Tony,
Regarding the microphone not working with the TP750,
Yep! the first mike I tried also didn't work, but another
one did. Both were sold for computer/multimedia use.
(fortuneately, I didn't have to buy either one, we had them
for other uses). I suspect it's a mismatched impedance
thing. Just try other microphones. (The one that didn't
work was the multimedia handset model).
Joe