Windows 10: Using four speakers

To help my eyesight I have just bought a 34 inch curved monitor. It takes some getting used to but with the curve helping focus and the width allowing me to shuffle windows around ad lib it is a great help - again, it takes some getting used to! Its an Iiyama Red Eagle G-Master GB3466WQSU. It looks like they haven't yet been able to develop a specific driver, but the PnP MS generic driver seems to work fine. When checking through all the new features I realised that the monitor has inbuilt speakers that are larger than usual and further checking found that the Nvidea Geforce graphic card puts out audio on the HDMI and the Display Port connectors! I checked using Windows Sounds and lo and behold, the test sound can be heard, with no special configuration, on the monitor speakers. As poor eyesight can only be helped by better sound, I checked that my better quality external speakers could still be heard. Yes! (They are fed through the standard inbuilt Realtek unit.) But now comes the snag. The test sound can be heard on one set or the other, but never both together. I have tried all sorts of selections on the various boxes in Sounds but still can't get all four working at once. Even trying to setup Quadraphonic mode doesn't seem to help. (The configuration tab shows all four but using Test although all four get the animation symbol on the speaker icons only two speakers actually sound.) According to the "help" notes on Sounds it seems that I should be able to hear all four at once but the information is so vague that I can't work my way to a satisfactory result through the many selection boxes. So - HELP! Win 10 Pro 20H2 ver 19042.388 (don't ask!)

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Windows 10 recognizes my UE Megaboom as a headset and not a speaker will not work?

Hi Rachael,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I suggest you try the steps listed below and check if it works. This issue could be because of the Headphones BT SPEAKER Stereo being set as default. I suggest you to try the steps listed below and check if it works.

• Pair the speaker with your PC.
  
• Right click the Windows icon on the taskbar and choose
  Device Manager.
  
• Expand Sound, video, and game controllers
  and right click on your Bluetooth speaker (BT SPEAKER Stereo).
  
• Choose Disable and acknowledge the confirmation popup. Wait for the screen to refresh.
  
• Right click on the same device again and Enable.
  
• Exit Device Manager and see if the issue persist.
  

Regards,

 

speakers

Hi Charlie,

Corrupted or outdated drivers may be one of the possible causes why your speakers are not working properly. To efficiently assists you, we'd like to gather more information:

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Have you tried updating your drivers?
• Have you tried connecting your speakers to another computer and check if the issue still persists?
• Have you tried using other speakers and check if the issue still persists?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you follow the steps in this article on how to troubleshoot sound problems.

Let us know if you need additional help.

 

Speakers and headphones work at the same time

Hi.

Let us isolate your concern by answering these few questions.

• Have you tried connecting your headphones directly to your desktop?
• Does your speaker work normally when connected to your desktop?

You may try the following steps to help resolve your concern:

• Unplug or Disconnect your speaker from the desktop.
• Connect your headphone directly to the desktop.

If the headphone works properly when directly connected to the desktop, we suggest that you contact your speaker manufacturer for assistance.

Let us know how it goes.