

You should now be able to listen with headphones. Under the "Playback" dialogue clck the "Analogue" box and then press "Apply" and "ok". Select the drive you want to use and then click "Properties." at the bottom of the window.Ħ. Click the "Device" tab in the window that appears.ĥ. Then in Windows Media Player go to "Tools" and then "Options". Do so if you are prompted or the tweak won't work.Ĥ. At this point you may be requested to restart the computer. Go to the "Properties" tab and uncheck the box "Enable digital cd audio for this device" and press "ok"ģ. Double-click on "DVD/CD ROM Drives" and right click on the drive that you want to use and click "properties" on the drop-down menu.Ģ. First in Control Panel go to System -Hardware - Device Manager. Select your audio device driver from the list and click ‘Next’.Ĭhoose ‘Yes’ when the update driver warning pops up.Have you been frustrated that you cannot hear any sound when you plug your headphones directly into the headphone jack of your CD-ROM drive? This is because headphones play analogue sound - Windows Media Player is set to play digital sound. Select “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.

So choose ‘Browse my computer for driver software’. If your audio device was previously working, but not working now, you should be able to update the driver software from a local directory or from the Windows Vista CD. Anyway, right click on the audio device and select “Update Driver Software”. It could be others like Realtek Audio Device for you. For me it was High Definition Audio Device. Look for Sound, Video, and game controllers. Go to Start – > Control Panel -> Device Manager. Now, if your speakers weren’t just disabled, you may have to try upgrading the drivers. You should then be able to see the speakers. In this case, right click inside the window, and choose ‘Show Disabled Devices’. Sometimes, if your speaker is disabled, it may not show on the window like this. Your audio should be restored successfully. Right click on Speakers and choose Enable. Right click on your speaker icon and choose ‘Playback Devices’. If it is disabled, simply enable it and it will work. There is a good chance that your audio output device has only been disabled and not been uninstalled. When you move your cursor atop the speaker icon, you get the message “No Audio Output Device installed”.įirst, don’t panic. You are seeing a red x near your speaker icon.
