My Headset mic won't work.

Hello Apple Support! As it is in the title my headset mic won't work, and I just bought them today . My headset is: Microsoft LifeChat lx-2000 (yes it is compatible with mac)
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Already done: Went to system preferences====> Sound ===> Input (did not see it in the input but in only in the output)
Plugged the mic plug in the Symbole like so=> >O< (2 arrows pointing left and right and a circle in the center).
Please help me!

Uhhh, sadly they don't tell you which Macs it works on, seems only the older ones, this from the PDF...
For a Macintosh PC:
• Mac OS X v10.1-10.5.x
• Analog audio input/output ports

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