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Bluetooth Headphones sound terrible on Mac OS X?
In case anyone ends up here, like me, experiencing this problem on a more recent Mac OS (in my case Sierra): None of the other solutions here worked for me. Sierra doesn't give the option to connect ...
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Earbuds vs. on-ear vs. over-ear headset in Windows 10
I have a Dell laptop with an audio controller tool MaxxAudioPro, and these pictures are what it shows on plugging in the headphones.
(Earbuds)
(On-ear)
(Over-ear)
Depending on how the tool ...
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How can I get the battery level of my Bluetooth headphone over a Windows PC?
In Windows 7, part of the Bluetooth stack was provided by 3rd party (such as Widcomm, Toshiba, etc) add-on software. Some of them did support battery level display for some type of devices (there are ...
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Headphone volume is way too loud in windows 10 even with an external usb sound card
I had the exact same problem with my DT 770 Pro headphones. I could maximum have Windows' volume on 2/100.
I use this software to lower the volume:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/
I ...
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Bluetooth headphones - "Uncheck Handsfree Telephony profile" did not work
After much frustration, googling and facepalming without getting any wiser, the following "WTH-I'll-just-try-this" fix worked for me:
go to bluetooth settings.
your bluetooth headset should show "...
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How do I force single (only) channel audio in youtube/flash videos to play in both (left/right) channels?
Windows 10:
Windows Settings > Ease of access > Audio, and on the right panel just toggle "Turn mono audio" to "ON".
Original answer now obsolete in updated Windows 10:
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Bluetooth handsfree better quality
Short:
No
Long:
There are so called Profiles in Bluetooth, and only one can be active at a time.
A2DP supports one-way HQ audio (unless hacks)
HSP/HFP support two-way audio, but only with very poor ...
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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?
As far as I know, there is no way to dissuade Windows from connecting
with a paired Bluetooth device. Some methods exist for that, which
involve brute-force solutions :
Connect the Bluetooth device ...
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JBL Bluetooth headset sounds bad on Windows 10 when using it with Skype
After doing some digging I saw someone mention setting something on the output, but wasn't clear. After playing around with the controls, I found out that (In Windows 10) you have to go into Sound ...
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Windows 10 Bluetooth cannot find my Sony MDR-XB950BT/B Headphones
From the Manual of your sony mdr-xb950bt headphones:
place unit 1 meter from bluetooth device
enter pairing mode by pressing POWER button for 7 seconds
when the device is detected, select MDR-XB950BT,...
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Connected Bluetooth Headphones don't appear as Playback device in Windows 10
I encountered the same problem with Windows 10 and my Dell computer/LG Bluetooth speaker. I accidentally found a way to resolve the problem by referring to the answer from the previous contributor ...
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Drivers for headphones with in-line mic and remote control
This depends on the connector, look at the tip of the headphone jack, and count the stripes:
The jacks on computers (PCs anyway, not Macs!) are typically 3 conductor TRS so they will only work for
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JBL headphones have miserable sound quality with bluetooth on laptop, deactivation of mic (the supposed fix) is not possible
I have a set of JBL Headphones too, though not exactly your model. I was facing similar issues as yours and coincidentally, just like you, none of the solutions from the thread you linked worked for ...
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Bluetooth handsfree better quality
It is even more complicated: not only HFP (Hands Free Profile) 1.6 (2011), but even HFP 1.7 (2018) consider mSBC codec (the prerequisite for feature called Wide Band Speech - basically sample rate: 16 ...
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Bluetooth headphones have delay (lag)
There will always be SOME delay, compared to wired headphones.
Bluetooth transmission is not instant, but the main issue is buffering. You need to hold a bit of the audio before you can compress and ...
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Connected Bluetooth Headphones don't appear as Playback device in Windows 10
The usual procedure is :
If wired, plug in the headphones. If Bluetooth, pair and ensure they are visible in Bluetooth Neighborhood.
Right-click the speaker icon and click Playback devices
Right-...
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How to get Windows 10 to recognize my Bose Quietcomfort 35 headphones as headphones instead of an "unspecified device"?
Connect Quiet Comfort 35 II to PC
for Windows 10 do these steps:
plug your headphone to PC by USB cable
update your headphone software through this site
Make your headphone "ready to pair" ...
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Force Windows to re-check the headphone jack without a reboot
Appear to have found a solution which worked on several tests.
Open Device Manager
Expand the Sound, video and game controllers node (see image)
Right-click the Realtek(R) Audio device and select ...
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Troubleshooting Bluetooth device did not accept stereo audio connection
Try this:
1) Go to: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Devices and Printers
2) Right click the icon of the bluetooth headphones, click 'Properties'
3) Go to the tab Services, uncheck all, leave ...
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Headphone jack stops working after suspend / reboot
After searching for quite a while, I have come up with a solution that works well for me and might help you too:
The code is mostly taken from here.
Get the code
There exists a python script that ...
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Where is my "Loudness Equalization" tab?
This is a setting specifically meant for certain on-board and normal sound cards. If your soundcard does not support this, it will not exist.
That doesn't mean you're out of luck. I use Equalizer APO ...
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How do I force single (only) channel audio in youtube/flash videos to play in both (left/right) channels?
Free, no additional software required for most:
Use any basic "vocal cancellation" or "Headphone Virtualization" feature.
It is offered by many audio drivers, e.g. with the standard Realtek driver, ...
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Bad sound through bluetooth headphones
The solution for me was to disable the headset microphone (from the Recording devices menu), disconnect, and reconnect again. So now I am using the headset only as a playback device and the sound is ...
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Bluetooth headphones - "Uncheck Handsfree Telephony profile" did not work
I had this exact same problem with the Sony MDR-XB950BT, but the previous solutions listed here didn't work for me.
Here's what did work for me, in case it helps anyone else who finds this question ...
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Microphone being recognised as a Headphone
The jack [TRS] on your mic is one normally used used for camera mic inputs, rarely for computer mics.
To a computer, that looks like a headphone jack [TRS], not a headset jack [TRRS], which would ...
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How do I handle only being able to use earphones with one ear?
Some ideas:
"On-air talent" (like newscasters and talk show hosts), use a single earpiece similar to this:
The earpiece is often acoustically coupled via tubing to a transducer clipped somewhere ...
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Just one side of my headphones work (Arch-Linux)
When this happens the likely issue is that ALSA's left right balance is set wrong.
You can adjust this with the textmode program alsamixer as well as in a graphical application like kmix.
Determine ...
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Headphone mic only works when the headphone cord moves
It means either the cable is broken inside, or that the contacts are bent in the socket.
Test another headset & another socket to narrow down which is at fault..
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Can I receive FM radio signal via Headphone port on Laptop?
No. Laptops do not offer a build-in FM decoder.
A SoC (System on a Chip) usually has them, but their reception is too weak. The headphone is then used as an antenna, which is why it works for phones.
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Bluetooth headphones - "Uncheck Handsfree Telephony profile" did not work
I just ran into a similar situation, only hands-free, no stereo. Device manager indicated something wrong with Microsoft Bluetooth A2dp source. The solution is to Run the System File Checker tool. Got ...
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