Hardware Laptop Microphone Help

[SonicRegret]

i just bought a lapel microphone for recording audio, and i notice that when i plug it into my laptop's combo jack port(the one with the little headset on it) and there is no sound coming out of the speakers which signifies that my computer thinks it is a headphone cable, will a product that splits it like this, http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-...d=1462119610&sr=1-1&keywords=startech+adapter work to let me use my headphones and microphone on my single port laptop?

 

[LittleFlame]

i just bought a lapel microphone for recording audio, and i notice that when i plug it into my laptop's combo jack port(the one with the little headset on it) and there is no sound coming out of the speakers which signifies that my computer thinks it is a headphone cable, will a product that splits it like this, http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-...d=1462119610&sr=1-1&keywords=startech+adapter work to let me use my headphones and microphone on my single port laptop?

take some screencaps of what it shows you?

 

[SockNaste]

Nice tutorial bro...

 

[SonicRegret]

Nice tutorial bro...

sorry m8.

 

[Boogieboo6]

That'll work. I have the same cable and I use it on my laptop perfectly.

 

[SonicRegret]

take some screencaps of what it shows you?

well when i go to accesses my audio devices this is all that comes up.

Disconnected ex. mic: screenshot 351

connected ex. mic: screenshot 352

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That'll work. I have the same cable and I use it on my laptop perfectly.

thanks for the input, ill try to buy it and see what happens.

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That'll work. I have the same cable and I use it on my laptop perfectly.

the adapter or the cable, or are they the same thing?