How do get headphones and speakers output from the rear panel?

Question

I just want to be able to switch to headphones and speakers, for example in daylight I dislike headphones but in the night I would like to wear them.

I could do that, simply plugging headphones to the front panel and speakers to the rear panel

But I don't like the cable and all that in front of my pc, I want everything coming from the rear panel of my pc

is this posible?

Right now i have the mic of my headphones into the " mic in (rear panel) and the speakers and audio output of headphones plugged into this

A Headphone splitter, so I muted my TV in the night to hear only headphones.

Mobo: ASUS P8XZ77-V-pro HD audio.

Answer 1

You cannot switch from headphones to speakers and speakers to headphones on the rear panel on the same Speakers-Out port. This is because:

• The attachment is exterior to the motherboard.
• It cannot control or switch over a cable which is just a splitter or acts like one.

What you can do is:

• Attach your speakers to the Line-Out port at the rear.
• Attach your headphones to the Speakers-Out port at the rear.
• And then use your sound control panel to use any one, or use both.

Answer 2

If you a rear usb port, you can get a usb audio dongle and switch outputs as necessary in the audio panel in the tasktray.