Hp pavillion dv6000 headphone mics don't work, external mics work

The Z11 has a four-pole input/output plug to connect the mic and the earphone. The earphone needs to be connected to the earphone jack and the mic needs to be connected to the mic input jack on the back of the computer. In other words, you should have to 3.5 mm plugs. Plugging both into the same jack will disconnect one or the other. Check your adapter, It should have two separate 3.5mm plugs. If it does, be sure they are connected to the right jacks on the computer. The headphone jack will have a headphone symbol; the mic jack will have a microphone symbol. Go to System Preferences, Sound. Select the line in preference for input and the line out preference for headphones. Just may work.

I don't know what kind of connection you're using, but my guess is that the headphone has a 3.5mm 4 pin connection (has 4 sections of metal on it, and uses the same style connection used in an ipod).

So the reason it will work on your computer is because your receiver has the ability to read 4 pin connections. Hers is likely only for sound (the 3 pin connection). She likely has an additional receiver for a mic, separate from the headphones (thankfully we're seeing fewer and fewer of these).

You may be able to find an adapter at Radio Shack.

The headphone plug goes into the green jack on the computer. The mic plug goes into the red jack on the computer. The headphone plug with have three segments on the jack, the mic plug will have two, and they'll both be marked. If you're computer doesn't have color jacks, the mic will go into the one with a picture of a mic, the headphones will go into the one with a picture of a headphone or speaker.

usually when buying a 2way radio they come with a headset (a headphone and a mic) all you need to do is cut the mic and headphone off using the wires for the headphone solder them to a speaker.

(the higher the power of the speaker the more it will drain your battery)

Try changing the Windows Default Audio devices

1. Go to control Panel
2. Sounds and audio devices
3. The Audio tab
4. Then change the Sound Recording Device to Logitech Headphone INPUT
   

Hopefully this will work

No because the mic is a signel in device and the headphone jack is a signal out jack! meaning if you plug the mic into it the mic will act as a speaker and music will come out of it and ruin it!
I would buy an adapter at radio shack and plug it into the phono input on the back of unit! and if you dont have a phono input you will need to buy a small pre-amp and plug it into the aux or tape input!
That will work!
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Before you go changing drivers and re-installing.
Are you useing the Headphone set supplied by HP on the Laptop ?
The Male jack may fit your input connection but be the wrong connection configuration.
Just an idea. Try a regular mic and make sure it works before making all kinds of changes.
If the headphone set was supplied by HP with your unit, then you may want to bring it buy Radio Shack and ask them to check it for you.

A short in the input wiring will mess things up.
Hope this helps.

You can use the mic in like a line in just have to turn the volume up on the source or use a program to amplify the data in post processing

If your headphones have a single plug you cannot plug these into a regular speaker connection or headphone connction and get mic and sound, you will need a headset that has 2 separate plugs (one for Mic and one for headphone) or a splitter you can get a radio shack. Most headsets have only one plug and there are connections for both the mic and the headphones on this plug, but the headphone connection on the computer has only connections for the headphone and therefore cannot detect the microphone.

same thing happened to me, it wouldn't even work when i went to control panel -> audio devices -> mic test   i think i'm just going to return it for a different model.

headphones worked well though