I’m a happy user of FP4, but sometimes people I’m phoning complain that they can’t hear me, and I think that I can help that by talking directly into the microphone. But I’ve never actually worked out where the microphone is, and I’ve searched the website without finding any answer to the question.…

So, to summarise the answer to my own question, based on other posts here and their links, my understanding now is that the FP4 has three microphones, the small holes on the top, bottom and left-hand sides as you look at the screen, and that which of these microphones is in use depends on the app yo…

Little holes top, bottom and side ?? If you search the forum . . . [image] Microphone location is bad The Products I realized that when I talk on speaker sometimes people couldn’t hear me anymore or told me there is a lot of noice. I then asked the other person to tell i…

Thanks @anon9989719 ! That’s interesting.

While being mindful of the poorly-chosen locations of microphones might help somewhat, there are numerous reports of poor sound quality on the FP4 input side on calls of various forms. There were some improvements to this a while ago (some apps were reportedly almost unusable), but many people stil…

Thank you @const . I’ve looked at the discussion you’ve linked to, which is very long and rather disheartening. I don’t imagine that many phone users know that the different microphones are used differently by different apps. Thanks for the suggestion about an external microphone. At least I’m no lo…

[image] const: I’ll frequently get complaints and comments from people I’m talking with :thinking: Hmm. I’ve never got complaints from other people, it’s mostly me who doesn’t hear very well because of choppy sound. Either all my interlocutors are all very polite (or expect me breaking up si…

Location of FP4 microphone(s?)

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anon9989719 April 5, 2023, 11:52am 2

Little holes top, bottom and side ??

If you search the forum . . .