Questions tagged [headphone-jack]
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How to disable "Which device did you plug in?" prompt?
Recently I got Dell Inspiron laptop. Every time I plug in my headphones it prompts me with this dialog Which device did you plug in?
Is there a way to disable this prompt? I never get such ...
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Disabling Realtek audio notification on Windows 10
I have HP's Bang & Olufsen stuff factory installed. This appears to be built on top of Realtek HD Audio manager, yet the sound manager is still B&O. I want to disable the realtek notification ...
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Is there a difference between speaker and headphone jacks/ports?
I have a 2.1 speaker setup going into my computer, but primarily plug them into the headphone jack as it is easier to access. I do this because I switch between a couple different devices with these ...
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How can earbuds+mic use a single audio jack?
For various reasons, I've been working nomadically in a city away from home, oftentimes videoconferencing from the laptop at public spaces. The background noise annoys meeting participants, and there'...
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How does a sound card determine if headphones are plugged in?
This is actually two questions in one.
First, how do soundcards (the cheap ones) "detect" whether the headphones are plugged in? By measuring resistance or by some other technique?
Second, can I ...
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Always use laptop mic when headset is plugged in
I have a laptop with combo audio jack, which means whenever I plug an earbud that has a mic, the machine will automatically detect that mic and disable the laptop's internal mic. That's not good ...
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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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Headphones not recognized Windows 10
I just upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 and now my headphones are not working. I have an Alienware M14x with three jacks (mic / headset / headphones) and have tried all of them. The built-in ...
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how do I make my computer only play through my speaker even if headphones are plugged in?
My mini-jack input is broken, so my computer(HP pavilion dv6 Notebook) thinks there is headphones plugged in at all times. If I physically press lightly on the headphone intput location, speakers ...
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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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Ubuntu headset with single p3 input - When mic is on headphone is off
I have a single P3 input on my notebook and i bought a headset to use both the headphone and the mic.
When i go to sound settings and set the sound input to be the headset mic the headset phone does ...
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How to connect 3.5 mm 4-conductor jack headset to computer with 100% functionality?
I got Sony headset with 3.5 mm 4-conductor jack. It has microphone and a button on the wire and it works fine with mobile phones and tablets.
But how to use it with a desktop computer?
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Debian Wheezy no sound through jack output
I have strange problem with sound on my Debian wheezy powered notebook. Sound is not playing through jack output, but speakers are working just OK.
lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel ...
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How to switch between headphones and speakers without unplugging the headphones
When i'm using Ubuntu 18, I'm able to freely switch the audio output between my plugged-in headphones (with a jack plug) and the PC speakers using PulseAudio, without unplugging the headphones .
I ...
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Avoiding headphone jack issues
I want to listen to white noise using headphones to help concentrate while coding, but I've been constantly plagued by crappy connectors which end up losing contact and muting one of the sides (or ...
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Can't get audio from front headphone jack
There seems to be no straightforward way to get sound from headphones plugged into the front audio jack, while having the rear jack sending audio out to external speakers on my desktop PC.
I have a ...
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disable headphone jack in Vista
I have a Dell Studio XPS 1645 laptop, it has 1 microphone and 2 headphone jacks.
Problem is, one of the headphone jacks has became faulty and Windows thinks it's constantly in use, thus I can only ...
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Headphones stereo sound in mono
I have a new desktop computer with a motherboard MSI B75A-G41, so I have installed the HD Realtek drivers to get the audio. My problem is I use headset (Philips SHL9560) plugged in the front headphone ...
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Microphone not working with headset jack splitter
I am trying to connect my headset to my computer and I am having problems with the microphone.
My headset is a Sennheiser MOMENTUM 2, which has a 4 pole jack. My computer has separate connectors for ...
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Does sound come out of both audio ports?
My computer has two headphone jacks, and I haven't been able to listen to both of them at the same time. Do both of them output the same sound?
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Headphone Daemon - for Linux?
Is there a headphone daemon for Linux like there is for maemo? It is really convenient that whenever you unplug your headphones, the media player automatically stops playing.
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How to get sound from a 'record out' sound output into a Thinkpad
The Lenovo Thinkpad T440 (specifications) running Windows 7, and has all the latest audio drivers installed and reported to be working. The machine has what's called a "Combo audio/microphone jack". ...
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How to COMPLETELY disable jack (front panel) detection in Windows?
I would like to COMPLETELY disable jack detection in Windows.
COMPLETELY means:
1) disable detection of headphones/microphone/etc plugged
2) disable detection of plugged/unplugged
3) disable ...
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Why the volume is higher when earphones' jack is not plugged in completely?
This is interesting.
When I plug in the jack completely the volume is normal as it should be, but the interesting part is that if I do not plug it completely but leave around 2 mm. of the jack ...
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Can't reinsert jack headphone
I was listening to some music with my headphone when suddenly the jack jumps out by itself. I try to put it in again but it seems something is blocking it, preventing it to be properly connected. What ...
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Weird front headphones jack issue
I seem to be experiencing a weird problem with the front headphone jack of my pc.
It was working fine yesterday until i tripped while have my earphones on which disconnected the jack very roughly.
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Sometimes no sound over headphone jack on Dell E6530 on Windows 8.1
I have a Dell E6530 Laptop with Windows 8.1 64 Bit and the newest sound driver installed (IDT 92HD93 High-Definition Audio Driver 3330_Audio_Driver_C6HVR_WN_1.0.6491.0_A08).
Sometimes after booting I ...
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jack not recongized in a dell inspiron 13 5000 series
I have a Dell inspiron 13 5000 series.
When I'm putting the music through the speakers, it is working fine.
However, when I'm putting headphones into the jack, the music keeps playing in the speaker ...
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How to check if a jack port is CTIA or OMTP?
I tried running lshw but I see nothing related to the answer. And I checked using cat /dev/input/event21 that plugging and unplugging a headset results in bytes being written there.
*-input:10
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Two TRRS cables: both work great in macOS but only one works in Windows?
I have two four-contact (TRRS) headphone cables that I'm trying to use with a 2013 15" Macbook Pro: a Monoy Replacement Beats Audio Cable and a V-MODA 1-Button Speakeasy Cable. In macOS, both cables ...
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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 greyed ...
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Linux no sound on headphone jack
I am unable to get sound out of the headphone jack on my laptop while the speakers work properly, I`m running this;
HP Spectre X360 (13-w010nd x360)
Linux Lite 4.0 (based on Ubuntu 18 LTS)
Im not ...
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No audio on Win10, untill I plug in some hearphones
I have a problem with my PC (Win 10 Home).
Every time I start the PC, the audio does not work. Only when I plug something in the jack port it starts working (and continues to work even if I unplug ...
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Retina Macbook headphone jack built-in mic no device driver (bootcamp)
I have a retina MBP. There is only one headphone jack, which allows for headphones with built in mics (like the apple iphone headphones) to be plugged in and used along with the microphone.
This ...
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Popping/Buzzing sound when pluging in speakers with external power
I have these speakers (Genius SP-HF1250B) with power drawn from power socket and every time I am plugging them in, from the point when connector touches the jack input connector to the point of full ...
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Headphone jack potentially getting loose
So I am using a lenovo T460 laptop. I have plugged in my headphones this morning and I noticed it comes in and comes out very easily. It does not happen before. Usually if I need to take my headphones ...
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Speakers don't control headphone volume
(I'm not sure whether this question fits this site, but I'm really curious about this issue)
I had a pair of old Genius speakers that I had connected my headphones to and used their volume control ...
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How to force laptop to play through built-in speaker even when headphone jack is plugged in? [duplicate]
When I was attempting to take out my headphones I accidentally snapped the metallic connector off, so it became stuck in my computer's headphone jack slot. As a result, my computer now thinks there ...
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laptop headphone jack problems
A while back my headphones mysteriously started making static noise and one of them stopped working completely. At first I thought it was headphones so I bought new ones. Alas that did not solve the ...
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Computer headphone out to Stereo Aux in
I am connecting my headphone to an aux in via a splitter cable, phono to rca. There is no ground loop.
There is a hum.
Do I need a pre-amp?
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constant high frequency beep when headphones are plugged into headphone jack?
I have a problem with my laptop.
It has Win 10(64bit) with Realtek High Definition Audio.
Whenever I plug my headphones into the headphone jack, I hear a constant high frequency beep on the right ...
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Is it possible to use a microphone that is plugged into the headphone jack of a Lenovo X230?
Usually, I have a doc. station, but currently I'm abroad and forgot it. The day after tomorrow I have a very important meeting, but can't connect my microphone.
I tried to plugging it into a headphone ...
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Is it it possible to send an A/V receiver commands via a USB cable to a 3.5mm jack on the receiver? [closed]
I have a Linux computer (Ubuntu 20.04.5) and a Harman Kardon AVR51 A/V receiver which has a 3.5mm input jack for IR remote control.
My question is, if it is possible to send some kind of command from ...
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Noise from input audio, both audio jack-to-jack and HDMI
My PC has a 3.5mm analog audio output for headphones or speaker. As such, there's no noise and the sound quality is good.
After adding an audio splitter, I plug my headphone into one of the 3.5 mm ...
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Read jack splitter as two separate devices
I ran out of jack output connectors on my pc, and I recently bought a jack splitter to connect another sound card (my second monitor which requires a VGA connection).
The problem is, and I can't ...
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How to connect speaker/headphone to one 3.5mm jack available on Laptop
My laptop is Asus FX505GE. It has one 3.5mm audio jack.
Is it possible to connect my headphone's audio jack (of two jacks) to the audio port of the laptop and use the laptop's built in speaker? If I ...
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How to change what jacks sound devices use for Windows 10?
I'm using a Realtek audio card and driver. Unfortunately, the one device it recognizes in the windows sound menu is listed as speakers, and used both the front and back sets of audio jacks. Since I ...
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Computer recognizes combo mic-headphone as mic only
I bought a new HP Notebook, which has a combo mic/earphone jack.
I plugged into it my earbuds, which have both a microphone and speaker component, but the computer only recognizes the microphone part....
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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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How to use my smartphone headset on my computer?
I recently bought a new laptop, an Acer VN7-791G-79TX. There is only one jack port for both headphones and microphone. I would like to use the headset that I use on my smartphone with my new laptop. ...
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