Setting up simultaneous playback through speakers and headphones. When connecting headphones, sound remains in the speakers
Greetings dear reader. An interesting thing happened to me yesterday. I stopped by to visit an old friend with an incredibly important task, namely, to relieve the stress of everyday work with the help of a two-liter plastic container filled with a liquid called Beer!
In general, we drank this life-giving drink and the conversation turned to a humorous bearded video that I had not seen. According to a friend, this was unacceptable and we moved from the kitchen to the room where the computer was located.
Soon the same video appeared on the monitor. But there was no sound. After the phrase Oh my...my friend went under the table to the system unit.
After a couple of seconds I realized what was going on. He unplugged his headphones and plugged in his speakers. Having laughed at this situation and promised a friend to give a miracle device, about which further, I remembered that I myself was once the same. Therefore, I prepared this article to save everyone who is thirsty from crawling under the table switching between headphones and speakers.
I apologize for the long introduction. So, meet this simple guide.
How to connect headphones and speakers at the same time
method 1. universal
Now the time has come to tell you about that same miracle device that I promised to give to a friend. Its name is 3.5 mm splitter (mini jack splitter, mini jack double, etc.)
The two most common designs:
It doesn't matter which one to use. The result and price are practically the same.
About the price - this miracle costs a penny. Usually less than a dollar.
By the way, with the help of this device You can, for example, connect 2 headphones to your phone/tablet and listen to music or watch a movie together on a bus/train. This is especially true during a long trip.
Mode of application:
I think everything is clear here. We connect the splitter to the computer's audio jack (the one that is green) and connect headphones and speakers to the splitter.
This way we were able to connect headphones and speakers at the same time
Method 2. Connecting speakers and headphones at the same time without a splitter
If you feel sorry for your hard-earned dollar, use this method.
Greetings dear reader. An interesting thing happened to me yesterday. I stopped by to visit an old friend with an incredibly important task, namely, to relieve the stress of everyday work with the help of a two-liter plastic container filled with a liquid called Beer!
In general, we drank this life-giving drink and the conversation turned to a humorous bearded video that I had not seen. According to a friend, this was unacceptable and we moved from the kitchen to the room where the computer was located.
Soon the same video appeared on the monitor. But there was no sound. After the phrase Oh my...my friend went under the table to the system unit.
After a couple of seconds I realized what was going on. He unplugged his headphones and plugged in his speakers. Having laughed at this situation and promised a friend to give a miracle device, about which further, I remembered that I myself was once the same. Therefore, I prepared this article to save everyone who is thirsty from crawling under the table switching between headphones and speakers.
I apologize for the long introduction. So, meet this simple guide.
How to connect headphones and speakers at the same time
method 1. universal
Now the time has come to tell you about that same miracle device that I promised to give to a friend. Its name is 3.5 mm splitter (mini jack splitter, mini jack double, etc.)
The two most common designs:
It doesn't matter which one to use. The result and price are practically the same.
About the price - this miracle costs a penny. Usually less than a dollar.
By the way, with this device you can, for example, connect 2 headphones to your phone/tablet and listen to music or watch a movie together on a bus/train. This is especially true during a long trip.
Mode of application:
I think everything is clear here. We connect the splitter to the computer's audio jack (the one that is green) and connect headphones and speakers to the splitter.
This way we were able to connect headphones and speakers at the same time
Method 2. Connecting speakers and headphones at the same time without a splitter
If you feel sorry for your hard-earned dollar, use this method.
“The sound comes through the speakers and headphones at the same time”
IN in this case We will talk about laptops, but it may also be useful in the case of a desktop computer.
These are the questions people ask on the Internet: “When I connect headphones to my laptop, the sound in the speakers does not disappear, but is duplicated. It turns out that the sound is coming immediately through headphones and speakers. Why? And how can I fix this?
Previously, a mechanical principle was used to turn off speakers when connecting headphones. Those. opening of contacts when a plug is inserted into the socket. So sometimes these contacts got stuck or something else. It's crap, and some people advise inserting a screwdriver into the socket and hitting it with a hammer (seriously, I read it myself). I strongly do not recommend hitting 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 you don't find anything, 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 correct driver on the laptop manufacturer's website. But Windows 7 can select the driver itself. If sound appears, check how it works with headphones. The switching occurs, then you can download again, as for XP, the correct driver and install it.
The problem was actually solved by Lenovo laptop B590. By the way, there is one common headphone jack plus a microphone. That’s why some people write that the headphones don’t fit or the plug is not the right length, none of this matters. The sound works and switches on regular headphones.
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 connection headphones over time can lead to bad contact in the audio jack, this will result in sound noise or even cutting out. 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 playing at the same time can play simultaneously and below you will learn how to organize this.
Simultaneously playback sound on 2 pairs of wired headphones, or wired and wireless
This method works for doubles wired headphones, both wired and wireless. In the same way, using this method, you can connect headphones and speakers, the sound will be played simultaneously. I tested this method on a computer with a built-in Realtek sound card, on computers with other sound chip this method may not work.
Step 1 - Playback Devices
Find the speaker icon in the lower right corner of the screen, click on it right click mouse, in the window that appears, select the “Playback Devices” menu.
Step 2 - Recording Devices
Now open the “Recording Devices” tab. You see a list of all devices connected to the computer that can record sound. Click on empty space inside the window with the right mouse button, in the appeared context menu select "Show disabled devices".
Step 3 - Stereo Mixer
Now in the list of devices you have hidden device, which is called "Stereo Mixer". It will be disabled, right-click on it and select “Enable”.
Step 4 - Listening Settings
Right-click 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 with of 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 simultaneously send audio to wired and wireless headphones, select from the drop-down menu bluetooth headphones. After that, click "Ok".
That's it, now you should hear sound in two devices simultaneously. The method is universal and works on most computers, but not 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 have sound card Realtek and latest official drivers To her.
Step 1 - Control Panel
Go to the control panel of your Windows computer. Click “start”, find the “control panel” menu and click on it. If you have Windows 10, you need to click on “start”, then start typing the word “panel” in Russian on your keyboard, your search will turn on, and in the first search results you will see the “control panel” menu. Click on it.
Once you are in the control panel, find the “Realtek HD Manager” or simply “Realtek HD” menu. Launch it.
Step 2 - Realtek Setup
On the right top corner Realtek settings you will see the “Advanced device settings” menu. Click on it.
Step 3 - additional settings Realtek
Set the settings as you see them in the screenshot above.
Step 4 - connector parameters
Do you see where the mouse cursor is in the screenshot? Click on this yellow folder, you will see a window for setting up the connector parameters. Set it up the same way as you see in the screenshot, otherwise simultaneous audio playback in headphones and speakers will not work.
That's all, now if you connect headphones to the output on and a speaker to the rear panel (or vice versa), then the sound will go to both the speakers and the headphones simultaneously. You no longer need to plug and unplug your headphones every time you need them.