DSD+ Not Decoding HT Connected to PC Mic Input

[drsprite]

I have my HT headphone jack plugged into my PC microphone jack. I can see audio in the Microphone status, and DSD+ shows a waveform - but it is not decoding.

DSD+ shows my Microphone is the input, and my Speakers as the output

Any thoughts?

 

[Voyager]

The MIC jack isn't the best input to use. Don't you have a LINE INPUT?

OH! Wait a minute. You're using the headset jack? That's almost never going to work. You need a discriminator tap.

 

[drsprite]

Yeah Line In isn't working either. How come they won't do it? Too much line noise or something?

 

[Voyager]

No. It's because the headset jack has filtering that makes the audio more pleasing to the ear. This also makes the waveform unusable by DSD. You need a discriminator tap. What receiver are you using? There are a couple that have built-in taps, but I suspect you are not using any of those models.

 

[drsprite]

Okay that makes sense. Bummer - thought this was too easy! This HT is a Yaesu VX-6R.

 

[reconrider8]

digital audio has very sharp waves and like he said audio out of the speaker/headphone jack has been filtered and made less sharp so its easier to hear and understand