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    using microphone in single mic/headphones jack

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by Sir Punk, Apr 9, 2012.

  1. Sir Punk

    Sir Punk Notebook Deity

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    hello folks.

    I have an external microphone that I want to use with my Series 3. I only have 1 input that has both mic/headphones icons on it.

    But I can't seem to be able to use the microphone as an input. The jack works perfectly has an output with headphones.

    in my recording devices I see the realtek HD audio microphone but it's only picking up sound from the internal mic in the laptop.

    Any help is appreciated.
     
    Sir Punk, Apr 9, 2012
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  2. spincel

    spincel Notebook Consultant

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    I went through different models and all of the newest laptop do have this type of connector. So to be able to use the mic, you need to buy a seperate split connector.
     
    spincel, Apr 9, 2012
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    you are right, it's called combo jack and apparently there is no way around it. Even though I think a software hack might be implemented.
     
    Sir Punk, Apr 9, 2012
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    I think they want to cut the cost to produce more thin chasis with less ports, so that they put those two together. However, because of the different between headphone jack and mic jack, we cannot use one of them unless we have some adapter.
     
    spincel, Apr 9, 2012
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