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    Problems with Bluetooth headset

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Blaine_Shadowrider, May 14, 2010.

  1. Blaine_Shadowrider

    Blaine_Shadowrider Notebook Guru

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    I recently got a Bluetooth headset and hooked it up to my m15x. It will recognize my speech pretty well but the problem is that it sends all system sounds to the headset, is there any way to fix this or am I stuck?
     
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    I think most computers have a way to turn off the system sounds. Go to the control panel.
     
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    I would want to make it only send incoming voices to the headset instead of turning off all system sounds, is there any way to do that without turning off the system sounds?
     
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    If this is Steam, there is unfortunately no way I have found to fix the problem. Steam combines the voice and music/sfx streams. I've heard using a USB headset may fix the issue, but can't test for myself.

    If this isn't Steam, what are you trying to play?
     
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    I'm trying to play warcraft 3 with some buddies and we're using ventrilo. It gets all of the sound of the computer whether it be listening to music or playing games
     
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    Sounds like you just need to mess with the settings, but unfortunately I'm not too familiar with Ventrilo. Hopefully someone can help you out, good luck!
     
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    It's not a problem with ventrilo because it will still do it even when ventrilo isn't up. I would guess it's something to do with settings in windows but I can't find anywhere to choose what goes to the headset and what doesn't
     
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    Try going into Control Panel > Sound, and it should list all of your devices. You may be able to configure which sound goes where, but with your specific hardware I can't give an exact answer :confused: