Head Phone and Mic. combination unit.

[Guest]

I wanted to purchace a combination mic and headphone combination to use with
my PC to communicate with my daughter with the program (Skype for Voice Over
IP Telephony)
My monitor has a plug in for headphones, my modom has a plug in for both a
mic and one for the headphone. Which plug in would I use for the combination
set. that has only one plug in.
Thanks

 

[Heirloom]

Just a guess, but, I would think there would be an adapter to 'split' the
tip, ring, and sleeve of your plug into seperate transmit and
receive........check with your local computer shop.
Heirloom, old and oughta work

 

[Fitz]

Is the combo set a USB connector? If so, just plug it into any USB port,
preferably a port on the rear of your computer (not through a hub). I bout
one with the USB connector from a local office store to use with
Skype...works fine to/from China.
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[Guest]

The plugin for the head set only on the monitor is a round type plugin.
On the monitor headphone and mic are both round type plugs side by side.
There are also 2 USB 2.0 plugin's side by side on the front of the monitor.
2 also on back of monitor but both are in use one for printer and the other
for remote floppy disk driver.

I didn't check out the headset I was looking at so don't know if it was USB
or not. Will check again when I go into town.
Thanks

 

[Fitz]

USB works fine for me. Very simple to install.
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[RobertVA]

I wanted to purchace a combination mic and headphone combination to use with
my PC to communicate with my daughter with the program (Skype for Voice Over
IP Telephony)
My monitor has a plug in for headphones, my modom has a plug in for both a
mic and one for the headphone. Which plug in would I use for the combination
set. that has only one plug in.
Thanks

I hope you didn't buy a headset designed for a cell phone. I suspect you
need a headset designed for computers, which has seperate plugs for the
microphone and stereo headphone functions. A voice over internet
provider should be offering advice about the required equipment.

Equipment varies.

Some monitors may have USB speakers built in, bypassing the sound
acceleration hardware in the computer. With this configuration you would
look for TWO jacks on the monitor. Look for color codes or symbols as
described below.

Some monitors have sound cables that connect to TWO round jacks on a
desktop computer's sound card or motherboard sound connectors. The jacks
on the computer are normally marked with symbols resembling STEREO
headphones and an old fashioned desktop microphone. Many notebook
computers have similar headphone and microphone jacks marked with
similar symbols. One of my CRT monitors has a headphone jack, but no
extension for the microphone (there's a microphone built into the
monitor). To use the headset's microphone I would need to connect it
directly to the computer's sound card. Desktop microphones and
microphones built into a monitor (or edge of a notebooks display) MAY
have more tendancy to pick up room noise like you computer's cooling fans.

Late model headphones and microphones have color coded plugs to match
the plastic rim of the jacks on many desktop computers. You MAY find
mauve jacks and plugs for the microphone and black jacks for the
headset. The last headset I bought had color codeing AND the headphone
and microphone symbols on the plugs.

Last off all there are some headsets with the rectangular USB plugs.
These would connect to a port on the computer or a USB hub. Some
monitors or keyboards have USB hubs built into them.