Sometimes the audio cuts out and the mic icon on the bottom right corner has a red "x" on it. I simply thought I kept pressing mute or something but actually it says that my headphones or speakers aren't plugged in? The only way I can get volume back is by doing restart. It's been happening a couple times now to the point where it gets annoying. Anyone been experiencing the same issues?
"headphones or speakers aren't plugged in?"
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Niterider4
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I haven't had that issue, but I have had the issue where my headphones are plugged in but the SB plays the audio from its speakers instead. It knows the headphones are plugged in, but somehow doesn't switch over to them for playback. I have to fart around in the sound card settings turning things on and off to get the sound to play through the headphones.
EDIT: I had this same issue on a SP3 as well.
EDIT: I had this same issue on a SP3 as well.
Nuspieds
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Windows 8 used to do this to me frequently on my SP2 when switching to/from my USB "docked" state, which had speakers connected. So when I "undocked," it would still be sending output to the USB speakers; and when I "docked," it would still send output to the SP2 speaker.
When this happened, though, I didn't have to reboot. I just went to the Audio Settings > Playback devices and selected the right output device. Try that and see if it works for you rather than rebooting.
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