How to stop headphones from becoming 'Input' for sound

Hi,
I hope somebody here can help me with this problem.
When I connect my headphones to my Macbook Pro via the jack, the Sound Settings automatically change so that the headphones are not only the Output but the Input too - so if I record something whilst the headphones are connected, rather than the Internal Microphone being the default recording device, the headphones record instead!
The problem is that I'd much rather use the Internal Microphone as the Input when the headphones are connected as the Output. But for some reason there's no option in System Preferences to stop the headphones automatically becoming the Input and to use the Internal Mic for this instead. This seems bizarre to me, as my previous headphones were purely Output by default.
Is there any way I can change this? Set the headphones as Output only, whilst using the Internal Microphone as Input?
There must be some kind of Advanced Settings somewhere!
I'd be very grateful for any suggestions!
Cheers,
Jay
p.s. Below is a screenshot of my System Settings > Sound after I've plugged the headphones in. As you can see, Input has changed to 'headphones with in-built external mic" and there appears to be no way to change it!

Long shot, but...
Open Audio Midi Setup in Applications>Utilities, see the input & output options & KHz setting there, some things will change it for their own use, then not set it back.

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