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maurice Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "Headset" 08-04-02, 15:22z  Although I've given up real flying I have still got my headset with mike. Does anybody have experience with using these on a PC? I'm thinking of trying out "Game Commander" with FS2002 and it would be quite nice to use the real thing round my ears. Maurice (UK, Gatwick) Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      RE: Headset Ben_Chiu 08-04-02 1    RE: Headset maurice 08-05-02 3   RE: Headset jonahbird 08-05-02 2    RE: Headset maurice 08-05-02 4         RE: Headset jonahbird 08-05-02 5              RE: Headset maurice 08-06-02 6

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Ben_Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 1. "RE: Headset" 08-04-02, 21:43z  Greetings Maurice: > Although I've given up real flying I have still got my headset with > mike. > > Does anybody have experience with using these on a PC? The thought has crossed my mind over the years, but I never got around to doing that (I don't wear my helmet when driving racing sims either, but that's my hangup.) I have a headphone to headset impedance converter from Sporty's (adapts headphones to be used on headset/intercom connections) that I use for making in flight recordings, so I wonder if such a conversion is necessary for doing what you're proposing. Here's an article from FlightSim.com that may be of some interest (although it seems rather "schlocked" together). http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/howto/adapt.htm Hope this helps! Ben -= VPC OffLine Reader Version 1.1.3.1 =- Registered to: Ben Chiu -OLR.PL v1.76- Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

maurice Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 3. "RE: Headset" 08-05-02, 12:03z  Hello Ben, The Web page you mentioned described a bit of a bodge (I presume that "schlocked" means the same thing<g>) which I didn't fully understand anyway. But on that page there is a link: http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/howto/adapter.htm to a page where the author details the issues involved in properly connecting a real headset to the PCs soundcard. That's worthy of study and I'll follow that up. Thanks for your help. Regards, Maurice Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jonahbird Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 2. "RE: Headset" 08-05-02, 04:38z  Hi Maurice I don't have a real world headset but I did buy Game Commander back in March 2000. The supplied headset was pretty naff so I also bought a Plantronics headset with mike. It all worked very well but I found it a 5 minute wonder and with the inclusion of ATC in FS2002 I no longer use the software. Perhaps I should dig it out and give it another go The headset is useful though to allow late night flying without disturbing 'er indoors . Best regards Frank 10miles SW of Gatwick Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

maurice Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 4. "RE: Headset" 08-05-02, 12:04z  Hello Frank, See my reply to Ben. What raised my interest in Flight Commander speech recognition was a rcommendation by somebody that that program was, in his opinion, the best add-on that he's bought for FS. So it's intersting to read your comments. So I think maybe I'll let some more water flow under the bridge before getting a copy of GC<G>. But I'll persue the matching of my headset to my PC card out of interest. Regards, M. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

jonahbird Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 5. "RE: Headset" 08-05-02, 22:07z  Hi Maurice I haven't kept track of prices but Game Commander (Are we talking about the same prog?) cannot be very expensive now. If you can get your headset going with FS then I think you would find it worth a try. It is certainly an impressive bit of software. The only problem I ever had with it was the word 'Pause'. After some time I realised that to its American ears what I was saying was unrecognisable. I started to say 'Parse' and it recognised the word everytime Happy landings Frank Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

maurice Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 6. "RE: Headset" 08-06-02, 07:55z  Hi Frank, Thanks for your comments. >The only problem I ever had with it was the word 'Pause'. After some time I realised that to its American ears what I was saying was unrecognisable. I started to say 'Parse' and it recognised the word everytime.< "Two nations separated by a common language"! (WSC) Maurice Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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