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    Default Playback Devices on 1737

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Orlandotek, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. Orlandotek

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    This is reference to my Studio 1737 but it has more to do with
    Vista...

    I bought a Motorola HT820 Bluetooth Headset to use with my
    Studio and I had a question about the playback devices.

    I can successfully pair the headset and I can easily switch
    it to the default device in the Sound options in the control
    panel...and once I make that change all the default Windows
    sounds come through the headset. But, if I play a video
    or YouTube or anything multimedia wise..it still plays out of the
    speakers...or the old default playback device.

    To switch the device to work with the multimedia stuff, I have
    to make the new device the default and then reboot the laptop.

    Once it comes back up...THEN it will play all sounds through the
    new device.

    I noticed the same problem when playing a Blu-Ray over the HDMI.
    Although I did not need to reboot to get the sound to play through
    the HDMI cable..but once I was finished with the Blu-Ray, I switched
    the onboard speakers back as the default sound device but the
    multimedia was still showing playing through the HDMI. I had to
    reboot to make the switch back.

    Anyone else have more experience with stuff like this? Am I stuck
    rebooting everytime I switch the default playback device or is there
    something else I am missing?

    Any help appreciated.