I can not seem to talk into my microphone on my nintendo Ds.

Hello bdbsmom. The location of the microphone for the Nintendo DS is located at the hinge between the middle of the two screens. Are you having a problem with the microphone or were you just curious?

Try blowing REALLY hard, maybe the build up will come out.

Try contacting Nintendo Customer Service at http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/repair/ds_repair_home.jsp?region= or calling 1-800-255-3700 (Nintendo Customer Support).

Go thru these steps to see if its a configuration issue with the DS:

Restart your Nintendo DS. Sometimes a quick restart will fix your microphone problem. Do this on both systems. All the steps that I mention, do them on both systems.

Check whether your microphone volume is up. Access this feature through the DS menu. If the microphone’s volume is down, it will not receive any sound.

Make sure the volume on your Nintendo DS is up. If your speakers are off, you won't hear whether your microphone works.

If these steps do not correct the problem, then systems will need to be serviced cause the main board would be bad at that point.

Hi, The Ds microphone is relatively straight forward to replace and can be bought on eBay etc if you wished to fix it yourself. Alternatively if you contact a local DS retailer they will be able to put you in contact with nintendo who will fix it for a fee.

I don't know of anyway to bypass the activities in any games reliant on the microphone.

What game are you playing? On some games if it has the option of using the microphone you may be able to adjust the settings in t he game but when the game is removed they go back to default. Other than that I haven't seen anything that really talks about a microphone level setting.

It sounds like you either need to repair the microphone or you could buy a headset with microphone and see if that works as it plugs directly into the main board.

HTH

Yea where IN the DS Lite menu?

The microphone level can only be adjusted in certain games. Have you tried using the mic in any other games? Most likely, the mic is simply defective; I have heard of more than one case of manufacturing defects with Nintendo DS microphones. How long have you had the system? If it is still under warranty, Nintendo should fix the system for free.

talk into it loud but clearly