Plantronics 780 headset & Realtek HD: Only windows sounds, no music

[pekalicious]

I think I made a huge mistake.

I bought the Plantronics 780 headset and it's USB. I don't have any sound card, only the built-in Realtek HD audio. When I connect the headset on my monitor's USB socket, I can hear the "ding" sound when I change the volume in the windows sound settings, but there are no applications in the mixer.

Here is a screenshot of the default audio device:

and here is a screenshot of the headset:

I'm wearing the Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3, which has the Realtek ALC889 codec, High Definition Audio, 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel, Dolby Home Theater yada yada yada.

Is there anything I'm missing? How can I make the headset play audio? Is there any chance the Realtek doesn't support USB? Does the sound card even matter?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Snipergod87]

You have two different audio devices, you either need to set the output device in your audio player or change your default audio device to your headset.

USB counts as a separate audio device (usually has its own built in little sound card)

Right click on the audio icon, click playback devices, and select the Plantronics as the default audio device.

 

[pekalicious]

Ah, found it. I switch it to my default device and it works. Is there anyway to make it so that it automatically switches when it's plugged in and then switch back when I unplug it?

Thanks.

 

[pekalicious]

Nevermind, I found out that if I set the headset as the default device and plug it out, it will automatically switch to Realtek.