
We described these procedures in the following blocks of Questions and Answers. If the headset does not work after connecting, update the driver and check if your microphone is turned on. After connecting for the first time, the necessary drivers are often automatically automatically installed if you have the latest version of Realtek HD Audio installed. It depends on which connector you will use. Important! When connected to a headset jack with separate connectors (as in the first case), it can work either in microphone mode or in headphone mode. The connector contains four contact areas, and the socket is marked as in the picture. To enable this feature, connect your head-worn audio device to the Line out jack on the rear panel and then go to the Speaker page. The universal 3.5 mm jack, which simultaneously serves to connect a headset with a built-in microphone, is used on modern headsets. In this case, connect the microphone to the pink connector, and headphones to the green. Separate 3.5 mm headphone and microphone jacks.

in some cases, the simple windows troubleshooting system may partially fix some of the issues, but don't count on it.There are three main ways to connect a combined headset, depending on its type: In conclusion, in most cases the OS is at fault directly for the major sound issues that are very hard to track/fix. Improvisations like disabling all effects will have bad consequences, like lower volume or even undistinguishable audio. Right click Volume icon in System Tray at right end of task bar, Open Sounds Settings, in dropdown menus at top make sure Headphones are selected and Connected for both Playback and Recording Default Devices. Disabling specific things like Dolby, DTS or EAX may partially make things better. Go to Settings > Devices > Autoplay to look for the device and change the default behavior in it's Dropdown Menu. Generally, sound is harder to tweak assuming it functions relatively correctly initially. Hi Highlander, The speaker configuration should not affect the headphones. When connecting Bose Companion 2 Series II to GS43VR 7RF, those who listen to music. Issues like auto-volume reduction are still unfixed practically. Get 10 off each additional A20 or ProFlight Series 2 headset purchased. But there are way more functionality problems. In the newer 8.X and 10 versions, it's even a worse quality (but not that of a big decrease like from XP to Vista/7). Even good tweakers like SRS lost a lot of possibilities.

If sound could be considered quite of good quality in XP, in Vista and 7 it lost a lot of quality due to the multiple OS layers interfering with the actual sound card functionality.

Overall sound quality and functionality decreased with each major windows version since XP.
