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Hello! I just bought this: https://www.showmecables.com/stereo-3-5mm-male-to-right-angle-3-5mm-female-adapter      So that I could constantly leave that plugged into the side of my laptop. When I plug it in however, it registers as a device, which I didn't think it would..I can have it be a mic in, line in, Dell device (AY410-AE215) Headphones/headset, or a speaker. 

 

I just want to be able to have audio come through the speakers when the adapter is plugged in and when I plug my headphones into the adapter I want the sound in my headphones.... 

 

If anyone could help me that would be great, thanks in advance! 

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it registers as a output device because it is plugged into your laptop. it does because if it didn't, the headphone jack would be completely useless (or just annoying to enable) 

 

you can disable headphone out in settings, then enable it when you need to, or you can just unplug it.

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Why do you need an extender like that?

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1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Why do you need an extender like that?

because 1 meter of cable is too short and 2 is still too short. :( i need one too..

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Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

Why do you need an extender like that?

It's a bit of a story but basically I ordered a Dell XPS 13 for college and it came with the audio jack broken. Not a big deal so I call up dell and they send a guy out to my house to fix it. He does his thing and takes care of the issue but he told me that these jacks are really only rated for about 200 or so plug ins. So he suggested I get an extender, and I completely agreed. So I got one for 2$ and here I am... 

 

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Just now, Daniel0898 said:

well yes I could just manually switch back through the control panel but I was trying to avoid that

 

 yeah, no way to do it without manually doing it. Why the 90 degree adapter? Why not just plug headphones directly in?

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1 minute ago, spwath said:

 yeah, no way to do it without manually doing it. Why the 90 degree adapter? Why not just plug headphones directly in?

If you scroll up a bit I gave the other guy the explanation, too long for me to type it out agian

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8 hours ago, spwath said:

 yeah, no way to do it without manually doing it. Why the 90 degree adapter? Why not just plug headphones directly in?

 

 

Copy/paste or self quote.  It exists. :P 

8 hours ago, Daniel0898 said:

If you scroll up a bit I gave the other guy the explanation, too long for me to type it out agian

8 hours ago, Daniel0898 said:

It's a bit of a story but basically I ordered a Dell XPS 13 for college and it came with the audio jack broken. Not a big deal so I call up dell and they send a guy out to my house to fix it. He does his thing and takes care of the issue but he told me that these jacks are really only rated for about 200 or so plug ins. So he suggested I get an extender, and I completely agreed. So I got one for 2$ and here I am... 

 

 

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38 minutes ago, Daniel0898 said:

So do arrow keys 

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