I know you can buy a splitter to split the 4-conductor jack such as this:

[IMG]http://www1.dealextreme.com/productimages/sku_32328_1.jpg[/IMG]


My work comp has a single 3.5mm port for audio and mic. Can I rejoin the splitter into a standard 3-connector and then use my iPhone earbuds for conferencing through Skype, etc.

10/18/2011 3:53:30 PM

use the [image] tags or the image button.


[Edited on October 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM. Reason : ]

10/18/2011 4:04:49 PM

Too long to edit now...

10/18/2011 4:43:24 PM

You shouldn't be using iPhone earbuds for anything, ever.

10/18/2011 11:06:57 PM

but when you has no cubicle to store things in and you travel all the time it's easier to carry those than lug around a headset.

10/19/2011 9:12:11 AM

Yeah I mean you can use earbuds but not apple earbuds.

10/19/2011 10:45:48 AM

So wait. Why would you use a splitter and then rejoin it? I assume it doesn't work if you just plug it in directly?

10/19/2011 12:47:48 PM

even though the iphone/ipod has what looks like a regular 3.5mm jack for your headphones, it reads the third band on the apple earbuds for the mic functionality. regular 3.5mm jacks don't have anything for picking up the third (mic) band, or vice versa. the splitter pushes the speaker (2 bands, left and right audio) to plug to go into your regular headphone jack and the mic (1 band) to plug into the mic jack on your computer.

and btw, ^^ obvious troll is way too obvious.

[Edited on October 19, 2011 at 8:42 PM. Reason : ]

10/19/2011 8:42:06 PM

^but the OP just said they have a work computer that has a SINGLE input port for audio+mic.

AFAIK there is one standard for this, that the iDevices use just like everything else? Band1 = mono, Band2 = stereo, band 3 = composite video / Mic.

Is that not the case?

[Edited on October 19, 2011 at 9:42 PM. Reason : .]

10/19/2011 9:41:50 PM

the inner ear apple headphones are actually really nice. these are not the ones that come with the iphone.

10/19/2011 9:53:24 PM

^^ you are correct. i missed that the OP said he had a single mic+speaker jack.

10/20/2011 8:07:46 AM