Sony PCV-RS410 VAIO User Guide - Page 123

Why is my microphone so sensitive to background noise

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Why is my microphone so sensitive to background noise? If you find there is too much background noise when you record sound, you should adjust the microphone by following these steps: 1. Click Start in the Windows taskbar, then click Control Panel. 2. Click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, then click Sounds and Audio Devices. 3. From the Audio tab, locate the Sound recording section and click Volume. The Recording Control dialog box appears. If the volume control for the microphone is visible, skip to step 6. 4. Select the Options menu and click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears. 5. In the section, Show the following volume controls, select the Recording option. Click OK. 6. From the Recording Control dialog box, decrease the microphone volume level by moving the slider bar down. 7. Close the Recording Control dialog box and then close the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties window. Page 123

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Why is my microphone so sensitive to background noise?
If you find there is too much background noise when you record sound, you should adjust the microphone by following
these steps:
1.
Click
Start
in the Windows taskbar, then click
Control Panel
.
2.
Click
Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices
, then click
Sounds and Audio Devices
.
3.
From the
Audio
tab, locate the
Sound recording
section and click
Volume
. The
Recording Control
dialog box
appears.
If the volume control for the microphone is visible, skip to step 6.
4.
Select the
Options
menu and click
Properties
. The
Properties
dialog box appears.
5.
In the section,
Show the following volume controls
, select the
Recording
option. Click
OK
.
6.
From the
Recording Control
dialog box, decrease the microphone volume level by moving the slider bar down.
7.
Close the
Recording Control
dialog box and then close the
Sounds and Audio Devices Properties
window.
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