Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro Headphones, only detected as Speakers with no solutions

[czglory]

I have Asrock Z77 extreme 4 motherboard with updated RealTek HD audio drivers. I cannot for the life of me find any solutions to this issue; my headphones are only detected as speakers. In any port. I am concerned I am not getting the best sound quality I can because of this; but there seems to be no working solutions.

 

[Cons29]

hmm.. i am not an expert, but, a speaker and a headphone.. i think it will not make a difference.
i mean, the sound card will not behave differently even if you use a speaker or a headphone.

i may be wrong though

 

[Lag]

Does your motherboard have a dedicated headphone jack? If not, that could be why it shows up as a speaker.

 

[czglory]

Does your motherboard have a dedicated headphone jack? If not, that could be why it shows up as a speaker.

yes, my headphones are in the front in the dedicated headphone jack now. It is detected as "speakers" here, and in the green port in the back as well.

 

[Lag]

Copied from a microsoft support page:

Check if you plugged them into the correct 3.5 mm socket (it's usually a green one). If connected anyplace else, like in an analogue 2.1 socket; they'll be detected as speakers.

Method 1: Run the audio troubleshooter and check. Follow the steps in the article below and then move to the methods mentioned below:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Open-the-Playing-Audio-troubleshooter



Method 2: Check to see if your headphones are set to be used as the default *Communication* device instead of the default device, or if both devices are set to default.



If so, make the headphones default, so that Windows will use them only when they are plugged in.


You can also try disabling whichever one you don't want to be playing.

a. Right click on the speaker icon in taskbar and select ‘volume control options’.
b. Place a check mark on "All devices currently playing sound".
c. Make sure you have "The default communication device unchecked".
d. Place a check mark on both speakers and headphones.

Method 3: Update the audio drivers and check if that helps.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isnt-working-properly

 

[czglory]

Copied from a microsoft support page:

Check if you plugged them into the correct 3.5 mm socket (it's usually a green one). If connected anyplace else, like in an analogue 2.1 socket; they'll be detected as speakers.

Method 1: Run the audio troubleshooter and check. Follow the steps in the article below and then move to the methods mentioned below:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Open-the-Playing-Audio-troubleshooter



Method 2: Check to see if your headphones are set to be used as the default *Communication* device instead of the default device, or if both devices are set to default.



If so, make the headphones default, so that Windows will use them only when they are plugged in.


You can also try disabling whichever one you don't want to be playing.

a. Right click on the speaker icon in taskbar and select ‘volume control options’.
b. Place a check mark on "All devices currently playing sound".
c. Make sure you have "The default communication device unchecked".
d. Place a check mark on both speakers and headphones.

Method 3: Update the audio drivers and check if that helps.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isnt-working-properly

thank you for the continued help, there is only one green port and it is in the back of the computer; it is detected a speakers there, and in the front with a 'headphones' icon, and it is not green, but it is also detected as 'speakers' there.

1. I ran the audio troubleshooter and it did not identify the problem.
2. The headphones do not show in the device list, well, they do, but only as speakers. There is no 'headphones' option anywhere, just my 'speakers'. They are the default device.
3. I have just updated to the latest drivers today to try to fix this, but I will try again.

any other ideas? :/

 

[Lag]

Copied from a microsoft support page:

Check if you plugged them into the correct 3.5 mm socket (it's usually a green one). If connected anyplace else, like in an analogue 2.1 socket; they'll be detected as speakers.

Method 1: Run the audio troubleshooter and check. Follow the steps in the article below and then move to the methods mentioned below:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Open-the-Playing-Audio-troubleshooter



Method 2: Check to see if your headphones are set to be used as the default *Communication* device instead of the default device, or if both devices are set to default.



If so, make the headphones default, so that Windows will use them only when they are plugged in.


You can also try disabling whichever one you don't want to be playing.

a. Right click on the speaker icon in taskbar and select ‘volume control options’.
b. Place a check mark on "All devices currently playing sound".
c. Make sure you have "The default communication device unchecked".
d. Place a check mark on both speakers and headphones.

Method 3: Update the audio drivers and check if that helps.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isnt-working-properly

thank you for the continued help, there is only one green port and it is in the back of the computer; it is detected a speakers there, and in the front with a 'headphones' icon, and it is not green, but it is also detected as 'speakers' there.

1. I ran the audio troubleshooter and it did not identify the problem.
2. The headphones do not show in the device list, well, they do, but only as speakers. There is no 'headphones' option anywhere, just my 'speakers'. They are the default device.
3. I have just updated to the latest drivers today to try to fix this, but I will try again.

any other ideas? :/

Have you updated your chipset drivers as well?

 

[czglory]

Copied from a microsoft support page:

Check if you plugged them into the correct 3.5 mm socket (it's usually a green one). If connected anyplace else, like in an analogue 2.1 socket; they'll be detected as speakers.

Method 1: Run the audio troubleshooter and check. Follow the steps in the article below and then move to the methods mentioned below:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Open-the-Playing-Audio-troubleshooter



Method 2: Check to see if your headphones are set to be used as the default *Communication* device instead of the default device, or if both devices are set to default.



If so, make the headphones default, so that Windows will use them only when they are plugged in.


You can also try disabling whichever one you don't want to be playing.

a. Right click on the speaker icon in taskbar and select ‘volume control options’.
b. Place a check mark on "All devices currently playing sound".
c. Make sure you have "The default communication device unchecked".
d. Place a check mark on both speakers and headphones.

Method 3: Update the audio drivers and check if that helps.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isnt-working-properly

thank you for the continued help, there is only one green port and it is in the back of the computer; it is detected a speakers there, and in the front with a 'headphones' icon, and it is not green, but it is also detected as 'speakers' there.

1. I ran the audio troubleshooter and it did not identify the problem.
2. The headphones do not show in the device list, well, they do, but only as speakers. There is no 'headphones' option anywhere, just my 'speakers'. They are the default device.
3. I have just updated to the latest drivers today to try to fix this, but I will try again.

any other ideas? :/

Have you updated your chipset drivers as well?

I just updated all of the chipset drivers, I had most of them up to date already. I removed the audio drivers entirely, and I was surprised to see on reboot that windows "high definition audio" had automatically installed some drivers that detected my headphones as headphones. When I updated to the AsRock drivers, they are speakers again. Rinse and repeat with guru3d realtek drivers, speakers again. Am I going to take a performance hit having them show as speakers? Would I be better off using the generic windows drivers?

 

[Cons29]

i also have a question, is this really a problem? i mean, i do not think that there will be any difference but i can be wrong.

like my setup, i have a scarlet solo audio interface, and i am using a headphone with it. if i use a speaker instead of my headphone, windows won't even know about it. it just see's scarlet as an audio input/output device, regardless of how you use it.
any experts out there?