Mic no playback

I don't see your computer model name. Here are the instructions for Vista. If you were trying to follow the instruction in the FAQ, it is just for XP because it was written before Vista. I'm not sure if you would need to uninstall the Creative Labs Audigy driver to do this.


Dell ships Inspirons with the ability to monitor the input jack turned off. For models with the Sigmatel 92xx audio chip & driver an edit in the Registry of the value EnableInputMonitor will restore the monitoring function. However this value is not included in the Registry of Windows Vista operating system and so you must type it in.

[Create a System Restore point before editing the Registry! To create a new Restore Point go to Start/Help & Support/System Restore and tick 'Create a restore point'.]


1. Go to the Start menu and click on Run.
2. Type 'regedit' without quotes and click OK to open the Registry.
3. Click on File/export and save a copy of the Registry to your desktop (optional if you created a Restore Point).
4. Using the + signs in the left pane, navigate through the registry to get to this location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000\Settings\filter\SpeakerHp

5. Click on the key SpeakerHP to select it.
6. In the right pane, right click and select New > Binary Value.
7. Type 'EnableInputMonitor' without quotes and then press Enter.
8. Right click on the new name and select 'Modify'.
9. In the 'Value data' box, add 01 to the existing 0000, then click OK.
10. Exit the Registry and restart the computer.
11. After restart, enable input monitor in audio properties.
(Right click your speaker in program tray. Click Playback devices. Right click on Speakers/Headphones and click properties. Click on levels tab. You will now see a box saying input monitor. Click the speaker picture.)

(Thanks to forum members ethan_hines, fuzzy34, and chef moore for figuring this out.)

Jim