Yes you need a Mic. It depends on which G4 you have, If it has a mini-jack sound in you just use a mic with a mini-jack, if not you need USB. Look on the back of the computer to see. Clive On 01/03/2005, at 7:07 PM, Rosemary Titterington wrote: > I am probably being dim - but how do I fix up sound input, do I need a > mike? and if so what do others use please. > Have G4 - early one, and using OS 10.3.8. Most of family are abroad, > and have persuaded me to download and use Skype for talking direct to > them. Apart from early problems with it, when I forgot to turn on > 'contacts only' and got lots of Arab gentlemen talking at me, I can > see it is probably a good thing. > However, I can hear callers, but they cannot hear me. Do I buy a usb > mike, if so what do you all use. Still a bit dubious about Skype, but > perhaps its my age catching up with me at last!! > > Grateful for any advice. > > Rosemary Titterington > Rosemary_t at mac.com > _______________________________________________ > HomeMac mailing list > HomeMac at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/homemac -- ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- From: sieiar at tpg.com.au signed email body (919 characters) Date: on 01 March 2005 at 08:16:31 UTC To: homemac at listserver.themacintoshguy.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines : below are the sender's verifiable digital signature. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 00fAAAAAEAAADfJCRClwMAAIACAAIAAgACACAH1+j+omdgvRZvujEkONPem5TY0T h5k5qnANU22CCEXgEAOorU1507tPH4uUmwaPdaFdP66oCAXWNGeeZAHlJrv/20pu RQjXjnZd3+hWG5ixANeK4SDFQahUuKlCODsG5Vrg== ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]----------------