Questions about using headphones with your computer.
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Bluetooth headphones static only with certain songs? [closed]
I have a set of these: http://www.jaybirdstore.com/s.nl/it.A/id.376/.f?CAWELAID=520010280000000006&catargetid=520010280000000416&cagpspn=pla&gclid=CMP8kfjPm7cCFSoV7AodoxoAJg
They are kind ...
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Using Apple earbud in-line remote functions on Windows 8
Is it possible to use the in-line remote of Apple-compatible headphones on a PC running Windows 8?
If this is possible, what hardware/drivers are necessary?
It would seem that this is significantly ...
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Connecting headphones to TV to hear sound from PS3 [closed]
I am seeking information regarding whether this is possible. Here is the current set-up:
Sony TV (I will get info regarding model) connected to PS3 via HDMI.
Sony TV has a headphone jack.
What I ...
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How can I increase the volume in my headphones past what is put out from my laptop
I have a HP Pavilion DV6 and I need more volume than what my laptop's integrated/default sound card and software offer. Will an external USB soundcard resolve this and/or do I need to upgrade the ...
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Headphone jack issue on windows 8
Just this morning I was using my computer normally. Then I started having a problem on my laptop, and I am not getting any audio on my headphones or external speakers. Yet, they are detected: when I ...
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Bluetooth headphones: great quality on iPhone, poor quality on notebook and PC
I recently got a new pair of Sony MDR-1RBT Bluetooth headphones. On my iPhone 4, they sound fantastic. But when I try to use them on my Windows PC or 2010 Macbook Pro, the sound quality drops ...
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PDP wireless headset won't work with Youtube or Twitch
I just started using this wireless headset and I'm having a stange problem with it. So far it's worked for everything. It works fine for Netflix and League of Legends and Windows Media Player, but ...
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Why do I just get background music if I plug my headphones halfway in?
This is weird. I plugged my headphones into the soundjack on the side of my Mac Air. I then go to Youtube and listen to a song, which sounds fine - I hear both the background music and the singing.
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Reinstalled Windows 7, sound won't play through headphone jack
So I recently reinstalled Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit edition, and though my computer plays sound through the speakers, when I plug any earbuds or headphones into the headphone jack I can't hear ...
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Do sony headphones work on dell inspiron laptop? [closed]
I have a dell inspiron laptop and a sony ericsson xperia x8. I am looking to buy earphones/headphones which are compatible with both and give good sound quality. I have always found sony earphones to ...
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I can hear through the headphone the flash drive working
The thing is that I can hear my flash drive working, eg: while copying some files.
Where should I look to fix that? Maybe it is related to bad grounding?
Some times when the GPU is doing too much ...
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iPod headphone to USB adapter
I have a set of headphones that have controls specifically designed for the iPhone, that is, they send signals through the 3.5mm cable and they are interpreted by the iPhone. I would like to connect ...
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Windows 7 Headphone Glitch
For some reason, it seems my headphones will not work right in Windows 7. When I plug them in, the built-in speakers (I have a laptop) get silenced, but no sound comes out of the headphones. Windows ...
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2answers
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What USB connection is this on my wireless headset? [closed]
My wireless headset has this USB connection which i swear i see all the time but im not sure what it is called.
Is it USB mini 4A or 5A or 5B i dont know!!!
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Headphone jack not working in Windows 7
My headphone jack doesn't work under Windows 7 64 bit.
I tried the following things:
3 different headphones speakers
2 different versions of the Realtek driver (2.7 / 2.6)
Standard Windows 7 ...
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How to find wireless headphones in a given broadcast frequency
I have a wireless microphone system connected to an amp, speakers, recording equipment, etc, in a lecture hall. A couple of the students have difficulty hearing (even sitting close to the speakers) ...
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Why can I hear only vocals when listening to music with my Nokia headset? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Bad sound quality of 3.5mm headphone with mic on laptop
I'm using a Nokia headset made for mobiles. When plugged into my computer, listening to songs on YouTube, I can ...
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Front Panel Audio is not working in windows 8
I currently upgraded to windows 8 and my asus A45V laptop's audio front panel is not working.The sound driver is Realtek. So,I downloaded the windows 8 driver from Asus website and installed it.Still ...
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Sound - headset not toggling between default Speakers to Headphones when present
In my asusg75vw Republic of Gamers laptop (win7-64bit ultimate) my laptop is not sensing when there are headphones present. In other words it won't toggle between the default speaker settings and the ...
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Window 8 x64 bit - Sound does not come through Headphone
I have installed Windows -8 64 bit about a month ago. Yesterday it shows an unusual behavior. Some time sound come from laptop speaker only after connecting headphone and some time sound comes from ...
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287 views
Bluetooth headset for Lenovo Thinkpad T420
I want to buy a headset which could connect wirelessly with Lenovo Thinkpad T420. I want to know if any bluetooth headset is compatible with it, or whether there is some technical specification I ...
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Sennheiser 151 headset; microphone not working when using the native connector (without USB adapter) - why?
when I am directly connecting the headset (Sennheiser 151) with my Dell XPS 15 laptop without using the little plug-to-USB-adapter (SpeedLink SL-8850-SBK VIGO USB Soundcard (is what the tiny label on ...
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How do I get sound to headphones AND DisplayPort output without changing Control Panel settings?
I just got a new custom PC running Windows 7 Professional. I'm connected to my monitor by DisplayPort, and the monitor has a headphone jack for sound from the DisplayPort signal. The computer also has ...
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Use mic from macbook air when iphone headphones are plugged in
My mic is broken in my iphone headphones, so when i'm on my macbook air i have to pull out the headphones so that the macbook mic is selected.
Is there anyway i can have the headphones plugged in and ...
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Convert Bluetooth Headset to 3.5mm Stereo Out And Mic In (Duplex)
I know stereo 3.5mm jack to Bluetooth dongles exist for Bluetooth headphones.
But what if this is for a Bluetooth headset with a Mic?
Are there Bluetooth dongles for line-in also?
For example, my ...
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How do I troubleshoot static noise in headphones connected to a computer that persists even after replacing the sound card?
I have an Asus P6T based system. I was using the on-board sound (plugging in Logitech X-230 2.1 analog speakers in the green "front speakers" 3.5mm analog output, then plugging in my headphones in ...
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How do I get audio to auto switch between devices? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Changing default playback device on Windows 8
Whenever I'm watching something on Chrome or playing a game and decided to plug a headset in or unplug it and go to ...
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Lenovo X1 Carbon, Win7 - speakers do not mute when plugging in headphones
I have a Lenovo X1 Carbon running windows 7.
When I plug in headphones the internal speakers do not mute.
Also, the mic input seems to come from internal mic, even when a headset is connected.
The ...
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I have nice headphones. Need a wireless USB microphone so I don't have to switch to a headset to make a call
Right now, I have a pair of Sennheiser HD595 headphones. They are plugged into a DAC/headphone amp. I spend all day listening to music through them and they sound awesome. Then, for making calls, I ...
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Earphone volume for a laptop
When I'm using an earphone for my laptop, the sound is unbearably loud than when I'm using speaker.
In Control Panel -> Sound, it seems that both of the laptop-embedded speaker and earphone are ...
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Laptop audio only in one side of headphone/earphone
I plugged in a pair of earphones into my laptop’s audio jack and the audio is only coming from one side. Here are the tests and results I tried:
Tried a different set of headphones with the same ...
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How to remotely control music with bluetooth headset?
I am using a bluetooth headset to listen to music on my Dell Inspiron N5110 running Windows 7.
Under "Bluetooth Devices" I can see that my headset is visible and working, and in the properties pages ...
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How to set Bluetooth headset microphone as recording device?
I've got these Bluetooth headphones I have connected with my computer. The deal is, I can either choose them to work as high quality audio output OR a VoIP device in "Bluetooth devices" window.
If I ...
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How to set bluetooth headphones as default audio output?
My computer is a laptop Dell Inspiron N5110 with built-in Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) 3.0 + High Speed Adapter. I want to use my new Bluetooth headphones Sennheiser MM 500-X as default ...
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TurtleBeach PX5 - is it possible to use it wired? How bad is it to recharge?
I am thinking about buying a TurtleBeach PX5, and so far everything speaks for it.
What I was not able to find out were two things:
Can I use the XBox-Connector to directly plug-in some audio-device ...
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Computer sporadically not recognizing when headphones are plugged in / unplugged
I have a computer with a headphone jack in the front and about half of the time when I plug in headphones it does not recognize that I have done so (i.e. it doesn't play audio through them, doesn't ...
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Can I connect my ipod's earphones to my computer?
My computer (recent model Dell z600) has 2 input devices on the front of the computer, 1 has an icon of headphones and the other is a Mic icon.
When I plugin my earphones to the input device that has ...
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How to avoid wireless headphones picking up white noise after x minutes of silence?
I own a set of Sennheiser wireless headphones (hdr120) and after a period of silence the transmitter seems to shut off and the headphones pick up white noise.
Is there a way to disable that?
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Volume changes when uplugging headphones
When I play some music in my system with headphones on, I get some level of volume and when I plug it out, the volume either goes up or down. Why is that so?
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Headphones are 'turning on' with awful noise
Headphones do awful noise for 3-7 seconds after some application starts to use them. For example, when I start a computer game or open Youtube video. After the noise they start to sound normally. When ...
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How can I get the headphone playback device back?
In Windows 7 64 bit, in my playback devices, I used to have Stereo for speakers and headphones. I upgraded my drivers to RealTek's latest, restarted my PC, and I lost the headphone playback device.
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Is there an USB device to allow a computer to be used as a phone?
We have a Windows computer (touch screen) to be installed in our factory but no telephone lines. Is there a simple way for the guys who are stood next to the computer to speak with IT? The computer ...
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OS X Headphone jack issue [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Optical Audio out stuck on on a MacBook
When I plug my headphones into my iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011; OSX 10.8.1) and try to adjust the volume, the volume popup shows a ...
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What attributes of headphones are important to make a buying decision? [closed]
When searching for a pair of headphones, the product descriptions contained key words like the following:
Headphone Driver Units,
Impedance,
Sensitivity,
Frequency Response,
etc etc.
What do ...
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Windows 7 can't pair with bluetooth headphones, how do I fix this?
Got this pair of Nokia bluetooth headphones that used to work great under Windows, but now I can't get it to pair.
Is weird since it works perfectly on Ubuntu and even on another Win7 PC, but not ...
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What affects the performance of an audio player and headphones?
A nice auditory experience comes from
high quality music files
good earphones
a powerful audio player
Sometimes I feel I need to evaluate the quality of an audio player since it makes a world of ...
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How do get headphones and speakers output from the rear panel?
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 ...
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USB headphones: how to use it correctly (streaming to usb-socket)?
I have a headphones with mini-usb plug.
So, how to correct use it?
I need wire: audio - mini-usb.
After that i need to choose it as default sound-output device, am i correct?
Is it possible to ...
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3.5mm Analog Audio vs. Bluetooth Audio Quality
I want to buy a wireless (bluetooth) headset, but I am worried about the sound quality when it's connected to Bluetooth. All other things being equal (e.g. the quality of the headphones themselves is ...
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How to make the mute sound button mute both speakers and headphones?
I want to make it so whenever I press the Mute speakers button in Volume Control or press the mute sound key on my keyboard both speakers and headphones get muted. This is what it was like when I had ...
