Phonic Firefly 302 - No Microphone input

New firewire audio interface works for MIDI and analog input but not for microphone. Have tried with both iMac Core Duo and Powerbook G4 both w/ OS 10.4.8.
The interface seemed like a good deal - $120. Just started shipping. Manufacturers page:
http://www.phonic.com/en/product/detail.php?groupname=&languageid=1&group=en&productno=FW32P
The curious thing is that the input level monitor in the Sound System Prefs panel responds appropriately when tapping the mic but no sound. Also lights on interface box respond appropriately, depend on mic switch, phantom power, gain controls etc.
Device appears in audio midi setup.app control panel but audio input controls in lower left are inactive (volume sliders, thru checkbox et al greyed out.).
Midi keyboard records just fine with garageband 3. Ipod input through analog-in jacks plays fine through interface with rogue amoebas Linein.app. I cannot get any sound at all with microphone (Nady SP1).
Am waiting for a response from Phonic. Anything else to try?
Powerbook G4 and iMac Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)

seems like if the analog input off of your iPod works, the Mic input should do the same.
what software are you using to record the mic ?
Have you actually tried to record, or are you waiting to "hear" something first?
It's possible that when you select Mic, it signals the Mac to Mute the audio so that it doesn't feedback.
Try recording your iPod, and whil still in record, switch your interface to Mic, plug it in, and see what happens.

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The unit works fine with DC power. I am yet to test it on another computer to know for sure.
An interesting point has been raised to me though that has been discussed here: https://www.mhsecure.com/faq/index.php?action=artikel&cat=3&id=21&artlang=en&hig hlight=bus power
+The MacBook Pro models include protection circuitry to shut down the bus power when a device's inrush current amount violates a threshold. This issue affects the startup transient only, so you can power the MIO from its power supply to boot the box, then connect the FW to the computer, and remove the MIO power supply after it has joined the bus.+
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in September 2012, following the release of Mountain Lion, Phonic advised Firefly owners that their products’ support ended with Lion — with the possible exception of the Firefly 302 USB. Since they didn’t support the Firefly 302 FireWire under Mountain Lion, they’re not going to support it under Mavericks either. (Note that Mavericks was first released eight months ago, not one year ago.)

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Having some trouble getting any audio levels into garageband from my PF 302 firewire interface. The computer is an I-Mac running 10.4.10. According to the instructions for the Firefly I don't have to download any drivers or software, is this true?
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alright, so i'm not an expert, but i'm presuming your using the firefly 302 plus, your using the mic input on the front of the firefly, then what are you using for output? the headphone jack or the 1/4 out on the back? So what you need to do is make sure the green lights are on on the front of the firefly, if the red lights turn on, that means your signal is clipping. so you want to have the highest signal you can while not hitting the red on your firefly. Then you should select the firefly in your preferences/audio midi/audio input, but keep the audio output built in output or whatever speakers you use. The next thing is to make sure the track you want your voice on is a real instrument track and that the little dot on the left of the track is red, and the lock a little to the right of it is NOT green. Then if you don't get a strong signal, check the volume levels on the firefly, and in garage band, and if you still are having problems try pushing the +48 phantom power button on the firefly. If that doesn't work I need to know what your using to connect the firefly to your mac.
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