


These are generally color-coded-pink for the microphone, green for the headphones or speakers-if they don’t have icons near the port. Once you have your cable adapter, just plug your headphones into the female port and the male ports into the appropriate jacks on your computer. Here’s one on Amazon for $6 for this exact situation.

If your PC doesn’t offer a combination in/out headphone jack, you can get a cheap adapter that splits the signal into two: the audio going to the drivers in your headphones and the audio coming from the microphone. We suggest using it for any PC applications.įortunately, the solution to this problem is simple. Luckily, high-end Bluetooth headphones generally have a line-in option that makes them wired for older gadgets and times when the battery dies. You can use Bluetooth if your headphones have them, but that connection is meant for mobile devices and isn’t really up to snuff regarding latency or quality.
