WHat happens if you plug them into the correct sockets on the back of the
machine.
If it then works, the front jacks may not be connected/configured properly.
Make sure mic in is selected in the audio inputs
This deals with selecting line in, so you'd select mic
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutor...AudioInput.htm
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> Hi
>
> I have a new PC with Realtek HD Audio Manager and have separate
> speakers which plug into the back of the tower with one jack. There are
> 5 sockets, orange, blue, grey, green and pink, and the speakers work.
> When I plug my headphones (with a mic) into the pink and green sockets
> on the the front of the tower I can hear sounds but nobody can hear me
> when I speak.
>
> Does anyone know, please, how I can get the headphones to work so I can
> hear and talk with the mic?
>
> When I unplug the headphones then plug them back in a box pops up for
> me to tick and I tick "headphones"..am I doing the right thing? there is
> a box that says "mic" and a "line in"..and I think a couple of others.
>
> Can anyone help me please?
>
> Thanks.
>
> DazzaBazza
>
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