Using Microphone & Earphones on G5 to connect via Skype?

Appreciate assistance on how to connect my Headphone/microphone such that I can speak with friends via Skype Software. I am able to do this without the using of the headset ( using built in system ) but when I plug it into the G5 I am not heard nor can I hear my friends. I attempted to sort this out via the Sy Pref.>Sound>switching from Internal Mic to Line In but that results in a 'dead' connection. My friend indicate I can be heard using the built in system of the G5 but with an echo. The Skype Software Web site suggest a headset and perhaps the problem of the echo has more to do with my friends Windows System. Regardless how does one set up the G5 to use this alternate route of communication?

Hi,
I've the same problem. When I connect a microphone through the line-in I don't get any sounds recorded. Trying to set the correct device under system preferences doesn't change anything. The internal microphone does it's job like expected you see the volume in the system preferences when you speak but the line-in doesn't work. I've tested two microphones which where before tested on another PC, so it's not a defect microphone or something similar.
Did you solve the problem in the mean time?
Best regards, Stefan

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