Headphones won't work with Vista

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Steve

Hello,


I have Vista Home and recently I tried to plug in headphone to listen to
a you tube video. But, no sound! When I went to the control panel and
ran a test that worked I could hear the test sounds.

Is there some fix for this? I believe that I have all my drivers
updated. I don't know what else to do.

Thanks,

Steve
 
What type of headphones - is it a microphone/headphone combo headset, or
just your run of the mill Headphones that you'd wear with a
Walkman/Ipod/whatever, or a set that you'd listen to your Hi-Fi with (the
bigger, cover-the-ears type?

If you can hear the test sounds that's fine.....OK now you need to see the
volume control; is there a separate control for Headphones (as opposed to
speakers)? (this would depend on your sound card & drivers, I expect)

Another check is to see if there's a separate volume control for "WAV"
sounds, and/or a master control for volume and also one for "Line In/Out"
and for MIDI files. The standard Windows volume control has basic controls
for these. Depending on your sound hardware, you might also have a
configuration utility specific to that, which you may need to adjust as
well.

For this video you're trying to watch, can you hear the sound on normal
speakers? If not, maybe the video doesn't have a sound track.

Also, depending on the video player you're using (probably the Flash/Video
plug in if it's on You-Tube) there's a volume control on that plugin as well
that may need adjusting.

Does your PC have a front headphone and rear headphone port? Maybe one is
disabled (I think that would be done through the config utility for your
particular sound card).


If you've tried all the above, I don't know what else to suggest. Maybe
delete the device in Device Manager, restart the machine and let Windows
re-detect the sound card/on-board sound and reload the drivers.
 
Andrew said:
What type of headphones - is it a microphone/headphone combo headset,
or just your run of the mill Headphones that you'd wear with a
Walkman/Ipod/whatever, or a set that you'd listen to your Hi-Fi with
(the bigger, cover-the-ears type?
Click to expand...

Hello,

No it's just a run of the mill headphone.
If you can hear the test sounds that's fine.....OK now you need to see
the volume control; is there a separate control for Headphones (as
opposed to speakers)? (this would depend on your sound card & drivers, I
expect)
Click to expand...

No separate volume control, and when I plug the headphones in the laptop
speakers still work.
Another check is to see if there's a separate volume control for "WAV"
sounds, and/or a master control for volume and also one for "Line
In/Out" and for MIDI files. The standard Windows volume control has
basic controls for these. Depending on your sound hardware, you might
also have a configuration utility specific to that, which you may need
to adjust as well.

For this video you're trying to watch, can you hear the sound on normal
speakers? If not, maybe the video doesn't have a sound track.
Click to expand...

Yes I can hear on the laptop speakers
Also, depending on the video player you're using (probably the
Flash/Video plug in if it's on You-Tube) there's a volume control on
that plugin as well that may need adjusting.

Does your PC have a front headphone and rear headphone port? Maybe one
is disabled (I think that would be done through the config utility for
your particular sound card). Front


If you've tried all the above, I don't know what else to suggest. Maybe
delete the device in Device Manager, restart the machine and let Windows
re-detect the sound card/on-board sound and reload the drivers.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the reply

Steve
 
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