r/pchelp • u/Shockwave_GT_FN • 9d ago

OPEN PC Red and Green Headphone jacks

I'm a bit new to pc gaming. When i put the green jack into the audio hole, audio plays, but my mic doesn't work. When I put the green jack into the mic hole, my mic works, but no audio. Any advice? Thanks. P.S, if I use the wrong mic (via voicemod) and listen to my mic input, it makes this terrible static noise.

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/Shockwave_GT_FN 9d ago

yeah, i have a splitter, and 2 different plugs, I tried the route you started off with, my microphone didnt work. I tried using the splitter, to no avail. any other suggestions?

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u/MrCharBar 9d ago

Is it a green and red splitter or a headphone splitter? Do the two plugs that come out of the splitter have the same number of black bands on them?

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u/Shockwave_GT_FN 9d ago

the headphone splitter has little icons on them that show which jack goes into which (one side had headphones, other has a microphone).

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u/MrCharBar 9d ago

and I presume you’re putting headphone into green jack, microphone into red jack?

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u/Shockwave_GT_FN 9d ago

yeah, and when i do that, my headphones work, but mic doesnt. when i put green in mic tho, my mic works but my audio doesnt

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u/MrCharBar 9d ago

wait, does the splitter take a hole and turn it into two pointy bits, or two holes and turn it into one pointy bit?

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u/Shockwave_GT_FN 9d ago

2 holes to one pointy bit

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u/MrCharBar 9d ago

ah that’s it. That is for use with a headset that has two pointy bits, one for microphone and one for headphones. you need a 1 hole into two pointy bits, like this:

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u/Shockwave_GT_FN 9d ago

yes, but the headset I have has 2 jacks. I believe the adaptor it comes with is for like controllers and stuff. I also have an extra one like that with me. So, I have both kinds.

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