Apple 9600 manual Connecting and positioning a microphone

Connecting and positioning a microphone

You can use the Apple PlainTalk Microphone that comes with some Macintosh computers (or a compatible line-level microphone) to give spoken commands to your Macintosh and to record your voice or other sounds.

Apple PlainTalk Microphone

Note: Do not use the Apple Omni microphone (the round microphone supplied with some other Macintosh models) or the attenuated RCA adapter provided with some models of Macintosh.

If your monitor has a built-in microphone that you want to use, see the information that came with the monitor to properly connect the microphone.

To connect and position an external microphone, follow these steps:

1Shut down the computer.

2Plug the microphone’s connector into the sound input port (≈) on the back of the computer.

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