Windows 10: Bluetooth headphones play Win10 audio as headset, but not as headphones

I've got a pair of Bluetooth headphones, which I want to use to listen to audio on my PC and don't need to use as a headset (although they do contain a microphone for that purpose).

When I pair them to my PC, two audio devices show up as available. One is a hands-free Bluetooth headset, and the other is stereo Bluetooth headphones. When I select the headset, audio works but the sound quality is pretty bad. I figure it should sound better in headphone mode, but when I select that as my output device no sound actually plays through the headphones. Checking the sound settings, I can confirm that Windows does recognize that sound is playing; I just can't hear it.

Is this a known issue, and is there a workaround? Thanks in advance for any help!

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Bluetooth headphones connect but headset portion does not


All,

I have a surface pro 4, fully updated. I also have a pair of Revo bluetooth headphones. They also feature blutetooth calling capabilities (i.e. microphone).

I used to connect these without a problem. Recently something strange has been happening. Now when they connect on the headphones (i.e. stereo audio only) is recognized as an audio device.

Normally Windows recognizes headsets like this as two separate devices - headphones for audio and headsets for calling. I can confirm that device manager sees them both as functioning normally. But, as shown below, the headset portion is showing as disconnected. But there is no way to connect it.





I have uninstalled and deleted the device and re-paired it. Nothing works. Thoughts?

 

Bluetooth headphones connect but headset portion does not


I have the exact same problem with my Bluebuds X





I have tried to manually add a driver through windows driver update (you can choose a driver device from the list)
but i'm not sure which one is compatible and had no luck getting the headset portion to work... *Sad




Please let me know if you have found a solution!

Thanks!