Just spent 2 hours pulling my hair out trying to get an external electret mike to work with a TP600.
Same problem with 3 machines and 2 mikes, so it began to look like a system fault ....
Just did a search here - only one post regarding this:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... one#p53366
But didn't believe the reply given so looked further afield ...
Eventually found the cause of the problem - which can be found at:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... QZJKZ.html
Seems that IBM in their wisdom have used a non-standard connector - great !
Has anybody solved this problem with a workaround, or managed to source these connectors ?
Ta, Colin
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Re: TP600 external microphone malarky ...
Thanks for the warning. I always wondered why the mic connector was different. This appears to apply to all ThinkPads, not just the 600 series.
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Re: TP600 external microphone malarky ...
The 570 and 600X were some of the first ThinkPAds to use the stnadard connector. For models older than that, IBM did have an adapter available. You could probably find one on eBay.
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Re: TP600 external microphone malarky ...
No luck with sourcing an adapter, and it's taken for 'forever' to source a decent 4-pole straight jack. (Right-angle jacks are too wide to fit into the socket recess)
If anyone else needs to make-up an adapter:
4 POLE Gold 3.5mm MINI JACK PLUG - Ebay 320375838202
Colin
If anyone else needs to make-up an adapter:
4 POLE Gold 3.5mm MINI JACK PLUG - Ebay 320375838202
Colin
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