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"The sound comes through the speakers and through the headphones at the same time"

In this case, we will focus on laptops, but it may be useful in the case of a desktop computer.

Here are some questions people ask on the Internet: “When I connect headphones to a laptop, the sound in the speakers does not disappear, but is duplicated. It turns out that the sound goes immediately through the headphones and through the speakers. Why? And how to fix it?"

Previously, a mechanical principle was used to turn off the speakers when connected with a headphone. Those. contact opening when a plug is inserted into the socket. So sometimes these contacts are stuck, or something else. The case is rubbish, and some advise inserting a screwdriver into the socket and hitting it with a hammer (seriously, I read it myself). I highly do not recommend, knocking on laptops with a hammer. It is better to give it to a specialist.

But, progress does not stand still, and in modern laptops, switching is carried out electronically or programmatically. Perhaps this is your case.

As a rule, the problem lies in the drivers, but first you should look in the sound card settings to see if there is something similar to switching sound between speakers and headphones. If nothing is found, then simply uninstall the sound card driver and restart your computer. In the case of Windows XP, you will need to immediately find and install the correct driver on the laptop manufacturer's website. But Windows 7 can choose the driver itself. If sound appears, check how it works with headphones. Switching occurs, then you can download again, as for XP, the correct driver and install it.

The problem was actually solved on a Lenovo B590 laptop. By the way, there is one common headphone jack plus a microphone. Therefore, some write that they say the headphones do not fit or the length of the plug is not the same, all this is not important. The sound works and switches on regular headphones.

Yesterday my wife and I decided to watch a movie, but in order not to disturb anyone, it was necessary to distribute the sound simultaneously to two pairs of headphones. Some headphones are simple wired ones that simply intercept sound from speakers when they are connected to a laptop, and the second ones are wireless Qumi Concord connected via bluetooth. Is it possible to do this with standard Windows 7 tools?

It turned out to be quite real. Most computers these days come with a built-in sound card from RealTek. It is required that native drivers be installed on it, even not necessarily the latest ones, but not those that come with Win7 out of the box.

Now I have sound only in the speakers, and the microphone is used from wireless headphones. Open the Recording tab.

Then we turn on the display of all devices, even disabled according to the system.

I got a supposedly disabled software Stereo Mixer on my sound card. After that it needs to be turned on.

And choose to play it on your second audio output device. In my case, these are wireless headphones. After that, the system will simultaneously output sound to the speakers (or the first headphones) and an additional device, such as wireless.

Do you often have to disconnect and connect your headphones to your computer due to circumstances beyond your control? This is not very good, because Frequent plugging in of headphones over time can lead to poor contact in the audio jack, resulting in noise or no sound at all. Therefore, I recommend that you turn on your headphones and speakers at the same time so as not to wear out your equipment prematurely. Headphones and speakers played at the same time can play at the same time and below you will learn how to organize it.

Simultaneous audio playback on 2 pairs of wired headphones, or wired and wireless

This method works for paired wired headphones as well as wired and wireless ones. Similarly, using this method, you can connect headphones and speakers, the sound will be played at the same time. I tested this method on a computer with a built-in Realtek sound card, on computers with other sound chips, this method may not work.

Step 1 - playback devices

Find the speaker icon in the lower right corner of the screen, right-click on it, in the window that appears, select the "Playback devices" menu.

Step 2 - Writers

Now open the Recording Devices tab. You see a list of all devices connected to the computer that can record sound. Click on the empty space inside the window with the right mouse button, in the context menu that appears, select the "Show disabled devices" item.

Step 3 - Stereo Mixer

Now in the list of devices you have a hidden device called "Stereo Mixer". It will be in a disabled state, right-click on it and select "Enable".

Step 4 — listening setup

Right-click on the "Stereo Mixer" device and select "Properties". A window with several tabs will open, we are interested in the “Listen” tab. Enter it. Check the box "Listen to this device", and below in the drop-down menu, select the second headphones or speakers in which you want to hear the sound. If you want to send audio to wired and wireless headphones at the same time, select Bluetooth headphones from the drop-down menu. After that click "OK".

That's it, now you should hear sound in two devices at the same time. The method is universal, it works on most computers, but not on all. In the same way, you can set up simultaneous sound playback on speakers and headphones.

Simultaneous playback on speakers and headphones on computers with a Realtek sound card

This method requires that your computer has a Realtek sound card and the latest official drivers for it.

Step 1 - Control Panel


Go to the control panel of your Windows computer. Click "start", find the menu "control panel" and click on it. If you have Windows 10, you need to click on "start", then start typing the word "panel" in Russian on the keyboard, your search will turn on, and in the first search results you will see the "control panel" menu. Click on it.

Once you get to the control panel, find the menu "Realtek HD Manager" or simply "Realtek HD". Run it.

Step 2 — Setting Up Realtek


In the upper right corner of the Realtek settings, you will see the "Device advanced settings" menu. Click on it.

Step 3 - Advanced Realtek Settings


Set the settings as you see them in the screenshot above.

Step 4 - Connector Options


See where the mouse cursor is in the screenshot? Click on this yellow folder, you will have a window for setting the parameters of the connector. Set it up the same way as you see it in the screenshot, otherwise simultaneous sound playback in headphones and speakers will not work.

That's all, now if you connect the headphones to the output on, and the speaker to the rear panel (or vice versa), then the sound will go to both the speakers and the headphones at the same time. You no longer need to plug and unplug your headphones every time you need them.