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No microphone jack?
I was gifted a Windows 8 Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series, and was happy with it except for one issue: it has no microphone jack, it has an audio one, though.
I need that microphone jack for my Turtle Beach Earforce X12 headset! I record videos with my friend and I think my problem will stop me from doing this.
If there is no solution to my problem is there an adapter or converter I can use to get both jacks?
Jim Coates
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Posted July 24th, 2015 04:00
Hello. For the past few years Dell has been putting a single headset jack into its laptops. The headset jack can use the microphone that is built into a smart phone type of headset that terminates in a single 4 pin plug (TRRS). There are some adapaters available that might work with regular mics with TRS plugs. See section 6 of the Headphone Jack FAQ for details.
If you need more help in the future please include the full model name of your laptop. The Inspiron 15 models are
(2010) 1564, M5010, M5030, N5010, N5030
(2011) N5040, N5050
(2012) 3520 & 3521
(2013) 3537, 7537
(2014) 3531, 3541, 3542, 5542, 5545, 5547, 7547
(2015) 3543, 3551, 3558, 5543, 5548, 5551, 5555, 5558, 7548, 7558