Windows – Sound goes through speakers eventhough headphone is plugged in on HP notebook

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I have a HP Pavilion dv4-1101tu notebook. Currently it is running on Windows 7. All devices are installed correctly with their driver softwares.

When I make a call over Skype with my headphone plugged in, the call's sound goes through this headphone. But the weird thing is that if I open an audio file at the same time, the audio's sound will goes through the speaker. So I have tried to:

  • Change Windows default playback device to Independent headphones: Nothing happened. Also Windows default communication device can only be set to Speakers and Headphones.
  • Change Skype's audio setting to Independent headphones: Both call's and audio's sound will go through the speaker. The default setting is Speakers and Headphones.
  • Change settings in IDT Audio Control Panel: This panel does not allow me to change default playback device to my headphone.
  • Disable the speaker: No audio's sound anymore.

My playback settings look like this

playback settings

Can anybody help me please?

Best Answer

You can change default device as well as default communication device to headphones. That should take care of it.

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