How to connect headphones to a computer

First of all, it must be said that even a child can cope with such a task. Usually, The headphone jack is designed for stereo sound. Therefore, you should first make sure that youreally connect a stereo cord to the sound card. Check it's pretty simple: his Jack connector type should be two black stripes. Otherwise the right output channel is closed and thus does harm to the sound card. However, in the shops of radio components can be found special adapters, which prevent such a closure.

In the event that you have stereo headphones equipped with a Jack plug, whose diameter is 3.5 millimeters, you can connect directly to the green output of your computer's or laptop's sound card. If there is no color marking, a small icon with a picture of headphones or an inscription should be next to the necessary socket Phones.

Separately worth a talk about connecting professional headphones, which, as a rule, are used by sound engineers and radio station employees. The fact is that these headphones have Jack type plug with a diameter of 6.3 mm. They should be connected through a specialadapter, which is also quite easy to find on sale. However, many note some inconvenience of such adapters, since they create the so-called radial load on the nest. Therefore, the adapter is best done by yourself. Take a stereo plug, 3.5 mm in diameter, and a 6.3 mm jack, connecting their contacts with a flexible wire.

To connect headphones that have plug ONC-VG, to a computer, you also need to make a special adapter. Such The plug can be found on old domestic headphones of the TDS series. Despite the age of such a headset, quiteyou can often find connoisseurs of its quality sound reproduction. To make an adapter, you first need to determine the plug pin for the ohmmeter. At the moment when it is connected between the input and the common contact of one of the two channels, a click on the connection will be heard only in one of them. If the click is heard in both channels simultaneously, then the radiators are connected in series. Only after you determine which contacts correspond to the stereo channels and the common wire, you can make an adapter. It will consist of a socket of type ОНЦ-ВГ with five contacts and 3,5-millimetric stereo plug of type Jack.

At last it is necessary to tell, how to connect headphones that have a microphone. To do this, in addition to the headphone plug, plug the microphone plug into the corresponding socket. Microphone jack should be inserted in the pink nest. If there is no color marking, next to the required jack is a microphone icon or an inscription «Mic». As a rule, such a headset is used forconversations on Skype, so for proper operation of the microphone you will need to configure it in the program for calls, as well as the sound settings in the operating system.

To do this, go to the menu "Start", select "Control Panel". Then go to the section "Sound". In the dialog that appears, go to the tab "Record" and make sure that the microphone input is currently turned on, and not the line input.

As you could see, it's quite easy to connect headphones to a computer. It is only necessary to know, which socket of the sound card is the output.