[superboy]

Laptop: 1 single port, for headset and microphonw

My VOIP headset: 2 different connectors, 1 for headset, 1 for mic

How do I use it? do I need to buy some sort of splitter?

Thanks

[barky99]

just the 1 port ... must be a small/skinny laptop ... should be usb options (at a cost to you)

[scumble]

Splitter should work, cheap, flexible option. Size 1/8"

In the meantime, most modern laptops and netbooks have an inbuilt mic, so just plug the headphone lead in. Should work ok. If the single lead doesn't fit, it's a clue that you are due for headaches with a tiny mobile phone connector, or some non-standard crap.

[s2k]

I doubt a splitter would work as the soundcard needs to be able to "sense" what device is plugged into it and change the mode accordingly.

A USB-based headset is probably going to be your best option.

[scumble]

^Wrong.

The single pin that goes into the single jack in this case is stacked into audio and mic sections, and so long as the physical sections match (metal/plastic/metal/etc) the soundcard will take input and serve output accordingly.

Not only that, but soundcards do not sense anything more than when something is plugged into the jack(s). It never knows what, so long as it is 1/8" (3.5mm).

It's the USB socket that needs to send an ID signal, so that the system can employ the correct driver (or moan that the driver is missing).

OP could have mentioned his actual laptop model, and more importantly, whether the single jack is marked for both headphone and mic. Maybe it is only a headphone socket.