Mic mutes when in-line headphones are plugged in

[dagabbagol]

I was in a skype call and I plugged in my 3.5m iphone headphones for the first time (using an asus notebook). I got audio but my friend could not hear me. I then plugged in regular 3.5mm headphones and it seemed to be fine.

On my other laptop (HP, Win7) I never had this problem. Is there any way to remedy this? I suspect it's because the iphone headphones have a built-in mic. All I want to do is have the audio running through the headphones and the mic working normally from the laptop.

 

[fireberd]

You may need an adapter for the iPhone headphones/mic.

If your iPhone headphones have the "TRRS" type plug instead of the standard "TRS" type plugs used by PC's that is the problem.

TRRS Plug



Standard PC Plug

 

[fireberd]

I just doublechecked the earbud/mic that came with my iPhone 5 and it is the "TRRS" plug.