Blagged an old pair of computer speakers and currently trying to work out how to switch between the headphones and speakers.
PC has a front and rear panel have the standard green 3.5mm jack. When I plug headphones in the front the speakers switch off. I want a way to manually turn on the speakers - don't mind if only the rear jack plays or both front and rear jack play.
Am I missing something obvious?
Both playback devices are listed as the same name (can't seem to find a way to rename them) and when I switch between them all that happens is the headphones turn on or off - but the speakers will not play if the headphones are plugged into the front jack.
Any ideas?
Trying to download https://realtek-download.com/download-hd/ but for some reason it's taking forever (1.30hrs!). But thought there might be something simple I'm missing.
I'm going to guess it's the joy of this connector and the ac97/hd audio split on some realtek stuff or even just a driver that supports it and has created 2 devices for you with neither of them being the headphone ports.
Try have a dig around in control panel to setup more audio devices.
Blagged an old pair of computer speakers and currently trying to work out how to switch between the headphones and speakers.
PC has a front and rear panel have the standard green 3.5mm jack. When I plug headphones in the front the speakers switch off. I want a way to manually turn on the speakers - don't mind if only the rear jack plays or both front and rear jack play.
Am I missing something obvious?
Both playback devices are listed as the same name (can't seem to find a way to rename them) and when I switch between them all that happens is the headphones turn on or off - but the speakers will not play if the headphones are plugged into the front jack.
Any ideas?
Trying to download https://realtek-download.com/download-hd/ but for some reason it's taking forever (1.30hrs!). But thought there might be something simple I'm missing.
Cheers.
EDIT: I think I've renamed them at least.