Sound From Headphones And Speakers
Headphones or speakers in windows 7, Can't have both?
Looked over the other questions, nothing seemed close.
My machine was dual boot, XP and Vista ultimate, now XP and Windows 7. In both XP and Vista I could have the speakers and the headphones plugged in together, both playerd noise, and I could use one or the other by plugging them into the front and back audio jacks.
This enables me to play games during day with speakers, and then at night with head phones, and no reaching round under my desk to remove cables.
Now I am using windows 7 and amongst the many other problems I have with it, I can't play with speakers or headphone until I have gone through a silly lot of clicking to disable one or choose the other as default. Why has this been changed in windows 7 after Vista, it seems an utterly pointless logic. I can turn my speakers off with the power button and get the headphones working. Now I am either or. So my brand new IR head phones are wasted. Please someone tell me there is a work around?
It's little meddling silliness like this that make me want to remain in XP.
Much thanks in anticipation someone has figured a work around.
Hi Jennay,
Feb 13, 2014 how to fix the problem of speakers and headphones playing at the same time (2019). Front of the computer the sound did not transfer to the headphone, audio was.
·Who is your sound card manufacturer?
To check the Sound Card manufacturer, follow the steps mentioned below.
1. Click on Start; in thestart search type “msinfo32” (without quotes) and hit Enter.
2. In the left pane, under system summary, expand Components and click on Sound Device.
3. Check the “value” for the item “name” in the right pane.
·Did you recently make any changes to your computer?
Most of the sound card driver software usually has an application which will include a volume mixer, equalizers, etc. If you’ve a sound application installed along with your sound driver, then I would ask you to check the settings for the speakers and headphone in that application.
I would also suggest you to make your headphone as the default device when it is plugged in.
Step 1:To make headphone as the default device
a.Click on Start; Go to Control Panel.
b.Click on Sound.
c.Switch to Recording.
d.Select your microphone/headset as the default device.
e.Save the changes by clicking on OK.
Step 2: Uninstall and re-install your audio device drivers
a.Click on Start; in the start search type “devmgmt.msc” without quotes and press Enter.
b.Expand Sound, Video and Game controllers.
c.Right click on the audio component and then click uninstall.
Once you’ve uninstalled the driver completely, manually download the drivers for your computer manufacturer website and install it. You can visit the link below to know how to manually update the driver for a device.
Update a driver for hardware that isn't working properly
Hope this information is helpful and let me know if you need any further assistance.
Mouneshwar R – Microsoft Support
Separate Sound From Headphones And Speakers
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