Laptop and headphones

[eee-tee]

Hi Guys, we have recently bought our first laptop, and i was hoping you could help me with this. I'm sure its pretty obvious but I can't seen to sort it out

So how do I get the sound coming only through headphones. ATM i plug them in, but am getting sound from the speakers as well. If its a standard setting on laptops would love to know what it is lol

[JPnyc]

that's unusual, normally just plugging in headphones cuts out the main speakers. If it's a Windows operating system, go into control panel, sounds and audio devices, speaker settings, advanced button, and select stereo headphones from the drop-down. I've never had this problem but that's the first thing I would try.

[104456]

Normally the plug outlet has an internal connection which should cut out the external speakers when the plug is inserted.Try waggling the plug and see if the speakers cut out.Id say you probably have a faulty inlet on the motherboard.Are you sure its the headphone socket and not something like an audio out socket?

[eee-tee]

Hi guys, I've since tried using a different set of headphones and they work fine, funny that
Thanks for the advice though

[SuperSparks]

I suspect the plug on the original pair was a little short. They are supposed to be made to standard dimensions, but despite that they still vary a bit sometimes, especially with cheapo ones.

[puterfixer]

If your headphones are connected via USB, then they act as a separate sound card and you'll need to configure your system to use that output instead of the on-board sound card.

If the headphones use a standard stereo plug, itmay be designed to work that way, to allow speaker and headphones used simultaneously. You may need to install the right drivers for the sound card, bundled with an application which detects when you plug in the headphones and gives you the option to mute the speaker or not. Some desktop systems with on-board audio do this.

Another thing to check is the volume for "PC Speaker" in the volume control. See what happens if you mute it.

If all fails, it could be a deffective connector, which implies you'll have to send the laptop in to have the motherboard replaced.

Obviously, I assumed you checked that you aren't plugging the headphones into the microphone connector

[day0day]

This sounds reasonable.

[hjustin2]

Yea, hi.. So yall said sound coming from internal and analog is from the sound driver??
I've downgraded my pavilion dv 2715nr to xp, which Hp does not support the graphics, sound, and much more drivers.
Well theres times i need to have privacy with my analog headset. Worked fine before with OS Vista. I did not save any drivers from that OS.
Anyway got most things to work, its when i plug the headset in nothing till i hit the volume, or mute and unmute again, for the headset to work. Then the internal speakers still play sound..

[hjustin2]

I have not still found it out. I went to hp site and chated online with tech. One tech advised me to a driver download, I had to go back because something went wrong when I tried to bookmark the links.
A diffrent tech person advise me that my hardware proble wasn't compatible with xp: original OS being Vista 32bit.
Finally weisled themn out of a recovery cd because the recovery partition messed up from trying to backup mods and patches from my games in that partition.

Still unsovled