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Old 01-19-2009, 12:48 PM
Humphrey
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USB Headset

I have a USB headset that I'd like to use to listen to MP3s from WMP whilst
working. How do I force WMP to output the sound to the headset and not to
the built in speakers?

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Old 01-19-2009, 12:48 PM
Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]
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Re: USB Headset

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:14:03 -0800, Humphrey
<Humphrey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a USB headset that I'd like to use to listen to MP3s from WMP whilst
>working. How do I force WMP to output the sound to the headset and not to
>the built in speakers?



One place worth looking is in WMP go to the small dropdown menu below
Now Playing button, click More Options then Hardware

Double click the Speakers and see if there's an option to route to
your BT headset from there. It may appear as a separate device.

I'll see if I remember to try this in the next couple of days, I've
got an MVP BT headset about somewhere which I could try it with.

Sadly, Vista is much more effective than XP in doing this (it has
multiple routing for audio devices per application) but you didn't say
which OS you're using.

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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Old 01-23-2009, 09:40 AM
stman
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Re: USB Headset

How do you set this in Vista?

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:14:03 -0800, Humphrey
> <Humphrey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I have a USB headset that I'd like to use to listen to MP3s from WMP whilst
> >working. How do I force WMP to output the sound to the headset and not to
> >the built in speakers?

>
>
> One place worth looking is in WMP go to the small dropdown menu below
> Now Playing button, click More Options then Hardware
>
> Double click the Speakers and see if there's an option to route to
> your BT headset from there. It may appear as a separate device.
>
> I'll see if I remember to try this in the next couple of days, I've
> got an MVP BT headset about somewhere which I could try it with.
>
> Sadly, Vista is much more effective than XP in doing this (it has
> multiple routing for audio devices per application) but you didn't say
> which OS you're using.
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2009
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>

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