How to Locate the Headphone Jack on a Computer

Locate the headphone jack on your computer.

A computer headphone jack is a 3.5 mm port that accepts pin-shaped plugs from standard headphones. If you own a laptop computer, you will find the headphone jack located along one of the front or side edges of your computer. Most laptops use a small graphic or carving in the shape of headphones to indicate the purpose of the port. If you own a PC, the headphone jack may be located in several places.

Instructions

1. Look at your computer speakers. Many contain a headphone jack near the bottom. As with laptop headphone jacks, computer speaker headphone jacks usually contain an image or carving above the port to indicate its purpose.

2. Look on your CD-ROM drive. Many contain a headphone jack with a green socket.

3. Look behind your computer. Almost all computers have a headphone jack here. Again, the port is usually green.

Tips & Warnings

• Most computers use color-coded mini jack sockets to indicate the purpose of the jack. Although not universal, red generally indicates a microphone input, black indicates a line input and green indicates a line output.

References

• Phone Scoop: Headphone Jack (3.5mm)
• Delback; Clive's FAQ About Audio on a PC; January 2003