Can't Seem To Get My Headset Mic To Work

Hey there Jay!

That's frustrating. First thing to try is always going to be
power cycling your console. If that doesn't work, do you have another controller you can test your headset on? Or another headset you can test on your current controller? This will help us narrow down if the issue is maybe with your mic or your controller.

Let us know!

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It can't be an issue with the controller because like I said the headset works fine. I'm not an expert on electric but in layman's terms, the info would pass from the controller into the headset, then from the headset into the mic, because the mic can be
detached from the rest of the headset. there is no problem with the connection of the mic into the headset and it all works on PC. And my one year warranty is over so I can't get it repaired for free and I am not paying money to greedy Microsoft to send it
in for repair when there most likely is not a problem with the console. there is nothing about the console that could break in a way that stops the mic working. that doesn't make sense. I don't have any other problems.

the thing I've been hearing is that the adaptor is a wired 1, so I somehow doubt there's going to be an easy solution for me and my WarHead headsdet. The thing that'll tick me off is yeah, I like to hear my game audio, but I
won't really be able to hear my own voice, like when I mute (and still get my voice audio) seeings how the majority of people don't seem to talk much. Thing that bafflesme is I know i've discussed this before, and yet it seems an adptor is possioble for wired
headsets, just no mic adaptor for wireless headsets. I baffles me, really because what I still understand is how people can say yeah the headset audio will work, but yet the mic plugs into the headset but because of the different protocol it won't and can't
even be adapted or whatever, it just makes no sense. I mean couldn't they just maybe make a wireless mic adaptor that obviously, connects to XBox One's new protocol wirelessly, but at the same time allows you to plug the mic back (likea wired/bridged between
the mic and headset with a headset to mic port and mic to headset jack) into the headset with its normal mute/unmute functionality? Hell knows we're going to have wireless headsets at some point, anyway.

It seems like every time I turn on my xbox with power saver mode off (where it has to run the startup and all that jazz) the headset works. Maybe it's something with the software? with My atlas headset the game sound is always working, but I have to do what
I just described to get the mic to work. it's the same way with my out of the box headset.

Ya I updated both of my controllers.

I had the X41 on with the chat cord plugged into the headset, then the adapter cord, and finally to the stereo headset adapter. I was in a chat with friends and couldn't get the chat sound to work. I previously used my phone earphone buds with a mic and
that seemed to work.