Headphone/Microphone adapter only outputs sound to 1 earpiece

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Hi everyone,

I have a Dell PC with separate microphone and headphone ports, but i use standard Apple earphones for gaming. On my old laptop the headphones doubled as a mic, but understandably this isn't the case on my new PC. I have an adapter that allows me to plug the headphones into both ports, but I only get sound through one ear when I use it.

Is there anyway that I can use the headphones as a mic/headphones and not resort to mono audio?

Thanks Forum!
 

Doseq

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So you have something like this ?
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And you want to use microphone from headset and earphones for sound do i get it right?
 
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It's the opposite actually. I have an adapter that plugs into both the mic and headphone inputs, and then I plug my headphones in the adapter.