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Questions tagged [speakers]

Questions about inbuilt laptop, tablet, smartphone or external speakers.

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Stop sound from speakers when connecting headphones

The problem is that I can hear the sound from my laptop's speakers even if I plugged in my headphones. Headphones is just standard stereo headphones. And the most interesting thing is that all was working just a week ago. I tried to play with…
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Bluetooth speaker: preferred mode "High fidelity playback" (A2DP) is not getting saved

UPDATE Aug 2017: The solution marked as accepted by me apppears to have worked until Ubuntu 15.10. For 16.04+ choose one of the more recent solutions. For 16.04+ the config file is /etc/bluetooth/main.conf NOT /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf . I have a…
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Ubuntu 20.04 - After last update, speakers are buzzing unless I open the sound settings window

The last update that came through looked like a kernel update. Suddenly my speakers started buzzing. It stops whenever I open the Gnome sound settings window. So now I've just got the sounds settings window open all the time in the background on a…
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No sound after sleep - Ubuntu 20.04

I have a Xioami notebook pro laptop on Ubuntu 20.04 (same issue on 18.04). After the laptop goes in sleep/hibernate mode, there is no sound that comes out of the speakers. The system settings (settings>sounds) are detecting music is being played and…
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Bluetooth speaker connected but not listed in sound output

I can successfully connect a Mi BlueTooth speaker to Ubuntu, but I cannot play sound through it, because it is not listed in my sound output list. Bluetooth module for PulseAudio sound server Is present on my system, however running sudo pactl…
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Automatic Mute Speakers When Headphones are Unplugged

I listen to music almost any time I am on my computer. I often accidentally unplug my headphones. This has resulted in disturbing others around me. Does any one know of a way to mute the speakers (and potentiality pause VLC) when headphones are…
user415
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Enable Dolby 5.1 or at least subwoofer on Acer laptop?

I have Dolby Virtual Surround Sound 5.1 speakers with Tuba CineBass Subwoofer on Acer laptop (mine is 5951G but there is also bunch of models with similar configuration of speakers with/without subwoofer). In Windows it works and sounds amazingly…
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Sound comes out of my speakers even when headphones are plugged in

I was playing music with my headphones plugged in. The music was coming out of the headphones, but I also noticed that my speakers were playing the same music. Why is this, and how can I fix it?
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restore speakers / headphones option

When I plug my headphones in after upgrading to ubuntu 12.04, it no longer mutes by speakers,and I also do not have a headphones output as I did previously. I recall having to go into a conf file and disable FRONT PANEL AUDIO or something like that;…
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Getting the PC speaker to beep

There has been much written on getting the beep sound from Ubuntu releases over the years. Example: fixing the beep My needs are slightly different in that I do not want to ensure sound card beeps are functioning. Instead, I want PC speaker beeps,…
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Mute sound on Headphone unplug?

Is there a way of muting sound from my computer everytime I unplug my headphones (Like a phone does) to stop sound then playing out of my speakers?
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Analog and digital audio output at the same time

My speakers use a digital input, but my headphones use an analog input. I have them both plugged in, and when I want to use the headphones I just turn off the speakers and switch on the headphones. I know that simultaneous output on digital and…
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5.1 surround sound with three 3.5mm jacks

Having an issue with sound at the moment. I am trying to configure my 5.1 surround sound but it will only work on the Front left and Front right speakers. On the back of my motherboard I have 3x3.5mm jacks which I have connected the speakers to…
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Switch between headphone and speaker automatically?

I'am using ubuntu 17.04. When I connect my headphones I need to manually switch my sound output in the settings from speakers to headphones. After removing my headphones I need to manually switch back to the speaker. How can this be done…
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How to fix Bang and Olufsen Audio for HP laptops?

I'm trying to install bang and olufsen drivers, or HP hd audio driver, as only 2 of the 4 speakers work and the 2 amps don't work in ubuntu lspci -v | grep -i audio 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09) …
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