Mic picks up voice just fine but will mute all other noises and playback what the mic is picking up if the mic is being used

hydrastorm4

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Aug 23, 2017
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I have a dell inspiron 5000 series and a bose qc 35. When I use my mic on the computer everything else goes mute and the headphones will playback my mic and whatever comms im doing, such as overwatch voice or skype. please help!!!
 
Solution
Right click on the volume icon in the system tray (bottom-right).
Click playback devices.
Click on the "recording" tab.
Right click on the mic listed there and click properties.
Click on the "listen" tab and uncheck "listen to this device"

mbilal2

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Jun 15, 2017
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Right click on the volume icon in the system tray (bottom-right).
Click playback devices.
Click on the "recording" tab.
Right click on the mic listed there and click properties.
Click on the "listen" tab and uncheck "listen to this device"
 
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