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How to override headphone jack input on a laptop.

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I have an Honor MagicBook 15 which has a combo mic/headphone jack. Whenever I plug in my external speakers the built in mic stops working because there's something plugged into the jack and it thinks it's a microphone. How, and can I even override this so that my laptop uses the built in mic even when the speakers are plugged in? 

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3 minutes ago, Jk15 said:

combo mic/headphone jack

Get a TRRS to TRS - adapter and try with that. The combo-jack is known as TRRS, whereas the non-combo connector, like e.g. the one in your speakers, is TRS.

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5 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Get a TRRS to TRS - adapter and try with that. The combo-jack is known as TRRS, whereas the non-combo connector, like e.g. the one in your speakers, is TRS.

I was planning on doing that later but I was wondering if there's a way to do it in software?

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Just now, Jk15 said:

I was planning on doing that later but I was wondering if there's a way to do it in software?

Well, is the built-in microphone available in the list of input-devices when you have speakers plugged in? If not, then it's probably a hardware-switch, not a software-one.

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Set the default device in the windows sound control panel.

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1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

Well, is the built-in microphone available in the list of input-devices when you have speakers plugged in? If not, then it's probably a hardware-switch, not a software-one.

Well sort of, i can choose between the realtek microphone and the stereo mix which just uses the signal going to the speakers and reads it as a mic input and just loops the sound so maybe it is a hardware switch.

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