Hi Kathy, Don't know for certain this will work but you won't lose anything by trying it. If you are using XP go into control panel and select sounds and audio devices. Now tab to speaker volume. Tab once more to advanced and press enter. If your speaker setup is set to stereo, change it to quadraphonic then tab to OK and press enter. Now, if you keep your fingers crossed, <grin> that should do the trick. Good luck. Robert. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Szinnyey" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "PC audio discussion list. " < pc-audio@pc-audio.org > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 2:58 PM Subject: Re: Headphones and sound cards My speakers are plugged into my external sound card. My headphones are plugged into my external sound card, in the sound card's headphone jack. So, it seems like there should be no problem that, when I want to listen to something through the headphones, I should be able to do that, and I can. The trouble happens when I decide I want to go back to listening to my speakers and I unplug my headphones from the headphone jack on the sound card. It seems to me that the speakers, which are still plugged in to the sound card in their own little speaker jack, should just take over again. But they don't, and I have to reboot to get the speakers playing sound again. Hope this makes more sense? Kathy Szinnyey [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hayden Smith" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "PC audio discussion list. " < pc-audio@pc-audio.org > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 8:29 AM Subject: Re: Headphones and sound cards Hey there, well logically it would not work as the speakers need to be plugged into the soundcard to work. Please be more descriptive as to what you are trying to obtain. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Szinnyey" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "PC audio discussion list. " < pc-audio@pc-audio.org > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Headphones and sound cards Hi, Hayden. I know. No, I'm not trying to switch sound cards or anything, just simply unplugging my headphones, just like I would a transistor radio or something. Most peculiar! Kathy Szinnyey [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hayden Smith" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "PC audio discussion list. " < pc-audio@pc-audio.org > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 8:18 AM Subject: Re: Headphones and sound cards Hi there, That doesn't make sense since the speakers are not a software device and therefore if you unplug the headphones and plug in the speakers, it should go straight to output. However, if you are meaning it to switch soundcards that is a thing that you have to do with the default soundcard in sound properties in the control pannel under windows. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Szinnyey" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "PC audio discussion list. " < pc-audio@pc-audio.org > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 10:13 PM Subject: Re: Headphones and sound cards Hi, Donna and list! Well, I have JAWS on my on-board sound card and all other sounds on this external sound card, thanks to the help of some good folks on this list, actually. The problem is that I'm just using a simple headphone jack in the external sound card to listen to sounds, music, etc. When I unplug the headphones to go back to listening to the speakers again, I have to reboot to hear the speakers. Very weird. Peace, Kathy Kathy Szinnyey [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana S. Leslie" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "PC audio discussion list. " < pc-audio@pc-audio.org > Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 5:38 PM Subject: Re: Headphones and sound cards Kathy, Sounds to me as if, when you plug in your headphones, they're stealing away the default audio device assignment from your sound card, just as, when I plug in my USB skype headset, it steals away the default audio assignment from my inboard sound card. This presents a particular problem, as it means that JAWS will only speak through the headset, each time I reboot, until I exit and restart JAWS. But there is a way to edit JFW.INI to force JAWS to use a specific sound card, and not get highjacked by the USB headset. If this is what is happening to you, you could probably prevent JAWS from going silent (actually, talking though the headphones, instead of the speakers), by editing JFW.ini, in this way. But, if this is what is happening, you'll have to go into Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, and reset your default audio device to the card that dives your speakers, each time you unplug your headphones. See if you can determine if this is, indeed, what is happening. If so, perhaps, someone here can figure out a less inconvenient solution. Blessed Be, Dana that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: dsleslie Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ I'm wondering if your headphones and/or C-Crane are USB. That would, I think, explain what is happening. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Szinnyey" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "PC audio discussion list. " < pc-audio@pc-audio.org > Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 7:14 AM Subject: Headphones and sound cards > Hi, all! Has this happened to any of you? I use an external sound card > for > music, etc., and if I plug in headphones or my c-crane, it works fine > until > I unplug them. Instead of my sound card simply playing through the > speakers > again, it all gets silent until I reboot. So I have to reboot every time > I > want to go back from headphones to speakers. Is that weird? Any ideas? > > I'm also looking for a pair of fold-up headphones, something I can travel > with that doesn't take up much room, that also lets you hear some bass! > The > earbuds and the small headphones I got with my Archose Recorder (now sadly > defunct, it seems) sound quite trebbly. Any ideas there? > > Thanks for any help! > > Peace, > Kathy > > > Kathy Szinnyey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allison Mervis" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: "'PC audio discussion list. 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