Using surround headphones w/A7N8X-E

gerrywhite · 05-04-2005, 12:11 PM

My mobo is an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe.

The problem I am having is being able to use my new Kinyo KY-100 surround sound headphones AND have a microphone hooked-up.

Since these headphones only have analog connections (3), I have to use NVSWAP to change my usual ports to those supporting front, subwoofer, and surround connections. When you do this, the MIC input port becomes one of those three.

The problem is that I would still like to be able to use my mic since I use VOIP for the online game I play quite a bit - Battlefield 1942.
I noticed the mobo has onboard connections for another mic, but will I be able to use this to jury-rig a connection for my mic AND still be able to use it?

Any suggestions? TIA!!!

kreon3 · 05-04-2005, 11:41 PM

My guess is that you should be able to use the onboard connection. That connection is probably for a front-panel mic, so if you can just get one of the front-panel mic connectors and plug it in, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.

gerrywhite · 05-05-2005, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by kreon3

My guess is that you should be able to use the onboard connection. That connection is probably for a front-panel mic, so if you can just get one of the front-panel mic connectors and plug it in, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.

Thanks.

Even though surround sound (5.1) headphones aren't that popular yet, I'm hoping to get info from someone who's done this. I'll go do a Google search to find a front-panel mic, though.

05-04-2005, 12:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
gerrywhite Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hagerstown, MD, USA Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Using surround headphones w/A7N8X-E My mobo is an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe. The problem I am having is being able to use my new Kinyo KY-100 surround sound headphones AND have a microphone hooked-up. Since these headphones only have analog connections (3), I have to use NVSWAP to change my usual ports to those supporting front, subwoofer, and surround connections. When you do this, the MIC input port becomes one of those three. The problem is that I would still like to be able to use my mic since I use VOIP for the online game I play quite a bit - Battlefield 1942. I noticed the mobo has onboard connections for another mic, but will I be able to use this to jury-rig a connection for my mic AND still be able to use it? Any suggestions? TIA!!! Last edited by gerrywhite; 05-04-2005 at 12:12 PM. Reason: change icon

05-04-2005, 11:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
kreon3 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	My guess is that you should be able to use the onboard connection. That connection is probably for a front-panel mic, so if you can just get one of the front-panel mic connectors and plug it in, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.