Questions tagged [headphones]
Questions about using headphones with your computer.
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Bluetooth handsfree better quality
Is it somehow possible to get better audio quality sound when Bluetooth headphones are on hands-free mode? When it is audio only, sound quality is good (16-bit 44 kHz) but when I talk through the ...
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Bad sound through bluetooth headphones
I have a problem with the sound quality of a pair of Acoustic CHP600BT Solutions Bluetooth Headphones - Black.
When I connect these headphones to my phone (Samsung S2 plus), the sound quality is ...
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Bad sound quality of 3.5mm headphone with mic on laptop
I have a set of headphones that have a built-in mic for hands-free calling. They work great on my Sony Ericsson Cedar cellphone.
The problem is that when I connect headphone to my Dell N5010 laptop ...
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How to get headphones and speakers working at the same time?
I have a Gigabyte P55-UD3 motherboard which comes with a Realtek sound card and audio header for the front panel. My headset is permanently connected to the front panel (mic in, headphones in) and I ...
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How do I keep my bluetooth headphones from connecting to my windows 10 machine when it's connected to my phone?
My laptop (running Win10) repeatedly "steals" the bluetooth connection for my headphones while they're connected to my phone. The only way I've been able to prevent the headphones' connection from ...
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Drivers for headphones with in-line mic and remote control
Is there a way to get the in-line microphone and remote controller on headphones to work on Windows?
I've got Koss iSpark designed to work with iPhone, but also other smartphones. It has in-line ...
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Can a (notebook) hard drive be affected by magnets, such as those in a headphone or a cell phone'?
I would like to carry the notebook computer around, together with the ear-bud headphones and the cell phone. But since ear-bud headphones have magnets into it, can't it affect the notebook's hard ...
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Is it possible to boost Windows' sound volume to a higher limited value?
I often listen to Last.fm with my headphones on, but sadly, some songs are recorded with a bit lower volume than the other. Even when maxing out all my audio settings, I want more.
Is there any way ...
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How do I force single (only) channel audio in youtube/flash videos to play in both (left/right) channels?
Occasionally, I find Youtube videos that have only one audio channel (only left or only right); example video (left channel only).
This is quite annoying, especially with headphones on, as I hear ...
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How can I lower the volume of my USB headphones?
Yes, I really am asking how to turn down the volume. But first, some more detail:
My headphones are http://www.edimensional.com/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=122
They are really loud. I ...
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Sound quality in bluetooth headphones doesn't change to high
My Bluetooth headset Philips SHB6610 has several profiles. It can work as low-quality sound headset (HFP) and high-quality sound headphones (A2DP). Typically whenever I start to play the music in my ...
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JBL Bluetooth headset sounds bad on Windows 10 when using it with Skype
I have problems using a JBL TUNE 500BT bluetooth headset with Windows 10. The headset works fine with my phone but not working with Windows 10.
After searching the net all solutions are talking ...
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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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Bluetooth headphones have delay (lag)
I've recently switched to a pair of Bluetooth headphones on my laptop. But when I use them the sound is lagging by 3/10th of a second.
I used this video to check: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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How can I configure dual headphones under Windows 7?
Some laptops - in particular my Dell Studio XPS - have two headphone ports.
Under Windows 7 currently the last pair of headphones plugged in begins to accept the output.
Is there something special ...
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How can I set sound to mute by default, but automatically "un-mute" when I plug in headphones in Windows 7?
I want my Windows 7 machine to autmatically un-mute when I plug in headphones, and then return to mute when i unplug them.
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Pairing Sony bluetooth headphones with my PC, under Windows 7
I have the Sony DR-BT50 wireless headphones.
I've been able to successfully pair them to my iPhone and play music through them, but no such luck with my PC.
I can add it to the bluetooth devices, ...
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Are USB headphones/headsets inferior to regular ones?
Some headsets use an USB connection instead of connecting to the motherboard's regular audio output jack. Does that make them inferior in any way to other headsets? What about USB 2.0?
I'm looking for ...
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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 via Bluetooth. All other things being equal (e.g. the quality of the headphones themselves is ...
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Connected Bluetooth Headphones don't appear as Playback device in Windows 10
I've been struggling with this for a while. Updated all drivers I could, no luck. Headphones connect and pair successfully, appear in manager, show all services correctly, but don't appear as a ...
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Does Bluetooth 5 fix the sound quality issues with using headphones audio+mic at the same time?
I recently bought a pair of Sony h.ear on 2 bluetooth headphones that include a mic intending to use them to replace the wired headphones I currently use with my late 2016 Macbook Pro (the first touch ...
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Music but no voices on headphones
I have a laptop with Windows 7 and I have headphones for a couple of months, and only recently they started to play only the music, while the voices are there, but just very faint. I tried to connect ...
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Automatically adjust volume for audio jack vs. built in speakers?
Is there a setting to have my Windows 10 laptop automatically remember my volume settings when I plug in or unplug a device (speakers or headphones) into the 1/8" audio jack?
For instance, if I plug ...
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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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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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JBL headphones have miserable sound quality with bluetooth on laptop, deactivation of mic (the supposed fix) is not possible
I bought some JBL LIVE 650BTNC headphones and am trying to use them via bluetooth on a windows 8.1 laptop. The pairing works, but the sound quality is abysmal. This is not the case if connected via ...
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How can I use iPhone headsets as a computer microphone?
iPhone headsets have both microphone and headphone functionality using 1 jack. However, my computer has two jacks for two different things: Microphone and headphones. How can I use it for both on my ...
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Use internal speakers without unplugging headphones?
At work I have a Lenovo X220 in a docking station running Windows 7. I have my headphones plugged in most of the time. Occasionally I want to enable the speakers so a co-worker can hear something. To ...
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Why can't I click Listen to Music in Windows 7 for Bluetooth headphones?
Here is a screenshot of where Listen to Music appears. I cannot click it, it simply does nothing if clicked. Alternately while in Playback Devices > Sound I cannot right click and press "connect".
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Simultaneous use of A2DP and HFP bluetooth profiles
Is there any general support for this in any OS?
I'm trying to use my Sennheiser URBANITE XL Wireless headphones to play a game on Windows 10 and talk on Teamspeak simultaneously. I can't figure out ...
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Windows 10 - Bluetooth turned off and now can't be turned back on - "Bluetooth setting cannot be changed."
I have Bluetooth headphones, and they were out of battery so I disconnected them. When I tried to reconnect later, they refused, so I tried turning the bluetooth off and on in Windows. When I turned ...
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Headphone jack stops working after suspend / reboot
I had this really annoying problem, where the headphone jack would work fine after a cold start. But after suspending or cold rebooting (restart the computer without completely shutting it down) the ...
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What are good noise reducing earphones for use with a PC? [closed]
I need a pair of noise reducing earphones (you know, the small ones, that you put inside your ear) what will work with my PC and that I can carry around with me to work and back.
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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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Computer sounds, not music to headphones and computer speaker at the same time?
I'd like to have the windows sounds output to the computer's speaker and to headphones, but any other media to output sound to headphones only (when they're plugged in). Is this possible?
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Microphone being recognised as a Headphone
I have tried attaching this microphone (3.5mm audio jack) to my android to see if the device was the issue, but it still is not detected. On windows, it comes up as a headphone rather than a ...
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3.5mm headphone jack -> component video?
I have a strange cord that has a male 3.5mm headphone jack on one side, and some component video and audio outputs on the other. When I plug the headphone side into my computer, and the other side ...
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usb headphones only playing certain audio
I've got some usb headphones with mic (Logitech clear chat USB (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/webcam-communications/internet-headsets-phones/devices/3621 actually, the version before this one, but ...
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Just one side of my headphones work (Arch-Linux)
I'm using Arch-Linux on my Laptop (Thinkpad E470) and tried to hear music with my Teufel Massive headphones. I can hear just with the left side, the right side seems to be not working. I've tried the ...
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Bluetooth wireless headphones will only change volume from the headphones and not the computer
When I change the volume on my Windows 10 computer using the keys to change the volume, it doesn't change the volume for my JBL Tune 750BTNC wireless headphones but the headphones in built volume ...
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Bluetooth headset not connecting windows 7
I'm using Windows 7 on a Dell laptop, when pairing my bluetooth headset this message appears.
Image attached, click to open
FYI, I have everything installed and set, except when I click Services on ...
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Windows 8 . Headphones detected but no sound
I have a big problem with sound on my computer. I have Realtek High definition Audio sound and it is not working ok. Here is the situation:
On device manager I can see (under Audio inputs and outputs)
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Windows: Toggle front or back audio jack using software?
I have a Lenovo desktop PC running Windows 8.1. I have two speakers plugged into the audio jack in the back and a pair of headphones plugged into the audio jack on the front panel.
Is there a way to ...
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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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How do you enable speaker output while headphones are on for SELECT programs?
For example, I like to game with headphones on, I listen to music with headphones on and more. I keep the headphones on for many reasons such as not disturbing the neighbors. I don't like to unplug ...
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How can I use the "Windows Live Call Button" on my headphone to answer a call with Skype?
Webcams and headphones from Microsoft (like for example the LifeChat ZX-6000, in my case) have a button which can be used only with Windows Live Messenger, to answer a call.
There is no option ...
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Sound playing through speakers when headphones are plugged in
My computer model is an Acer Aspire Timeline U currently running Windows 7 Enterprise.
My headphones are in perfect working order, but recently when I have plugged them into my laptop, the sound ...
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Microsoft Surface Headphones 2 - mic button with sensitivity issue on Mac OS x
I just bought a Microsoft Surface Headphones 2 and I'm using it with multiple devices. My main computer is running Mac OS X.
The headphones are really great, the problem is, when I press the mute ...
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Headphone no sound in Windows 7
It worked fine for two years, but the Windows 7 on my laptop no longer plays sound through headphones. When plugged in, the speakers stop (I've read that some people's speakers play instead of ...
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How to listen to music while my speaker plays something else [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Enable multiple audio outputs on Windows 7
I want to listen to music via my headphones while the speakers play something else. I've searched the Internet but couldn't come up ...