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[jeweldotio]

i recently bought an iiyama monitor. GB2470HSU. gmaster red eagle something or other. i plugged it into my laptop as a second screen at first and set it as the main monitor. audio started playing from monitor speakers. superb. i plugged in my headset (headphone + mic combo) to the audio jack port at the back of said monitor. it worked. outstanding. after a while the new monitor screen went grey static-y and the audio switched back to the laptop by itself after the monitor returned to normal. not great. i tried to make it work (made sure it was still set as the main monitor, updated drivers, unplugged and plugged in the audio jack, hdmi cable, monitor, restarted laptop bajillion times) . it didnt work. i plugged in my headset to the laptop and i could hear again. not what i wanted but i'd live. recently borrowed old pc from a friend. "separate headphone and microphone jacks"-old. since i only have one jack on the headset, i now have a choice of either hearing things or yapping to people, but never both. misery. monitor isnt detecting headset audio jack. or maybe its the computer itself. did the whole "fix it" spiel again, but alas, to no avail. realtek audio manager only shows pc audio and mic ports. the simple monitor audio port drowns in circles of green and pink. please help me

 

[jeweldotio]

correction audio somehow works but the microphone does not. in the sound devices it still says sound is coming through monitor speakers but its not, its in my headphones. headset still not detected as an actual device. what is happening

 

[Shay Green]

If you are now trying to get audio from your pc instead of your laptop or monitor you are going to need an audio splitter. Separate audio parts on a pc are not old, they are common due to the fact many people use one device for audio out and another device for audio in.
They are relatively cheap, just type in headphone mic splitter on amazon.
One end will plug into your audio in port (should be identified as a microphone on the motherboard IO) and the other into the audio out port (should be identified as a headphone on the motherboard IO)

 

[jeweldotio]

If you are now trying to get audio from your pc instead of your laptop or monitor you are going to need an audio splitter. Separate audio parts on a pc are not old, they are common due to the fact many people use one device for audio out and another device for audio in.
They are relatively cheap, just type in headphone mic splitter on amazon.
One end will plug into your audio in port (should be identified as a microphone on the motherboard IO) and the other into the audio out port (should be identified as a headphone on the motherboard IO)

my problem is i really want it to be plugged into the monitor instead of the pc, but if i can't find a way to do that i will have to buy a splitter. i would just prefer not to if i can help it

 

[Shay Green]

my problem is i really want it to be plugged into the monitor instead of the pc, but if i can't find a way to do that i will have to buy a splitter. i would just prefer not to if i can help it

Why would you prefer it to be plugged into the monitor? Your monitors audio port anyways can only feed audio out and not audio in, they are generally used for connecting speakers to the monitor or headphones for listening to audio.

 

[jeweldotio]

Why would you prefer it to be plugged into the monitor? Your monitors audio port anyways can only feed audio out and not audio in, they are generally used for connecting speakers to the monitor or headphones for listening to audio.

the thing is it worked before. both the headphones and the mic on them would get detected and audio input and output worked just fine. i don't want the cable going all the way down to the pc tower and its more comfortable for me for it to be plugged right in front of me into the monitor

 

[Paperdoc]

Look closely at the shaft of the plug on the end of your headset cable. I bet it has FOUR contacts: Tip, Ring1, Ring2, and Sleeve. Also called TRRS. This gives the headset contacts for two stereo outputs, one mic input, and Ground. This is widely used on Apple systems and many high-quality headsets. But is is NOT how most PC's are done. Most PC's use TWO separate jacks and plugs for a full headset, and each plug has THREE contacts (only one Ring). On the GREEN plug it has two stereo outputs plus Ground for the earphones; the PINK one has stereo (or mono) Mic input and Ground. The computer case front and mobo rear connector panel both have green and pink sockets for those two plugs.

According to the manual for your monitor, it has a stereo EARPHONE jack on the back, which implies it does NOT have a HEADSET jack that enables a MIC. Thus it WILL give you stereo sound on the earphone part, but NO mic connection. HOWEVER, to do that you MUST use an adapter to convert the single TRRS plug on the end of your headset cable into TWO TRS plugs, just as you might when plugging into your computer. An item like this

https://www.amazon.com/MillSO-Headp...-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

NOTE that its FEMALE socket is spec'd to have four contacts in the TRRS system (you cannot see inside that) and the TWO male plugs each have three contacts in the TRS system (you can see that). Then only the GREEN one gets plugged into the back of your monitor (OR into a green rear panel socket on your computer) for earphones. The ONLY way to get the Mic of your headset to work will be to plug the PINK plug of that adapter into a pink socket on you computer. The monitor does NOT have such a socket.