I just purchased a microphone headset that has two jacks on the end, the guy said to plug them in the back of the COMPUTER. I have six inputs back there, I see the symbol of a mic, but I don't know what the other symbols mean. I ALSO have speakers on my desk, one speaker has volume, bass, treble control, and two inputs, shows symbol of headphones and Aux. Can I just plug my two jacks into the inputs on the speakers? I also have a webcam with a mic in it, do i have to turn my webcam mic off while USING these headphones? Not sure where to plug these two headphone jacks into, or what to do with the mic on my webcam. I have a Dell Inspiron 530, below is a link thats shows the back of my computer. Once on web page click the upper top left of picture "View Images" to see back of computer. Can ANYONE help me? Thanks........ There isn't a link below. Never mind. It is not needed. Look in your Dell user guide to identify microphone and headphone sockets. Or search Google Images for pictures of microphone and headphone sockets to see what color they are and what the symbols look like.

OK I'll do that for you. Microphone is USUALLY pink and headphones / center speakers usually green.



One of the jack plugs will be for the microphone, so plug that one into the mcirophone socket and the other will be for the headphones, so plug that one into the headphone socket. Look in headset instructions to identify which is which. I expect the microphone plug will only have one band (mono) but the headphone plug will have two (stereo). In any case you can tell by trial and error which is which. Yes you probably should disable your webcam microphone.



It looks like you have a microphone and headphone jack on the front of your computer. That's where you should plug the new headphone/mic into, not into the back.

If you have a standard USB camera/mic it uses the USB connection for both audio and video.

When you plug in the headphones to the front of your computer it should automatically disconnect your external speakers.

You will probably need to mute your web cam mic when using the headset.