Disabling Microphone playback

I'm having a strange problem with my headset, whenever I plug in my headset I get microphone playback. When I go to Recording Devices -> Properties -> Listen -> Listen to this device, it's turned off. If I enable it, I can hear myself twice through the speakers. Does anyone know how to fix this? I don't have this problem with my laptop or other desktop.

Matthew Brzezinski

Posted 2014-01-30T00:44:36.653

Reputation: 103

1What kind of head-set is it exactly? How does it attach to the system? Have you tried another Microphone or headset to see if it behaves the same way? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2014-02-11T20:07:24.637

Answers

You should be able to turn off microphone playback through the speaker’s Control Panel settings:

Right-click the speaker icon in the notification area
Select Playback devices
Right-click the output device
Select Properties
Click the Levels tab
Find the Microphone device
Click the speaker icon next to the microphone to mute it
Click [OK] in the two dialog boxes

Synetech

Posted 2014-01-30T00:44:36.653

Reputation: 63 242

In windows 8 there is another option at the microphone Properties (Recording Devices => Properties) "Listent to this device" – console – 2015-06-09T18:27:36.493

How do you get this to show up in the mixer for convenience? – Michael – 2015-08-07T23:09:19.237

+1 but are you sure this is not "Recording devices"? – harrymc – 2014-02-11T08:42:31.857

Yes, that is a different set of tabs and dialogs. (I for one prefer to set every aspect of the microphone to the lowest settings and muted… and cover the camera.)

– Synetech – 2014-02-11T15:14:17.643

http://imgur.com/ZhceV3I I don't have an option under levels for Microphone sadly :/ – Matthew Brzezinski – 2014-02-11T19:20:28.623

For Windows 10:

open Sound settings
click on App volume and device preferences
set the Output to Realtek Digital Output (or whatever output device you're using).

Anonymouse

Posted 2014-01-30T00:44:36.653

Reputation: 21

This is identical to the accepted answer just not as good. – Burgi – 2019-02-01T16:49:27.347

This solution worked for me (on Windows 10), while the accepted answer was not an option (the settings did not include "microphone" in the "levels" tab). – suanik – 2019-08-09T14:23:23.147

I can think of several things to try right off the bat:

This could be a result of the headset using special software to manage the headset without using the default Windows software.
This device might not be made for PC (The conclusion of this thread: http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Headphones-Headsets-Microphones/F540-Continuous-playback-Open-Mic-Listen-to-device-in-recording/td-p/609062)
The drivers might need to be updated.

Jon Carl

Posted 2014-01-30T00:44:36.653

Reputation: 156

In my case I needed to Realtek HD Audio Manager and mute the playback level. – Jorge Luque – 2015-05-05T04:59:37.817