Audio in iChat not working?

I have been trying to have an audio chat with a friend of in Germany using iChat, and he can here my audio, but I can't hear him.
We check the various audio settings, and everything looked OK, so I thought it might be a hardware problem with the mic.
As a test, he recorded a video of himself with Photo Booth – and the audio did work!
So, as a further test, he installed Skype and we did an audio call with that... and it worked.
So, any ideas why the audio would not be working with iChat? Same result with video chat, too, not surprisingly.

Hi Tor,
I need to know more that "It looked OK"
Could you get some Specific answers please ?
In iChat.
In the Video Menu is the Microphone Enabled item Ticked ? (selecting it will toggle it Off or On)
In the View Menu is Show Audio Status similarly ticked ?
In System Preferences
In Sound > Input tab is the Mic or input device he wants to use selected ?
If it is, when he talks does the Blue Bar more over Halfway ? (3/4s is better but NOT Banging in to the right hand end)
Back in iChat > Preferences > Video/Audio Settings is the same Mic chosen ?
For Some Headsets particularly Bluetooth ones the iChat items needs setting "Last"
Workaround.
In both iChat and System Preferences chose any other Input device.
Then set the device/Volume in System Preferences.
Then Select the device in iChat.
(Do the same for Output)
If these things are as OK as you first thought then what is his Internet Speed ?
http://www.speedtest.net/ (Use Yellow Star and any sub menu that has)
In your Connection Doctor (Video Menu of iChat) during a Chat, what does his Bitrate say ?
Anything close or lower than 100kbps is going to be a problem.
Does his Audio bar say he is sending you Audio ?
Is he using iChat 5.x ?
Does he have any iChat Add-ons ? (Showmacster, iUSBCam are the most likely for Audio Issues.)
IS he using an mAudio or MoTU device ?
Has it the most recent Update ?
Has he set that up in MIDI Audio Setup ? (it might pay to change the Sample rate to 44100)
9:33 PM Friday; November 12, 2010
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