use headphone mic instead of built in mic

[asahad3]

I have earbuds with an in line mic on it. They are some regular headphones with a mic. They have a 3.5mm plug on the end. I have Windows 7 and a 3.5mm jack on the laptop. I connect the headphones and talk on Skype. The problem is, I get audio through the headphones, but my mic on the headphones isn't the mic being used to record sound. Instead, it uses my built in laptop mic. I don't want this. How do I get my headphone mic to work as my default mic? Thank you in advance.

 

[richiestang_78]

Right click on the speaker icon at the bottom right hand of the windows screen and select recording devices. In there select the correct input as the mic you want to use.

 

[asahad3]

Right click on the speaker icon at the bottom right hand of the windows screen and select recording devices. In there select the correct input as the mic you want to use.

My options in recording devices are:

Microphone - Realtek Audio
Stereo Mix - Realtek Audio

So it was previously set to the "Microphone", which apparently is my laptop mic. Ok so I changed it to stereo mix and set it as default communication device, but the problem is, the other person couldn't hear me at all upon doing so. When I switch back to the "Microphone", they can hear me again, and I verify that its my laptop mic because I make a sound close to each to see which one it is. And I also verified that this inline mic on my headphones indeed works during cellphone calls. What am I missing?

 

[richiestang_78]

Does your laptop have two 3.5mm jacks? If so then you may need to use a splitter (usually about 5 or 10 bucks) to separate the single jack into two or buy a headset that has two separate plugs.