Using an extra pair of headphones as a mic

[johnsalt028]

I have a pair of philips headphones with an in-line mic. I also have many pairs of earbuds with in-line mics. What I want to do is have my philips headphones as my audio output and use the in-line mic on another pair of earbuds as a mic. The problem is when I plug the earbuds into the mic input it uses the earbud part rather than the built in mic. Is there any way to fix this?

 

[c4s2k3]

I suppose you could get a headset splitter adapter (splits headphone/mic signals from combo plug) and run a cable from the mic side to the audio input on the back of the motherboard or whatever other mic input your computer has. But why through all that trouble? You could probably spend less than you would on the cables and splitter and get a cheap standalone microphone.

EDIT: Example microphone: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00029MTMQ/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You can get cheaper ones than this. I happened to own this one for 5 years and worked fine. Accidentally destroyed it when the cord got eaten up by the beater on the vacuum cleaner

 

[johnsalt028]

I didn't want to buy an adapter I just wanted to be able to use what I have.

 

[c4s2k3]

Unless your earbuds have separate plugs for the mic and earphone signals, you'll need to split it so you can make use of just the microphone.