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I am using the Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 and after a couple of months my microphone stopped working. Now I noticed that when I move/bend a certain part of the wire, the microphone works again. When I let go, it stops working, but not before letting out some static noise. I think I'm not the only person with this issue as I've found some people with (I think) similar problems. Is there anything I could do to permanent fix it? Note that it's only the microphone that stops working, the headphones themselves work perfectly.
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I have found the solution, unfortunately it is not software-sided problem. there headphones have wierd kind of protection for the cable from being ripped of. First off it is zip-tied, then it is sticked on the glue, which weakness the cable isolator and
(in time of using them) breaks connection through the microphone (the one under first isolation), while audio cables are under seccond isolation, so it still works.
I had to cut it off and rewire it again, works perfecty.
Seems to be a common design fault with this product.
Make sure you solder and isolate the outer wires (ground) separate from the colored wire. Mine had no visible break like above picture and break was not evident other than static when pulling on cord in same area as above. I snot glued mine inside ear-box to prevent/help faulty design
Unfortunately faced the same problem, it was a solid performer for a couple of months, then there was the wire twitching problem that everyone is talking about, now the mic is dead.
Exactly the same headset and problem here. Mic stops working when I'm moving and there is a lot of static as well.
As Brian McAteer and smlunatick said, this is probably an issue with the wires, since if I press them at some points things work fine.
This is a month old and I never dropped it, so it is very disappointing to see my headphones with this issues already. I wasn't expecting this kind of quality from a Microsoft product.
