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Headphones as a microphone to use: this is how it works with In-Ear headphones

  • Mar 22, 2026
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If you have no microphone handy, you can also use your headphones as a microphone. We will tell you in this practice tip, as this works with In-Ear headphones.

In-Ear headphones as a microphone to use so it works

  • Make the most of your In-Ear headphones as a microphone can use, you may need this Adapter.
  • Connect the headphones into the Jack and connect the color coded connectors with your PC.
  • If the attached In-Ear headphones come with a microphone, you can use the headphones now as a Headset.
  • If playback is not possible, or the microphone does not work, you should use the update driver.
  • Also, we show you what you can do if your microphone is not detected.
  • Note: This method only works when the earphones have In-Ear a built-in microphone.
  • They only have regular headphones without a microphone, you can't convert them, unfortunately, to the microphone.
In-Ear headphones as a microphone

Headphones as a microphone using Windows settings

  1. Connect the headphones directly to the PC, if you have only a combined connector for headphones and microphone.
  2. If you have a input for headphones and microphone, you can use the above-described Adapter. If you do not want to use the headphones for sound, but only as a microphone, you can plug the Jack directly in the MIC input.
  3. You make a right click on the speaker icon bottom right and select "recording devices".
  4. In the next window, then double-click on "microphone".
  5. Switch to the Tab "levels" to configure the recording level of the microphone.
  6. If "microphone" is the addition of "Disabled" is, click with the right mouse button and select "Enable".
You will learn in the next practice tip, what you can do if your headphones noise.

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