Question about MTH custom sounds

It would really help a lot if you cound describe exactly, step-by-step, how you'fre attempting to record a  Custom Sound, and exactly what happens when you do so.

Okay thank you Barry.

1) press menu button, scroll to the "sound" option.

2) select "sound" and scroll to "custom sounds" and select.

3) select "record sound"

4) select "DCS remote Mic" option.

(it then says 174 seconds of record time.)

5) then select, "press REC to start recording."

6) then I press the "REC option."

7) then it says "press a button."

8) I then select the "REC" option, (soft key, S1) And right away it says "session stopped" 

i just don't get it... Anyway, any help is much appreciated, thank you again. 

You're not doing what you should be doing. Follow these instructions from pages 37-38 of The DCS Companion 3rd Edition to record and play back a Custom Sound:

CUSTOM SOUNDS

• Scroll and press the thumbwheel to select an entry. The message "Building Sound List" is briefly displayed 

• Record Sound allows recording a new Custom Sound 

• Use the thumbwheel to scroll to the TIU in which the new Custom Sound is to be saved and press the thumbwheel to select it. If there is only one TIU on the layout, the list of TIUs is not displayed, and no selection need be made 

• Select a sound source by scrolling through the list of possible sound sources and pressing the thumbwheel 

• The available time remaining for Custom Sounds is displayed. A maximum of 174 seconds of Custom Sounds may be recorded for each TIU 

• Press Soft Key S1 (REC) to begin recording the sound. Note that the sound may turn off after about 11 seconds, however, the Custom Sound will continue to be recorded 

• Press Soft Key S2 (STP) when finished recording the sound to stop the recording process 

• Press Soft Key S3 (SAV) to save the recorded sound 

• Use the on-screen keyboard to name the sound. Scroll the thumbwheel to each character in the name and press the thumbwheel to add the character. Scroll to D on the bottom row, right end of the keyboard to save the sound in the TIU 

• Pressing S3 (SAV) is the equivalent of pressing S2 followed by S3

Play Sound allows playback of a previously recorded sound. Press the thumbwheel to select 

• Scroll to a Custom Sound and press the thumbwheel to select it. The sound will play back through the active DCS engine

This and a whole lot more is all in “The DCS Companion 3rd Edition!" This book is available from many fine OGR advertisers and forum sponsors, or as an eBook or a printed book at OGR’s web store!

Okay thank you, thank you! I'm going to try this now.

Omg you're a genius! It totally worked. Thank you Barry!

you're a genius!

Could you E-mail that to my family?  

Hello. So I've followed the steps as specified, and see the named custom sound file, but when I select to play I hear nothing. I'm patching in from my cell phone playing a youtube audio, piping into aiu.

Troy,

If you followed the steps I listed, as Wyatt’s Dad did, you should have gotten it to work, as Wyatt’s Dad did.