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    XPS 15 9550 headphone jack

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by skinnyle, Sep 30, 2016.

  1. skinnyle

    skinnyle Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    I've been using this laptop for several months but never care about the headphone jack. I've just found out recently that there is only one jack (not 2 which have headphone and microphone jacks) so I assumed this is combined one?
    So if I buy a headphone with microphone and only 1 3.5mm output I can use it with this computer?
    I tried google with some keywords but never found an answer for this.
    Thanks a lot.
     
    skinnyle, Sep 30, 2016
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    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    Yes, it is a 4-pole 3.5mm headphone jack. It supports stereo sound, and mic-in; just like what you have on your smartphone.

    If you have a gaming headset that have separate stereo-out and mic-in 3.5mm plugs, then you can buy a splitter cable that will combine those two plugs into one single 4-pole 3.5mm plug. Those cables are very common and easy to find, so you won't have any trouble finding one.
     
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    skinnyle Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you. I'm getting a gaming headset (Hyperx Cloud) and it's already a combined jack.
    I tried the XPS jack with iphone in-ear and the mic doesn't work so I don't know it's the computer or the other.
     
    skinnyle, Sep 30, 2016
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    GoNz0 Notebook Virtuoso

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    It should pop up a box and ask what you just plugged in?
     
    GoNz0, Sep 30, 2016
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