Originally Posted by
diamnd15
i tried using my telex 5x5 on a flight and the background noise was awful, do you know how to fix that?
yeah here's what you do. It's kind of a pain, but if you do this, it should work fine.
(during cruise at high speed when the noise is the greatest):
Take a normal headset or a company David Clark and plug in the headphone jack only. Wear the David Clark headset and plug in your Telex 5x5 into the mic jack only. Turn hot pic on. You should hear the god-aweful HHSSSSSHHHHH sound. Take a mini eye glass screw driver and on the side of the Telex 5x5 headset adjust the mic gain until the noise is fairly low (if you have never done this you will have a little black tape dot covering the hole with the adjustment screw). It is an ULTRA SENSITIVE adjustment and if you turn it down too low you wont be able to hear your voice.
After the noise is about right put the mic under your lip and test out the mic volume to see if you can hear yourself (with the David Clark) headset on. Fine tune it until you find a good volume of yourself and the cockpit noise is tolerable. You wont be able to make all the noise go away but you can make it much quieter. (damn those loud EMBs!!!)
One more thing to keep in mind with the Telex 5x5... your voice will be the greatest volume and the cockpit noise will be the lowest if you position the boom mic right underneath your bottom lip touching your skin. The noise is a little louder and your voice will be quieter if you wear the boom mic right over your mouth like a David Clark boom mic.
Good luck!!!