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Anonymous Posted on May 12, 2017

Microphone problem - Perma muted?

Hi, after 2years of high quality sound I have a problem with my Sennheiser 330 G4ME Heahdphones. The microphone doesnt work any more. I have already ruled out every possible problem with my computer by testing the respective plug, software etc. I have also opened the Earpiece where the microphone is connected and all wires are well attached. I think it might be sth with the mute function when turning the microphone upwards....seems like its perma muted. Does anyone else have experience with this kind of problem? Thx, Martin

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John Long Shipton

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  • Posted on Oct 04, 2009

SOURCE: Replacement connector for Sennheiser PX 250 doesn't work...

The bare copper conductor wire is the screening/common earth to the two signal wires of green and red. The important connection is the copper wire which goes to the jack plug earth which is the section furthest from the tip. The other two are the left and right signal connections. If you get these the wrong way round you will just have to swap them over. Check if they are the right way round by using the balance control on your amplifier or whatever. Have you checked that the problem is not with the headphone amplifier within your equipment? Don't rely on OK sound from loudspeakers as the headphones may be fed from separate op-amp output chip. Try another pair of cheap and cheerful headphones to make sure.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 30, 2011

SOURCE: Sennheiser HD201 headphones. Left hand cable

there will be 2 wires in different colors inside the cable,

these wires are enamel coated and sennheiser has best quality coating over the wires, so soldering this could be a bit messy - this is the procedure to do so

first take out these wire leads out for about a centimeter from both the ends, try to loosen the leads and yo will find small clustered strands of fiber wound between the leads try to remove those fibers (only the visible ones) completely from both the ends of the exposed leads.
take a blade and try to wipe out the enamel coatings from the wires (make sure that the 2 leads does not touch each other after removing the enamel) now connect (solder) both the ends of the wire with their respective leads (eg. red with red or green with green as applicable) now you should be good to go

Please understand this is a delicate job and require atmost attention use cello tapes wherever applicable and tie knots at correct places to avoid further damages

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 28, 2012

SOURCE: sennheiser hdr 120 - one earpiece has no sound. what should I check?

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Fred Yearian

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  • Posted on Mar 12, 2013

SOURCE: Sennheiser md 42 microphone not being picked up on camcorder help please.

This would require a special cable to work. The mic is MONOAURAL with BALANCED output and the camera is STEREO input. This means a special cable is needed and you would probably have to make it yourself as I haven't seen one on the market.Pin 2 of the XLR of the mic would go to BOTH the tip and ring of the plug into the camera. Both pins 1 and 3 of the XLR at the mic would tie to the sleeve of the plug to the camera. If you tried an XLR to 1/8 adapter, no audio would be heard other than from the buillt in mic.

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Pressing the sync button whilst holding the mic close to the IR unit on the receiver should sync things back up. If this has already been done things to try next are as follows.

RF Mute. Press and release the power button. RF Mute should be displayed. Press the roccker switch and select RF mute OFF, press the rocker switch again.
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It won't work on my laptop. :(

There is no technical reason why the Sennheiser shouldn't work with a computer.
Here are some general instructions re using mics with a computer

Using a microphone with computer

To use any microphone with your computer you will need to enable it in control panel. The following instructions are for Windows XP but are broadly similar for Vista and Win7


Click START, CONTROL PANEL, SOUNDS & AUDIO DEVICES


Click VOICE


In Sounds & Audio Devices Properties window locate SOUND PLAYBACK box. Click the VOLUME button. Make sure that there is not a check-mark in the MUTE box against microphone in the list of devices and that the volume slider is at the top of the scale.


Make sure the MUTE ALL box isn't checked before closing the window.


Now click the VOLUME button in the SOUND RECORDING BOX. Here SELECT microphone as an input source for recording (as opposed to un-checking mute in the playback controls).


NOTE if your microphone is not listed in the 2 sets of volume controls click OPTIONS, PROPERTIES on the tool-bar and place a check against microphone in the list entitled 'show the following volume controls' and then click OK.


That should be it.


To adjust audio volume generally.

Under VOLUME tab adjust Device Volume as necessary. Also (under Loudpeaker Settings) click Speaker Volume and adjust slider to suit.


You might put a check mark in the box to show the volume control on the Task Bar so you can go straight to it to make adjustments in the future.


If you still don't get enough volume then you may need a pre-amplifier to boost the signal

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I have a Sennheiser E815S microphone and I want it to work on my PC( Compaq) what can I do to get it to work and sound coming out from it

The Sennheiser E815S is a dynamic microphone so should be fine to use with your computer, although the output level may not be very high.
The connection on the rear of the mic is a 3 pin (balanced xlr) but a standard microphone input on a pc is a 2 pin (mono) unbalanced 2.5mm jack socket. Mini jack plugs are a pain to solder and the thick balanced (sleeve plus 2 cores) cable is unlikely to fit inside the plug anyway so you would do better to buy a pre-made on than try to make your one (it would probably work out cheaper too).
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To use any microphone with your computer you will need to enable it in control panel. The following instructions are for Windows XP but are broadly similar for Vista and Win7
Click START, CONTROL PANEL, SOUNDS & AUDIO DEVICES
In the Sounds & Audio Devices Properties window locate the SOUND PLAYBACK box and click the VOLUME button. Make sure that there is not a tick (check-mark) in the MUTE box against microphone in the list of devices and that the volume slider is at the top of the scale.
Also make sure that the MUTE ALL box isn't checked before closing the window.
Now click the VOLUME button in the SOUND RECORDING BOX. Here you need to SELECT microphone as an input source for recording (as opposed to un-checking mute in the playback controls).
NOTE if microphone is not listed in the 2 sets of volume controls click OPTIONS, PROPERTIES on the tool-bar and place a check against microphone in the list entitled 'show the following volume controls' and then click OK.
That should be it.
However - if you cannot get enough volume on the microphone you may need to purchase a pre-amplifier to boost the signal strength before input to the computer.
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