No sound from Sennheiser headset mic on Xenyx 1202

[Zuurbekje]

Hello Home Recorders! In My home "studio", I have this:

...Sennheiser headset, which, --and this is just a bit strange to me-- ends with a 3-pole mini-jack. (I'd assume a 2-pole would be enough.)
With the above-depicted 3-pole converter (which came with a headphone), I can plug the Sennheiser into my little Behringer Xenix 1202FX...

...namely, into one of the the Jack mic inputs (I have tried inputs #1 and 2):

Now, I don't get sound from the Sennheiser when I plug it into the Behringer. On this Behringer, I do get sound from a Shure XLR dynamic mic I own; and, conversely, the Sennheiser *does* give sound with this Terratec USB soundcard of mine:

Anyone have an explanation as to why I am not getting sound from the Sennheiser on the Behringer? Is it that I am not using the right "converter" from mini-jack to Jack? If so, what do I need to use?

Thanks people!

 

[Washburn100]

Looks like that 3 pole plug would have the bottom grounded, and the one of the tips is the + for the mic and the other tip is th + for the earpiece/spealer.

When inserted into the behringer, the tips are probably wired the other way around so you are actually using the earphone as the microphone.

 

[Jeff_D]

A mic with a capsule that small almost has to be some type of condenser mic- which probably requires some type of phantom power. I'm not familiar with that mic though, so I could be wrong. Do some reading in the manual that came with it. What is that mic actually marketed for? Plugging into a standard computer or a video camera?

 

[darrin_h2000]

A mic with a capsule that small almost has to be some type of condenser mic- which probably requires some type of phantom power. I'm not familiar with that mic though, so I could be wrong. Do some reading in the manual that came with it. What is that mic actually marketed for? Plugging into a standard computer or a video camera?

Try Telephone.

 

[Jeff_D]

Try Telephone.

ah. Even if you get that thing to work, doubt it will sound good. Does it take a battery?