XBox Headset to PC Mic socket

[iainl]

Is this possible and practical? If so, could someone point me in the direction of the relevant lead? I'd quite like to use Voice Comms on PC games like UT2k4 and Battlefield 2, but I'm a cheapskate who doesn't want to buy a mic.

[Robot Monkey]

You need to convert a 2.5 mm plug with both mic and audio to two 1/8" plugs, one mic and one audio. Radio Shack has a device that seems to do this, but it is too damn complex and expensive.

 

Now, you could certainly make a rugged adapter (I made a flimsy one about a year ago), but if you don't have the parts lying around you could easily spend around $10 on parts.

 

What we really need is something like this in reverse. The linked adapter takes two 1/8" and gives you one stereo 3/32" (2.5 mm). I looked for this -- casually -- and haven't found one yet.

 

You could always use an $8 desktop mic and put voice through speakers. You'd want to fiddle with sensitivity and and activate a push-to-talk hotkey.

[iainl]

Thanks - I'll see if my local Maplin has something at a reasonable price.

 

Mind you, I've also just found a really old Sun mic lying around in my drawer here, so I might just use that now...

[GreenMonkey]

Cheaper and easier:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000665P5/ref=pd_cps_e_1/103-7894240-7049461?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846

 

and no bothering anyone else in the house with your sound That's what I have, I got it with a $10 coupon thingie at CC last year for like $6

 

Or:

 

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001NYK1G/qid=1124409797/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/103-7894240-7049461

 

You should be able to find the same items over there somewhere...maybe Amazon.uk?

[iainl]

That's certainly one option, though I'm loath to buy headsets over the net because I find most of them get really painful really quick on my head, as my ears get trapped between the headphone and my glasses frames.