

I was gonna just drill a bigger hole in mine lol I guess I could be more logical ill try volume control + see if it helps any
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk

Making a hole?
There is another solution: take off the back cover of the tablet. If you do a test with the two microphones totally uncovered (as I've done myself), you will notice that there is NO improvement at all.
Evidently, the problem doesn't come from there...

castafiore said:
Making a hole?
There is another solution: take off the back cover of the tablet. If you do a test with the two microphones totally uncovered (as I've done myself), you will notice that there is NO improvement at all.
Evidently, the problem doesn't come from there...
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Yea figured thanks for the info:thumbup:
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk

Anybody tried remove second mic? I mean sound canceling mic. Or maybe just cover it with tape.

I think it's a software problem, between the level of the microphone and cancel noise system level
This problem disappears when you insert any kind of plug into the speaker output., which cancels the "noise canceling system".
deepdelete, you phisicaly disconect the "sound cancelling mic" when you insert a plug.

I think sensitivity of sound canceling mic must be lower, or it must be placed somewhere else.
Sure there is also possibility to correct things with software mod.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise-canceling_microphone

deepdelete said:
Anybody tried remove second mic? I mean sound canceling mic. Or maybe just cover it with tape.
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Yes, I did try that as well. But it doesn't make any difference neither.
I think you could be right, deepdelete. The second microphone on the a500 faces the back of the tablet (opposit the user).
But the 2 microphones are so closed to each other that the desired effect (as explained on the link you give), the "noise-cancelling", doesn't work properly. It's just a guess but it sounds logical (to me, anyway ).

Surprised nobody mentioned, removing the tab from the cover if you use one.
Found this out the hard way. Tab's cover, actually covered the mic! And, if I held it in my hands, it actually picked up the residual sound my fingers made when holding it. Resulted in a "garbled" sound on the other end.
I found with skype, the best thing, was to remove it from the cover, and place it on the covers "stand".

Where is the microphone located? I can't even use the voice search function with mine.

STUPID MIC locations... AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN
There are two mics..
ONE is dead center in the grove between the glass and case at the top of screen. you will see a tiny slot..
the second one.. on the right of the sd card door you will see a tiny hole.. Its right under there.. This one is for background noise canceling. Like from the a500s own speaker.. and does not work well.. The mic works ok with yahoo messenger.. if YOU HAVE NO BACKGROUND NOISE AROUND or you cover that back mic..on not well BUT BETTER THEN IT DOES WITH GTALK OR skype ..
it just sucks is all there is to it.. I tried replacing the mic with a high end known to work well mic . NO LUCK So its either a hardware chip.. or software issue.. Do not think this will ever be fixed .. USE HEADPHONES

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Himalaya loudspeaker-sound lost, headphone-sound ok

I lost the loudspeaker-sound in my Himalya. It works using headphones. I think it may have to do with another set of headphone I connected to it, which was not original. Perhaps it put the device on permanent headphone mode. But then again it might not have anything to do with that.
Is there a Himalaya expert in Berlin - Germany who might be able to help me with it? I dread having to send it to the official reapir center, as I expect it to cost a neck and a hand.
Happened to me when I received a call whilst listening to music. I pulled the headphones out before answering the call, and then answered it. I could here them but they cvouldn't hear me. If you plug the headphones in again and remove them it solves the problem. Well it did for me anyway
I tried that. I doesn't do it. It doesn't matter what kind of sound, if Media Player file is played of phone ringing, only the headphones work. I think I need a dotor.
I have read a lot about the problem in others threads. It seems the headphone-jack can get stuck, not making a contact, which normally is being made and which turns the XDA back to speaker mode, when the headphone-jack is pulled out. Hereto:
1- What does that mean exactely? Which part is that, in what part in the on-board jack? If it had been bent out of place, is it possible to bend the part pack (at best without having to disassemble)? (I tried the ramming in and out, no go).
2- I looked at the non-original jack I had used and it is about 2 mm longer than the original. Might perhaps that explain it? Is there a part in the back that could have been bent out of place?
3- If indeed this was the problem (if the jack had been bent out of place, one way or another), would the microphone work? I can record using the dictaphone and the micophone also works during a call.
When we had himalaya's it happened to both of our devices (my wife and I had one each).
It appears the spring in the speaker can come loose. I used to bang mine (pardon the pun) on my palm and sometimes it would start to work. Then we broke the speaker protection shield, and this made it easier sometimes and hard to fix in others.
When I sold it, my friend took it apart as it was out of warranty, and as he is electrically minded, he find the dodgy bit, and soldered it to the device, and now works perfectly.
Yes! Thanks Jasjar. It worked after a bit of beating.
I found a detailed instruction of how to fix it permanently in another thread. Sounds complicated and dangerous but eventually I must do it.
ran2far said:
I have read a lot about the problem in others threads. It seems the headphone-jack can get stuck, not making a contact, which normally is being made and which turns the XDA back to speaker mode, when the headphone-jack is pulled out.
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Sorry for kicking the topic, but this was the solution for me. I just poked in the headphone-jack with a little stick and tataaaa... my sound is back!
Sound lost problem
Hi all,
same happen to me, the sound stoped working (on my side it had nothing to do with the phone jack).
After the modifaication which is described in this forum i had still the same problem so i solder the loud speaker directly - still same problem...
After some time i flashed the device again, now it works, so on my side it was a software problem...
The device was 3 month out of power, but i think remove the battery and if the sound appears on startup (on first boot) but later not, then flash the os and it will work ...
kr
chw
XDA 2 sound problem...
Hi!
Plese help me!
I have strange problem with my XDA 2.
I bough it 2 days ago. It was in O2 network.
Now when I unlocked it for my network (polish ERA-GSM) I saw that when I'm calling I cant hear anything. Person from the other sight can't hear me too..
XDA have sound becose I used media-player ando other sound stuff, thats why I think that speaker is ok. Microphone is ok too becose I can record animations with sound.
So what should I do now? ;/
Plese help...
Just for reference:
A friend of mine had this 2020, and both Speakerphone and mic were not working.
When somebody called, the ringtone DID sound.
Anyway, bluetooth handsfree worked fine.
All we did was play with the jack, using the stylus! Not even headphones...
And now it works fine!
He says he'll never put phones on it again... lol
cu around!
Looking for more Info
Hi, please help me find which points in the MDAII Motherboard can I solder to disable the headphones and get the audio and mic back to the MDA.
After a while my headphone-jack is broken from the motherboard and now I only have the pin outs in it.
The device is working perfect, and I can use bluetooth headphones. I just don't have audio in the speaker and no mic without bluetooth.
I hope someone can tell me which of the red points en the picture can I solder to disable the headphones.
I just want to do this temporally until I get a replacement spare part for it.
Thanks
EDIT: 12-12-2007
I got it. Just joining 1 and 3 and you will get audio back to the PDA disabling the headphones jack.
Thanks anyways for reading this..
Did you find out what all the mboard pins are for the jack?
I have a dodgy jack and would like to take flying leads of the mboard jack to an external (easily changed) inline jack. Does any know what the 1 to 6 pins correlate to. I would like to still switch the audio via the external jack. Not bothered about the mic.
TIA.

Mic Problems

Hi Everybody,
My Magician recently developed an annoying problem and I wonder if anyone had this already:
The internal Mic occasionally goes to a very low sensitivity, i.e., when talking on the phone I have to scream so that the other person can hear me. This is also valid when recording a voicememo - on the playback I hear mostly static with a faint voice in the background.
Next, when using the headset, the voicememo records Ok but when talking on the phone, the other guy ears mostly the electromagnetic noise of the GSM (a loud "RRRRRRRRRRR").
I have noticed that this effect of the headset is started when the battery voltage goes below 3.4V and, as i connect the charger, the effect disapears.
I cannot relate the effects on the internal mic with the battery charge though; it seems to be more random....
It definitely is Hardware...but could it be solved maybe with a new battery?!
Any hunches?
Thanxs!
that is actually aproblem faced by all magician users. mine too worked just fine for firts 6 months then this annoying problem arose.
others could barely hear me.
i tried every sort of registry tweak, cleaned the mic and other thing but still nothing fruitful happened.
one fine day in an attempt to fx the internal mic myself i broke it (there is hardly any service backup for o2 devices here in New Delhi)
since then either i don't use it or use it with a bluetooth handsfree. no problems with bluetooth handsfree.
Yep, That´s right: No problem with the Bluetooth, but is just annoying to have to worry about carrying the BT device all the time and being always worried about its battery state - not to mention that I already lost one...
My guess is that the Analog-to-Digital Mic Chip is failing, or some part of the Mic circuit before that, or even the power suply to the said Chip....
That's just a lot of guessed troubleshooting to do without the knowledge of the elecronic circuit itself.
BTW, I just read your post about the mic problem - Did you have the problem as well with the wired headphones?
Thanks.
phantom201 said:
Yep, That´s right: No problem with the Bluetooth, but is just annoying to have to worry about carrying the BT device all the time and being always worried about its battery state - not to mention that I already lost one...
My guess is that the Analog-to-Digital Mic Chip is failing, or some part of the Mic circuit before that, or even the power suply to the said Chip....
That's just a lot of guessed troubleshooting to do without the knowledge of the elecronic circuit itself.
BTW, I just read your post about the mic problem - Did you have the problem as well with the wired headphones?
Thanks.
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no! i don't face any problem with bundled earphones or even nokia stereo earphones or a bt handsfree even if i talk from a distance.
problem is only with internal mic.
i would suggest not to try anything yourself on the board. u may ruin ur device like me.
and yes, its annoying to carry tha bt set all the time. thats why i seldom use this devica anymore...i use it only as a mp3 player paired with sony mdr-e808 earphones and equalizer app. the sound is very crisp and punchy.
phantom201 said:
Yep, That´s right: No problem with the Bluetooth, but is just annoying to have to worry about carrying the BT device all the time and being always worried about its battery state - not to mention that I already lost one...
My guess is that the Analog-to-Digital Mic Chip is failing, or some part of the Mic circuit before that, or even the power suply to the said Chip....
That's just a lot of guessed troubleshooting to do without the knowledge of the elecronic circuit itself.
BTW, I just read your post about the mic problem - Did you have the problem as well with the wired headphones?
Thanks.
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ok whose ready for a big surprise?
you're very right! its a hardware fault
i have 100% jumper solution
call +92-300-3812680 if you know a bit of soldering
fsl13 said:
ok whose ready for a big surprise?
you're very right! its a hardware fault
i have 100% jumper solution
call +92-300-3812680 if you know a bit of soldering
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come on buddy! if you explain it here using images, u'll help so many users having the same problem.
pls consider.
we all need your help at he moment.
Mic Prob
mariner_heart said:
come on buddy! if you explain it here using images, u'll help so many users having the same problem.
pls consider.
we all need your help at he moment.
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Faisal is very right buddy......it is purely jumper problem. I attached a snap of my Cell for you.......See the arrow... It is mic and we have to put the black color jumper on it.... Actually what happen with us.... we don't pay much importance to that jumper... there is a tiny whole on that jumper, put that whole on the head of mic so that our voice waves travel inside the jumper and go into mic.
It is my own experience that I put wrong side of jumper on mic and got panic three times . Thanks Faisal.....
ali786 said:
Faisal is very right buddy......it is purely jumper problem. I attached a snap of my Cell for you.......See the arrow... It is mic and we have to put the black color jumper on it.... Actually what happen with us.... we don't pay much importance to that jumper... there is a tiny whole on that jumper, put that whole on the head of mic so that our voice waves travel inside the jumper and go into mic.
It is my own experience that I put wrong side of jumper on mic and got panic three times . Thanks Faisal.....
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DUH!
nooooooooooo!
i meant a pure jumper solution silly!...
the jumper solution is a quoted wire or in combination solded n jumped from the main sources or the parts in between to make a proper current flow in case of any resistance in between, loose or broken connection.
unfortunately the solution i was supposed to provide was scheduled that night is delayed due to some very sudden technical reasons. And for this i really apologize.
ill try to be as prompt as i can but the time cannot be defined so please forgive me for bringing hope and than delaying it. i know exactly how it feels but hey... patience can be more fruitful
Be Good! Be Well!
Mic Problem
fsl13 said:
DUH!
nooooooooooo!
i meant a pure jumper solution silly!...
the jumper solution is a quoted wire or in combination solded n jumped from the main sources or the parts in between to make a proper current flow in case of any resistance in between, loose or broken connection.
unfortunately the solution i was supposed to provide was scheduled that night is delayed due to some very sudden technical reasons. And for this i really apologize.
ill try to be as prompt as i can but the time cannot be defined so please forgive me for bringing hope and than delaying it. i know exactly how it feels but hey... patience can be more fruitful
Be Good! Be Well!
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You are right Faisal......... but I told everything which I demonstrated...... And I solved the problem.... It can be possible that other people also did the same mistake which I did.... They can check their mic cover, as long as you can’t provide them any solution. Right??
For the main problem of the buzz noise when calling: I had it too. And it became gradually louder, more louder. And then (it became REALLY insopportable: when in call even the main speaker emitted that noise, and considerably loud) my phone resetted. It decided to not woken up unless I took the Sim out, and that was the end of my phone (the "phone" part: I used it as an expensive mp3 for quite a while). The noise was so loud that also attempting to connect to the carrier caused soft reset. Searching around I discovered that noise to be related to RF leakage.. you have been warned folks

ACER A500 Microphone Fix?

Hi, guys Ive been looking for microphone fix on my A500 , when i record any video it has this loud background noise...which in fact my room is silent , also when I'm recording videos outside & using Skype . Im using HC 3.2.1 rooted with thor's CMW ver 1.5 . I been searching the forum for a fix but i cant find it or so as I read that they will fix this issue on HC 3.2, but still i get this issues . Is this a Hardware problem or OS issue?
Also can I still return this tablet to walmart & get a refund? I already exchange the first 1 cuz It got a charging issue. SO basically I'm returning an exchange tablet. It hasn't been 14 days yet. as they mentioned for returns & refunds.
Thanks.
hatyrei said:
Hi, guys Ive been looking for microphone fix on my A500
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Funny, I was coming here to ask for help about something similar...
In my case, I have a refurbished A500 which has been awesome so far, with the exception of the microphone. It records terribly, lots of noise and distortion in any recording I make (using Recorder as the test app I made a short .amr recording which I attach 7zip-compressed).
A friend has an A500, and it doesn't seem to display this issue. While it's no deal-breaker (I can live without recording audio...playback of tv shows loaded on the card works better-than-fine!), I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to fix it, or at least make it a little less...noisy.
I believe the culprit has to do with the speakers creating feedback. The workaround is to use headphones. Hope this works for you.
Take a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065219
tabasco22 said:
Take a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065219
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I did read that entire thread, which only tells me there are multiple unrelated issues around audio recording on the A500...these issues seem to get all mixed-together in that thread, with people who only care about Skype focusing on that and cross-talking to people who have completely different recording issues. I was hoping this thread could avoid the whole need-to-use-Skype distraction and focus on the specific issue of seemingly over-driven recordings. (With the refurb, I'm also out of the whole keep-complaining-to-acer-until-they-do-something-to-fix-it focus there seems to be on that thread. I can't really complain, and any warranty I had expired a while ago.)
The earlier suggestion to use a headset is, however, something I should have considered first (even read in the earlier Skype-centric thread), and am a little embarrassed I didn't. Sometime this weekend I'll pick up a cheap 3.5 mic/headphone set and see if that makes any difference. If it does, and the recordings though it are cleaner, I can be more comfortable it will work for one thing I care about...using the A500 with the SquareUp CC processor.
Mic - Solution for me.
Problem: Microphone recordings sound terrible. Soft, Choppy, Mechanical, like a bad cell call, bathroom (NOT the severe helicopter sound as others have reported). My hypothesis like others have suggested, seems to be noise cancellation issues. Especially since the issues vary app to app. These mics are right beside each other and I assume they're pretty much hearing the same thing, and the rear is trying to cancel what it hears, which is the same as the front! End result being filtering what it hears, ie filtering everything? FAIL.
Test 1: Using Recorder and Skype Test call, I tested different distances talking to the front/back, covering front mic, covering back mic, case on, case off, headphones plugged in/out, etc. In some instances you could hear some, and other hear nothing, some sound ok, some sound horrible. I wasn't satisfied with ANY.
Test 2: Popped off back of tablet and disconnected REAR facing mic. They are side/side, make sure you disconnect the correct one, the one with the diaphragm pointing out. Simple connector. Then tried Recorder/Skype Test call and both sounded Excellent. I have not tried a call with Skype, just the test. EDIT: Tested a real Skype call last night. No sound issues on my end or other end.
Conclusion: Removal of rear mic provided the best quality. There is zero filtering/cancellation/etc.
Gotta try this
Hmm!
Should of thought of this myself. Going to give it shot and post back later!
Unhooked the rear mike --it helps the front m ike is usable now. Not perfect but works.
So for me
1 Run Flexreaper ICS by Civato = better mike
2 Drill hole for front mike = not as muffled
3 Disconnect rear mike= almost as good as a phone but not as sensitive.
Okay on recording and search but Skype still noisy without headset.
Damn connectors were a pain to unhook.
appoaf said:
Problem: Microphone recordings sound terrible. Soft, Choppy, Mechanical, like a bad cell call, bathroom (NOT the severe helicopter sound as others have reported). My hypothesis like others have suggested, seems to be noise cancellation issues. Especially since the issues vary app to app. These mics are right beside each other and I assume they're pretty much hearing the same thing, and the rear is trying to cancel what it hears, which is the same as the front! End result being filtering what it hears, ie filtering everything? FAIL.
Test 1: Using Recorder and Skype Test call, I tested different distances talking to the front/back, covering front mic, covering back mic, case on, case off, headphones plugged in/out, etc. In some instances you could hear some, and other hear nothing, some sound ok, some sound horrible. I wasn't satisfied with ANY.
Test 2: Popped off back of tablet and disconnected REAR facing mic. They are side/side, make sure you disconnect the correct one, the one with the diaphragm pointing out. Simple connector. Then tried Recorder/Skype Test call and both sounded Excellent. I have not tried a call with Skype, just the test. EDIT: Tested a real Skype call last night. No sound issues on my end or other end.
Conclusion: Removal of rear mic provided the best quality. There is zero filtering/cancellation/etc.
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I did and I agree this is a fix if you want to use recorder, Skype, talk, tango, etc. But I also learned to forget using the video camera UNLESS you have it using the rear camera (this is one you use by default when you Skype). Looks like it uses the microphone that points in the direction of the active camera.
So I would suspect the noise cancelling algorithm settings are to blame for poor sound recordings.
I solve this issue by using my stereo earphone with mic that came with my Nokia phone. I have tried a bluetooth stereo headset with mic and another wired earbuds with mic, there was either still a lot of noise or the sound level was very low. Basically, it is the same as using a headset. Finally I found one earphone with mic that works well. I actually have two of the same earbuds from 2 identical Nokia 5230. I tested them on two Iconia A500 with voice chat and video chat, it works very well both ways. I have also tried to turned off the Dolby Mobile as suggested by someone. It actually makes it worse and the sound level went down a lot.
acer a501 microphone fix
hi all
today i finally got to the bottom of the microphone issue
versions 3.x had some issues with the mic that cant be fixed - tried different internal and external mics but no good - i thought it was a hardware issue
and not able to solve but after ota update of ics the external mic is perfect - crystal clear and no noise and heaps of level.
the internal mic is crap so i decided to change the microphone with anything i could find - it has to be electret mic.
I had a few lying around and some worked well and some did not - i eventually found one that worked really well will heaps of level - the
only prob was that it was twice the size of the original.
i had to cut some of the plastic away but eventually got it installed.
The internal mic works great now - much better than the muffled one that came with the unit.
I left the second mic connected as it seems to make no difference in or out.
So what i have found -
firmware on 3.x no good for mic
ics makes mic work well if you use exeternal.
internal mic - get rid of it as it is useless.
hope this helps someone as i spent lots of time trying to fix this
OK but...
jzaiter said:
hi all
today i finally got to the bottom of the microphone issue
versions 3.x had some issues with the mic that cant be fixed - tried different internal and external mics but no good - i thought it was a hardware issue
and not able to solve but after ota update of ics the external mic is perfect - crystal clear and no noise and heaps of level.
the internal mic is crap so i decided to change the microphone with anything i could find - it has to be electret mic.
I had a few lying around and some worked well and some did not - i eventually found one that worked really well will heaps of level - the
only prob was that it was twice the size of the original.
i had to cut some of the plastic away but eventually got it installed.
The internal mic works great now - much better than the muffled one that came with the unit.
I left the second mic connected as it seems to make no difference in or out.
So what i have found -
firmware on 3.x no good for mic
ics makes mic work well if you use exeternal.
internal mic - get rid of it as it is useless.
hope this helps someone as i spent lots of time trying to fix this
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HoneyComb 3.2 disconnected the rear microphone, Resulted in Better Quality without helicopter noise specially better for skype Etc.
Video recording still Just hardly acceptable. but quality is still bad.
Wont buy from acer anymore.

Convert headphones to single earpiece and mic

I have seen people who have rewired standard headphones at the plug (using the existing plug and not replacing it), so that one ear is a speaker and the other a mic for use on their cell phones. 2 plus hours of google-fooing have only left me scratching my head!
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I have seen people who have rewired standard headphones at the plug (using the existing plug and not replacing it), so that one ear is a speaker and the other a mic for use on their cell phones. 2 plus hours of google-fooing have only left me scratching my head!
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I don't think that's possible dude, they might have added additional hardware to that setup (like a mic itself).
Nice try! LOL.
Well, you probably could do that with a 4 pole plug.
The only problem is that an earpiece makes a lousy microphone.
Andvoider said:
I don't think that's possible dude, they might have added additional hardware to that setup (like a mic itself).
Nice try! LOL.
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You are right! An inline mic is added but it used a 3 pole plug.. Still looking to see how to wire it up

Headphones built in speaker

Today when I was out my z2 rang I had my headphones in I answered the call via my sw2 and I could speak and be heard so I presume the headphones have a built in microphone I didn't know that as there is no volume rocker on the headphones
There is. There always has, on my stock headphones, O guess. It's a small hole, generally on the little thing that "unites" the two ear cables
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Speakers are on the earpieces
Sent from my D6503 using XDA Free mobile app
According to the leaflet that came with mine, the microphone is actually in the earpiece. There is no mic on the wires
It could explain why model MDR-NC31E (not MDR-NC31EM) can be also noise canceling set...
TheOnlyIntruder said:
The red circle shows were the microphone is on the earphone, a way you can test it is if you activate the noise cancelling, rub your fingers across that part of the earphone, you'll hear that typical swashing sound when rubbing a mic.
(I took the photo with the Z2)
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Just quoting my reply to a thread in the question section.
cedropol said:
It could explain why model MDR-NC31E (not MDR-NC31EM) can be also noise canceling set...
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My headphones are MDR-NC31E and they are noise cancelling. I checked Sony's website and only MDR-NC31EM appears. I think it's the same model and they changed the name (put an extra M there) or different name for different markets.
L.E.: I checked the papers inside the box (last image I added) and it says MDR-NC31EM . So they are the same. Probably they decided to change the name after some of them were already manufactured.
So hey guys is it me or just anyone who has their btn200 has this pairing issue?
cause sometimes it is paired but the sounds don't come out of the headset,
instead of that it comes out from the external speakers of the phone, I tried unpairing and repairing too. Didn't work out for me though,
I saw it it's not really working like the battery is around 0-30%, does anyone know why?
chesterr said:
So hey guys is it me or just anyone who has their btn200 has this pairing issue?
cause sometimes it is paired but the sounds don't come out of the headset,
instead of that it comes out from the external speakers of the phone, I tried unpairing and repairing too. Didn't work out for me though,
I saw it it's not really working like the battery is around 0-30%, does anyone know why?
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I dont have the btn200, but i did get a free btx300 speaker and not had any issues with pairing...... have you got stamina mode or any battery saving thingys on??? As you mentioned battery life, maybe somethings killing bluetooth at a certain percentage to preserve battery, if not that then i dont know
numskull said:
I dont have the btn200, but i did get a free btx300 speaker and not had any issues with pairing...... have you got stamina mode or any battery saving thingys on??? As you mentioned battery life, maybe somethings killing bluetooth at a certain percentage to preserve battery, if not that then i dont know
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Yea I was actually thinking the same and I am gonna try it out without the low-battery mode cause it might be killing the link in-between.
And the funny part is that it shows that my headset is connected. haha

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