Correctly Connect Microphone Headset

• 1). Locate your sound card on the back of your computer's tower. This will usually have three color coded jacks. Often, headset plugs will also be color coded to help distinguish between the microphone plug and the speaker plug.
  
  
• 2). Plug the headset's microphone plug into the pink sound card jack.
  
  
• 3). Plug the headset's speaker plug into the green sound card jack.
  
  
• 4). Put the headphones on and position your microphone just below and in front of your mouth.
  
  

Configure Microphone in Windows XP

• 1). Click the "Start" button and choose "Control Panel."
  
  
• 2). Click "Sound, Speech and Audio Devices" and click the "Options" button.
  
  
• 3). Choose "Properties" and place a check in the box next to "Microphones." This will turn on the microphone volume controls.
  
  
• 4). Close the window and return to the "Sound, Speech and Audio Devices" window.
  
  
• 5). Locate the volume control for the Microphone.
  
  
• 6). Remove the check in the box next to "Mute All" if it is marked.
  
  
• 7). Slide the volume control for the microphone up, making the output volume louder.
  
  
• 8). Log into the Teamspeak server and test your new microphone settings.
  
  

Configure Microphone in Windows Vista and Windows 7

• 1). Click the "Start" button and choose "Control Panel."
  
  
• 2). Click "Sounds" from the Control Panel and choose the "Recording" tab.
  
  
• 3). Click on your microphone from the list of devices. If the computer is properly detecting the microphone, you should see a green bar that fluctuates up and down with the sounds it detects. If you don't see this, you may need to turn up your recording volume.
  
  
• 4). Click the "Properties" button in the bottom right hand corner.
  
  
• 5). Navigate to the "Levels" tab. Here you can adjust your microphone's recording levels.
  
  
• 6). Adjust the microphone slider toward the right. This will raise the number next to the slider and make your recording output louder. If there is a red symbol on the sound button next to the slider, click that to unmute your microphone.
  
  
• 7). Click "OK" to make the changes. This will return you back to the "Recording" tab. You should now see the fluctuating green bar next to "Microphone" if you speak into the microphone.
  
  
• 8). Log into the Teamspeak server and test your new microphone settings.