Headset w/mic only has one plug?

[Sunfish]

I have a headphone/mic combination (apple stereo headset) that I would like
to use to make voip calls over my computer. I am not sure how though because
the headset only has one plug. When I plug it into the headphone jack and try
to test the mic it doesn't work. Is there anything that I can do to make it
work?

Thank you.

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

It didn't come with instructions?

:I have a headphone/mic combination (apple stereo headset) that I would like
: to use to make voip calls over my computer. I am not sure how though
because
: the headset only has one plug. When I plug it into the headphone jack and
try
: to test the mic it doesn't work. Is there anything that I can do to make
it
: work?
:
: Thank you.

 

[Tim Slattery]

I have a headphone/mic combination (apple stereo headset) that I would like
to use to make voip calls over my computer. I am not sure how though because
the headset only has one plug. When I plug it into the headphone jack and try
to test the mic it doesn't work. Is there anything that I can do to make it
work?

Sounds to me that you need some kind of adapter that would accept the
single plug on one side and break it into separate phone and mic
connections on the other. Have you looked for such a thing?

 

[Bob I]

Is it for a Mac?

 

[smlunatick]

I have a headphone/mic combination (apple stereo headset) that I would like
to use to make voip calls over my computer. I am not sure how though because
the headset only has one plug. When I plug it into the headphone jack andtry
to test the mic it doesn't work. Is there anything that I can do to make it
work?

Thank you.

You seem to be describing a headset / mic combo that is similar to the
"wired" hands free sets for phones. Unless you can find a splitter
adapter or you PC has the "combo" port, you might not be able to use
this.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Are you running a MAC?

 

[VanguardLH]

I have a headphone/mic combination (apple stereo headset) that I would like
to use to make voip calls over my computer. I am not sure how though because
the headset only has one plug. When I plug it into the headphone jack and try
to test the mic it doesn't work. Is there anything that I can do to make it
work?

Thank you.

Maybe it has a 4-pole mini-plug. Pinout depends on in what device the
headset was designed to be used. That means when you plug it into a
3-pole jack that one of them doesn't get connected, assuming you can
even fully seat the prod into the jack.

http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/resource/audio/PDA-plug.jpg
http://pinouts.ru/images/nokia_3210_handsfree.gif

Since you chose to omit the details of brand and model of the headset
device, replies will be just as vague. If you intend to use the headset
in a device other than for which it was designed, you'll need the pinout
of the connectors on the plug to get an appropriate adapter that splits
out the mic from the speaker connections, then you can plug the adapter
into both the mic and line-out connectors on your sound card or
backpanel audio jacks.

 

[Sunfish]

Yes, it is for a mac. It came with an iphone but that person lent the set to
me to see if it would work. I am running windows though so I guess the hope
wasn't high in the first place. I haven't exactly looked for an adapter but
I've never seen one. I thought it might be a simple driver thing. Anyway, I
guess it isn't as easy as I thought. Thank you for the suggestions!

 

[VanguardLH]

Yes, it is for a mac. It came with an iphone but that person lent the set to
me to see if it would work. I am running windows though so I guess the hope
wasn't high in the first place. I haven't exactly looked for an adapter but
I've never seen one. I thought it might be a simple driver thing. Anyway, I
guess it isn't as easy as I thought. Thank you for the suggestions!

Not a problem with Windows. It's a problem with your hardware and that
is totally independent of any OS installed on that host.

 

[Sunfish]

I did not choose to omit details... I am running a windows XP computer, which
is obvious because I am posting in this forum and to find the headset google
"apple stereo headset." there is only one. It has no other ID that I know of.
However thank you for your reply. I will probably end up buying "normal"
headset.