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Using this same app, you can also configure your playback audio, EQ, etc.

I unplug them, and they appear again, listed as 'Not plugged in'. So I open up my playback devices, and my headphones are mysteriously not there. Headsets have a microphone, so selecting that option should properly route the audio channels and allow you to use the microphone as well :). I have a Dell Inspiron laptop, and when I booted up and plugged in my headphones, nothing happened. Make sure to select headset, because selecting headphones will only allow audio playback as you had before.

Once the app is running, plug your headset into the 3.5mm jack on the laptop, and you should get a pop-up asking you to select what device is plugged in, a headset or headphones.

Since your model most likely has a Realtek audio chip, after installing the latest drivers, you should have a Realtek HD Audio Manager app installed on your system, so open it up.

Visit your laptop vendors website, in the Support section search for your laptop model, download the latest proprietary audio drivers for your laptop's audio chip, and install them.

This is a common "problem" (it's not a real problem per se, rather a configuration/driver issue) that we see with laptops, and the solution is pretty easy:

This headset is fully controlled by your laptop's audio chip, and it's perfectly normal for analog headsets to be displayed as "Speakers" in the Windows Sound Control Panel.Īs far as audio playback configuration goes, and also no microphone input being registered, it should only take a few minutes to set everything up. U/A5TRON4UT, Cloud Alpha is an analog headset and has no digital components/drivers as a USB headset does in order for Windows to be able to read a device descriptor and display the headset under its full name.