headset treated as microphone only?

[SirGeneral]

I have a Skullcandy Crusher Wireless headset and I wanted to use them as a headset instead of just headphones so I plugged them into (2012 non-Bluetooth pc would've gladly used BT otherwise) the headphone&mic port (that's the one with a label that's a microphone and headphones right?) but my computer only recognizes them as a mic does anyone know how to correct this?

[Crunchy Dragon]

You might be able to fix it by going into your sound settings and setting your audio output to the headphones instead of the laptop speakers.

[SirGeneral]

I'm talking about a desktop

[Crunchy Dragon]

3 minutes ago, SirGeneral said:

I'm talking about a desktop

Take my original post, and replace "laptop" with "desktop". It should work either way if you're using a headphone/mic combo jack. If not, you can find adapters to USB or to audio in and audio out.

[minibois]

So you only have one 3.5mm port and your headset has a 4 pole connector on it?

Left is 3 pole, right is 4 pole.

 

Typically laptops have a combo jack and you can use a 4 pole cable. Usually desktops have two separate plugs (often labeled green and pink for headphones and microphones respectively) and you need to get two separate 3 pole connectors.

[SirGeneral]

the side you plug into the headset has two rings and the side you plug into devices has 3 rings