Question My laptop has only one audio jack, but what about the mic?

[Firetailmadness]

My laptop has only one Jack to plug in any 3.5mm devices, and I've got earbuds with an in-line microphone, but when I plug them in I only get audio but the mic pics up nothing :/

My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 GAMING™️
attached is the icon next to the audio jack that looks like to me a headset with a mic

Here's a link to my jack:

https://imgur.com/a/iUxrlyz

View: http://imgur.com/a/iUxrlyz

 

[richiestang_78]

When the earbuds/mic are plugged in go into the Windows Sound control (Right Click on Speaker in System Tray, then click on Sounds) then go into the recording tab and make sure that the mic is selected.

 

[Firetailmadness]

When the earbuds/mic are plugged in go into the Windows Sound control (Right Click on Speaker in System Tray, then click on Sounds) then go into the recording tab and make sure that the mic is selected.

So in the recording tab the Microphone is a Realtek Audio device and I checked where the source is coming from and it's on the screen itself right next to the camera, it's selected by default and there's no other device that could be my earbuds