Self Troubleshoot before proceed any further.
⚠️Please include the test result when resorting for email support.
- Is "FIFINE K683 Microphone" seen by your Windows or Mac or is recognized as unknown device?
- If it is recognized and the level meter responds when you speak, but you still don't hear audio from the PC, have you selected the correct output device (computer or the mic) under the system and software setting?
(Please refer to "It's recognized, but I didn't hear any sound coming out of my Windows when I spoke/It's recognized, but no sound on my Mac. " part below). - If the computer sees it as an unknown device, have you test out on a different computer? Tried to update and reinstall the unknown driver a few times on different computers?
(Please refer to "My Windows/Mc is not recognizing the microphone" part below).
Accessories installation
The thread size of the pivot mount is standard 5/8". To attach the mic onto a scissor arm stand with a 3/8" threading, you need to screw the 3/8" to 5/8" adapter that comes with the arm stand package to the mic mount.
Most shock mounts on the market are designed for microphones without a volume control. Thus we recommend to get a shock mount from our accessories: https://fifine.cc/product/fifine-shock-mount/
Not recognized/Recognized but no sound
Sorry no. Because all FIFINE USB microphones use a universal driver built into Windows and Mac and even some Linux and Chromebook systems. So there is no specific driver to download. If the driver fails to trigger the automatic installation on Windows, just follow the steps below to update and reinstall the driver. For the other systems users, please check out the correspondent tabs.
✔️It is the troubleshooting video for K669B, but can also be applied to any FIFINE USB microphone. Please follow from 0:21 to 3:16.
⚠️For the latest Windows users, in order to access the sound setting, please right-click the speaker icon at the bottom right-choose "Sound"-click "Sound Control Panel" at the upper right of the pop-up window.
- Please download the application from the link below to clean up the USB registry of your PC. The code for unzipping the file is "fifine".
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rLtF_-UV9_hzAlqdBDr4Nl2C-V5aKHr/view?usp=sharing - Plug the FIFINE USB mic into your computer, uninstall the "Unknown USB Device" under the Device Manager, then unplug the microphone. Skip to the second step if there's no "Unknown USB Device".
- Stay on the Device Manager, double click the app to run. Select “Clean”. Finally, restart the computer and replug the mic to another USB port.
If the level meter moves when you speak to the mic, then please follow the video below (from 3:25 to 3:52) to check ⚠️if you have selected the correct output device, turned up the output volume.
✔️It is the troubleshooting video for K669B, but can also be applied to any FIFINE USB microphone. Please follow from 5:53 to 6:52.
If the level meter does NOT move when you speak to the mic, especially when you updated the Win10 system, then please follow the video below to troubleshoot.
⚠️For the latest Windows users, in order to access the sound setting, please right-click the speaker icon at the bottom right-choose "Sound"-click "Sound Control Panel" at the upper right of the pop-up window.
The low-latency monitoring feature of the K683A can not be turned off. But you can hook up the headset to your computer headphone jack to bypass the microphone monitoring feature. Please follow the video below (from 3:39 to 3:52) to choose a correct output device when you connected a headset to computer.
Sorry no. Because all FIFINE USB microphones use a universal driver built into Windows and Mac and even some Linux and Chromebook systems. So there is no specific driver to download. If the driver fails to trigger the automatic installation on Windows, just follow the steps below to update and reinstall the driver. For the other systems users, please check out the correspondent tabs.
⚠️Follow the video below (from 1:19 to 1:41) to check if the K683A is seen by your Mac. If not, please test out with another USB connector of the K683A or with another computer.
Please follow the video below (from 1:43 to 2:41) to check ⚠️if you have selected the correct output device, turned up the output volume.
Because of the variations of the Chrome OS system, we have only confirmed the computer models and system versions below work.
Toshiba Chromebook 2 (2015) with OS Version: 67.0.3396.99;
Acer R11 with Version: 71;
Acer C720, Acer C740, Samsung Series 3, and Samsung Series 5 with OS Version: 72.0.3626.117.
Then downloaded a Voice Recorder app from the Play Store, you're good to go.
Thanks to the type-C connector of the K683A, you can have the mic connected directly to mobiles with a USB type-C port. For the other models, please refer to the adapters below. But we recommend using it only with Windows and Mac computers, because you can't speak into the microphone and hear from the smartphone at the same time.
Android with a micro-USB port needs a micro-USB male to type-A female adapter.
iPhone/iPad with a lightning port needs a lightning male to type-A female adapter.
⚠️Highly recommend the adapter from Apple store if you do want to use the mic for your Apple mobiles.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD821AM/A/lightning-to-usb-camera-adapter
⚠️Go to "Setting"-"Devices"-"Audio Devices"-uncheck the option of "Switch Output Device Automatically"-plug the microphone into the console while the headset into your controller-choose the correct input and output devices. The shortfall is that you have to do it every time when using your Play Station.
⚠️The mic doesn't work with the Xbox console nor controller directly. So we don't recommend using it with the Xbox. But there's a way to do so. You can get it work but the sound quality would become so bad that you would rather not doing so.
Plug the mic to a computer-find a 3.5mm audio cable-plug one end into the headphone jack at the back of the K683A and the other end into your Xbox controller.
Volume level/Background sound/Echo
For Windows users, under "recording devices", right click "FIFINE K683 Microphone", choose "Properties", click "Enhancement" and uncheck the "allow applications to take excluisive control of this device"
For Windows and Mac users, check if the feature of automatically adjusting microphone level has been enabled, which is commonly seen in software of Discord, Skype, etc.
Take a look at one of our blogs for more troublshooting methods: https://fifinemicrophone.com/blogs/news/fix-of-microphone-control-adjusting-itself
✔️It is the troubleshooting video for K669B, but can also be applied to any FIFINE USB microphone. Please follow the whole video below.
⚠️For the latest Windows users, in order to access the sound setting, please right-click the speaker icon at the bottom right-choose "Sound"-click "Sound Control Panel" at the upper right of the pop-up window.
It is a rather sensitive microphone designed to pick up the clarity of sound. But if your voice is towards treble in the first place, then you have to pay a bit more attention to the level setting. And speaking of which, the volume dial level is the most crucial. Thus please turn down the control to 60%, set the input level under computer audio setting (follow the video in above question to open the audio control panel) to 80% and keep the speaking range around 5 inches.
It is much better to open up a software, such as OBS or Audacity, which has a level meter to gauge the loudness of your voice. When the meter moves between -16 dB to -12 dB, you are getting pretty decent sounding. If not, then turn down or up the dial to have better suited level setting.
Instead of using speakers, either internal or external, please use headphones or earbuds to connect to your computer or K683A. Then the mic will not pick up sound from output device, thus no more echo will be heard.
Not working on my software
Follow one of our blogs to set it up: https://fifinemicrophone.com/blogs/news/how-to-set-up-any-fifine-microphones-for-voice-recognition
Follow one of our blogs to see if it helps: https://fifinemicrophone.com/blogs/news/fix-of-microphone-control-adjusting-itself
Yes if you want to have a try, check out the link below. Basically, for Windows users, you just need to download an app called voice meter banana. If you use Mac, just create an aggregated device by using MIDI Audio setup.
Check out the step-by-step tutorial from one of our blogs: https://fifinemicrophone.com/blogs/news/using-multiple-microphones-on-one-computer
It's recommended getting K669C condenser mics instead, whic has an XLR port to work with a multi-channel audio mixer. And it's a much easier way to use more than one mics in a time.