Trouble with mic on dragon dictate?

i am having problems with my macbook running 10.9.1 using dragon  dictate headset, mic keeps saying not connected.

It's a generic Dragon USB mic that works fine on my Powerbook, so I'm not convinced the problem lies with the mic as such . . .

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