Can I set up my speakers and my headset.

Buzzkill1 · 07-01-2009, 05:58 AM

Hello. Here is a list of some stuff of what I have to help.

I have:
ASUS p5Q MOBO
SB X-FI titanium fatal1ty edition
Windows Vista 64-bit

Sound Devices:
Razor Barracuda 5.1 Headset
Logitech X-540 5.1 Speaker System

They both use the black, orange, and green 3.5mm jacks

I have the inputs for them on my mother board and my sound card. I don't like having to take one out to allow the other one to work. I basically want to leave my head set and what not sitting in my sound card, and use my MOBO for the speakers when I was to listen to music out loud. I only want to use one at a time, but I want to have it where i can switch something on my PC so I can use the other, not just switch the wires constantly. I am fine with if you can get it so that it uses both, because my speakers have a power button, and my headset has a amp power, so i can turn off the amp and you cant even hear it.

If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

theasian100 · 07-01-2009, 10:43 AM

I believe what you can do is keep one plugged into the sound card and the other on the onboard.

go to the device manager and make one disabled

when you want to use that one, go to the device manager again and enable that one and disable the other one. there might be a shorter way of doing so but i believe that should work

Aastii · 07-02-2009, 01:35 AM

you can use a splitter, they are very cheap (i am in uk but you can find them wherever you are for the same price with conversions and all)

http://www.cdlmicro.co.uk/html/show_product.php/pid/41

that is it, you plug one into one, the other into the other and away you go. You will need to turn one down though, unless you want sound from both, because sound will always come through the speakers and the headset

Buzzkill1 · 07-02-2009, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aastii

you can use a splitter, they are very cheap (i am in uk but you can find them wherever you are for the same price with conversions and all)

http://www.cdlmicro.co.uk/html/show_product.php/pid/41

that is it, you plug one into one, the other into the other and away you go. You will need to turn one down though, unless you want sound from both, because sound will always come through the speakers and the headset

If I were to do it this way, I would have to buy 1 of them for each jack (total of 3). It would work, but I am going to try the other way first.

07-01-2009, 05:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
Buzzkill1 New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3	Can I set up my speakers and my headset. Hello. Here is a list of some stuff of what I have to help. I have: ASUS p5Q MOBO SB X-FI titanium fatal1ty edition Windows Vista 64-bit Sound Devices: Razor Barracuda 5.1 Headset Logitech X-540 5.1 Speaker System They both use the black, orange, and green 3.5mm jacks I have the inputs for them on my mother board and my sound card. I don't like having to take one out to allow the other one to work. I basically want to leave my head set and what not sitting in my sound card, and use my MOBO for the speakers when I was to listen to music out loud. I only want to use one at a time, but I want to have it where i can switch something on my PC so I can use the other, not just switch the wires constantly. I am fine with if you can get it so that it uses both, because my speakers have a power button, and my headset has a amp power, so i can turn off the amp and you cant even hear it. If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

07-01-2009, 10:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
theasian100 Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: G-Town South CA Age: 15 Posts: 610	I believe what you can do is keep one plugged into the sound card and the other on the onboard. go to the device manager and make one disabled when you want to use that one, go to the device manager again and enable that one and disable the other one. there might be a shorter way of doing so but i believe that should work __________________ Desktop/Netbook Mobo - XFX 680I LT -Q8200/ Intel Atom N270 Case - Antec 300/ Glossy Pearl white Ram - 2GB Corsair DHX/1GB Generic PSU - Antec Earth Watts 500/6 Cell battery Gpu - Evga 9800GTX+/onboard HDD - Maxtor 160GB/ 8Gb SSD & 8GB Sd card Extras - Logitch S510 - Logitech X-540 - Lifecam/VX3000/.3MP HD webcam Monitor - Dual 19" W, Acer & Envision//8.9" Wide screen TheBTEntity

07-02-2009, 01:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
Aastii Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St Helens, UK Age: 16 Posts: 3,464	you can use a splitter, they are very cheap (i am in uk but you can find them wherever you are for the same price with conversions and all) http://www.cdlmicro.co.uk/html/show_product.php/pid/41 that is it, you plug one into one, the other into the other and away you go. You will need to turn one down though, unless you want sound from both, because sound will always come through the speakers and the headset __________________ Intel E6750 @ 3.2GHz P5N-E SLI 8GB PC6400 OCZ Gold Asus 8600gt silent cooling SLI 180gb Samsung Main drive, 200GB Maxtor Backup Corsair TX850W

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