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USING HEAD PHONES WHILE PLAYING?

• lexmarkz33 8,662 Posts

  Thu, Jul 26 2012 5:18 AM

  Can someone please tell me what I need to set up a head phone while playing WGT golf?

  **What I need to buy

  **how to set it up

  **Basicly how it works

  I own a club...and members have been asking about using head phones. If you have any information that would be helpful I would appreciate i....thanks!

  Lexmarkz33

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Jul 26 2012 5:24 AM

  Just get a set and plug them into the speaker port. Nothing else to do.  :-)

• lexmarkz33 8,662 Posts

  Thu, Jul 26 2012 5:27 AM

  YankeeJim:

  Just get a set and plug them into the speaker port. Nothing else to do.  :-)

  Will that allow you to chat with other players while you play? That's what I am trying to accomplish.....thanks for the response!

• Fredddddy 177 Posts

  Thu, Jul 26 2012 5:29 AM

  I believe you would need to download a program like skype to chat

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Jul 26 2012 5:31 AM

  Thought you might be thinking about Skype. The microphone is the only thing that you need to get if your PC doesn't have one built in. You can get headphone/mic sets anywhere (like WalMart) for as little as $20-$30. With Skype installed just plug into that speaker port and you're done!

  Skyping and golfing is great, too. All four in a group on Skype is as good as it gets.  :-)

• lexmarkz33 8,662 Posts

  Thu, Jul 26 2012 5:35 AM

  Hey thanks guys....I willl pass that info alone and just maybe I can get all the members to sign on....appraciate the info.....One other thing....Does having the headphne affect the game perfomance on your computer?

• paddysim2010 124 Posts

  Thu, Jul 26 2012 5:45 AM

  my cc uses teamspeak,, very good it is, we have sum laff chatting and bitchen wit each other wile were playn,, no more typing

• 7thwave 556 Posts

  Thu, Jul 26 2012 5:56 AM

  the headphone probably not. Skype might. I've seen guys use another program cause of that...Think it's calles Vitrilo or something similar. Pls google it

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Jul 26 2012 6:00 AM

  Yes, the headphone is just a listening device but Skype has a lot of stuff going on that could affect performance. Things like friend alerts, who logs on, messages, etc. There are options to turn that stuff off and that helps a lot. It isn't like there's a lot of background computing going on, you're basically on the phone playing.

  Ventrillo is what 7th is talking about.

• DrussTheLegend 1,043 Posts

  Thu, Jul 26 2012 6:05 AM

  YankeeJim:

  Skyping and golfing is great, too.

  The headphones are really useful when Skyping and playing WGT - sometimes when I am  playing against Mbaggese his dogs start barking - and if I dont have my headphones on then that sets off my pack of mongrels - which in turn feedbacks to Mikes dogs etc......