Headphones With Mic Unable To Be Used As Both

You need the Y splitter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vCu5NvmnNc

Old very few headphones have two separate cables on for mic input and another for sound input.

Sounds more like a driver issue. Might be Windows 11 though since its going to have extra problems for a while. If its 3.5 then Win11 input jack code might have an issue.

Though Joseph could be on to something if you lost an adapter previously that it came with and completely forgot it ever had one. Some do have separate cables. Suppose it could be a Y in special cases. This would just be really rare to have someone get to this point so its likely wrong. Assuming also that you didn't try a USB one.

Good Day TheEthanAlexander,

I appreciate your time getting back to this thread, you can proceed with the steps below.

Here's the steps you can try.

-Go to Settings

-Click System

-Click Troubleshooter then Additional troubleshooter.

-Look for Speech and Playing Audio and run the troubleshooter.

-Go to Device Manager

-Expand the Sound and Video Game controller

-Look for Audio driver that was installed

-Right click and Update

-Look for "Browse my computer for driver

-Let me pick drivers available drivers

-Choose an old driver and use it.

Connect the headset and proceed with these steps.

-Go to Control Panel

-In Control Panel, select Large icons from the View by drop down menu.

-Select Sound.

-Select the Recording tab

-Right click the External Headset Microphone and click Enable.

-Right-click it again and select Set as Default Device.

-Right click External Headset Microphone and click Properties.

-Click the Levels tab, then drag the volume slider towards the largest value.

-Click OK

-Click Advance Tab

-Uncheck the box to "Allow application to take exclusive control on this device"

Turn on Microphone Privacy in each app.

Select Start > Settings > Privacy > Microphone . In Allow access to the microphone on this device, select Change and make sure Microphone access for this device is turned on.

Then, allow apps access to your microphone.

Once you've allowed microphone access to your apps, you can change the settings for each app.

Restart and check the Microphone.

If issue persists, proceed with these steps.

-Go to Device Manager

-Expand the Sound and Video Game controller

-Look for Audio driver that was installed

-Right click and Uninstall

Once uninstalled go to this link and download and install the driver.

https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/Driver/m...

Once downloaded and installed restart your computer and check.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.

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Good Day TheEthanAlexander,

My name is Carlo, I am also using Windows 11 pc and community member like you. Let us work together to sort this out.

-What kind of headphone you are using , is it connect via USB, 3.5 mm jack or a Bluetooth headphone?

First, try the headphone mic using a different and check if issue persists.

If it does the same using a different device means that the headphone is faulty

If it works on different device let me know the exact model of your computer

To check the system model proceed with these steps.

-Press Windows key + R

-Type msinfo32 and hit enter.

-Look for the System Model and manufacturer and post it here.

If you are using a custom built pc look for Baseboard version and Baseboard product and post it here.

I'll look forward for your reponse so that I can provide an accurate recommendation.

Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

Sincerely,

Carlo T.