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Arthranas
hi i bought this headset http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...8-069-_-Product and it seems when i play games with it on the sounds becomes choppy and ununderstandable does anyone know why this is happening this is my sound card too http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...Tpk=xtremegamer
Krazyxazn
I saw this on newegg " It gets choppy sound once when I had some other wireless devices around it. But that was only once. Need to configure the default sound on my laptop to the head set."

Do you have any other wireless devices that might be interfering?

Have you reinstall the drivers for the device and the sound card? It's USB, so I'm not even sure if it's using your sound card for audio processing or not. Not clue how USB audio devices work.

Is the problem on a specific game, or all games in general? Does it include movies and music too?
Arthranas
QUOTE (Krazyxazn @ Sep 30 2009, 04:59 PM) *
I saw this on newegg " It gets choppy sound once when I had some other wireless devices around it. But that was only once. Need to configure the default sound on my laptop to the head set."

Do you have any other wireless devices that might be interfering?

Have you reinstall the drivers for the device and the sound card? It's USB, so I'm not even sure if it's using your sound card for audio processing or not. Not clue how USB audio devices work.

Is the problem on a specific game, or all games in general? Does it include movies and music too?


everything and i have my iphones and i have a cordless phone and a adapter for my 360 controller and a wireless internet adapter
Krazyxazn
Start unplugging or shutting of wireless to the other devices and see if it's a noticeable difference. Personally I would just stay away from wireless headphones, but it's your choice.
bp9801
QUOTE (Krazyxazn @ Sep 30 2009, 03:59 PM) *
It's USB, so I'm not even sure if it's using your sound card for audio processing or not. Not clue how USB audio devices work.


The USB headsets all have an internal sound card built into the USB device. It bypasses all sound from your sound card and just uses its own source. Its definitely not the ideal way if you have a good sound card, but it suffices for most onboard solutions.

For the problem you have, I say to disable the wireless internet card and see what that does. I've heard of many problems with wireless internet adapters interfering with other components, usually headsets, so remove that and see if your problem persist. If it goes away with the removal of the wireless card, maybe see if there is a way to adjust the frequency of the headset and wireless card so they are operating on different wavelengths. If not well, time to go back to a wired headset.
Arthranas
QUOTE (bp9801 @ Sep 30 2009, 07:39 PM) *
The USB headsets all have an internal sound card built into the USB device. It bypasses all sound from your sound card and just uses its own source. Its definitely not the ideal way if you have a good sound card, but it suffices for most onboard solutions.

For the problem you have, I say to disable the wireless internet card and see what that does. I've heard of many problems with wireless internet adapters interfering with other components, usually headsets, so remove that and see if your problem persist. If it goes away with the removal of the wireless card, maybe see if there is a way to adjust the frequency of the headset and wireless card so they are operating on different wavelengths. If not well, time to go back to a wired headset.


i cant turn off the wireless card its my only way of haveing net
actionstan
that headset is 2.4ghz wireless.. theres so many things that could interfear with that idk where to begin, a wireless mouse, a wireless router, cellphone, an old home phone that runs off 2.4ghz wireless, aliens monitoring your brain activity from a ufo.... i would get a wired headset personally. you could always try to ebay that headset... you can change the channel of your wireless signal in your routers settings to see if that could help but idk that it would ive come to realize.. wireless is the devil.. and wires are elite
Arthranas
QUOTE (actionstan @ Oct 1 2009, 10:40 AM) *
that headset is 2.4ghz wireless.. theres so many things that could interfear with that idk where to begin, a wireless mouse, a wireless router, cellphone, an old home phone that runs off 2.4ghz wireless, aliens monitoring your brain activity from a ufo.... i would get a wired headset personally. you could always try to ebay that headset... you can change the channel of your wireless signal in your routers settings to see if that could help but idk that it would ive come to realize.. wireless is the devil.. and wires are elite


can u tell me how to change the signal
actionstan
QUOTE (Arthranas @ Oct 1 2009, 04:22 PM) *
can u tell me how to change the signal

changing the channel in a wireless router varies.. normally if your routers still at default settings its local ip should be 192.168.1.1, you type that into your browser like IE or firefox.. and it should bring up your wireless routers web based config page... and it will have all your settings you wanna look for one called "channel" and theres usually a few channels maybe a max of 7 i cant remember off the top of my head.. but you can try changing that to see if it makes a difference but it really may not, another way to find out your routers ip address is to go to command prompt and type in ipconfig/all and one of the things it list will be "default gateway" and it will have a number like 192.168.1.1 or somthing like that... then you just type that into your browser like i said before
Arthranas
QUOTE (actionstan @ Oct 1 2009, 05:16 PM) *
changing the channel in a wireless router varies.. normally if your routers still at default settings its local ip should be 192.168.1.1, you type that into your browser like IE or firefox.. and it should bring up your wireless routers web based config page... and it will have all your settings you wanna look for one called "channel" and theres usually a few channels maybe a max of 7 i cant remember off the top of my head.. but you can try changing that to see if it makes a difference but it really may not, another way to find out your routers ip address is to go to command prompt and type in ipconfig/all and one of the things it list will be "default gateway" and it will have a number like 192.168.1.1 or somthing like that... then you just type that into your browser like i said before


dang idk the username or password for the router whats the defualt?
actionstan
QUOTE (Arthranas @ Oct 1 2009, 08:40 PM) *
dang idk the username or password for the router whats the defualt?

what type of router are you using? then i can probly figure out the default like is it linksys? or netgear or somthing else?
Arthranas
QUOTE (actionstan @ Oct 2 2009, 11:45 AM) *
what type of router are you using? then i can probly figure out the default like is it linksys? or netgear or somthing else?


netgear
actionstan
QUOTE (Arthranas @ Oct 2 2009, 03:27 PM) *
netgear

usually its "admin" for username and password is "password"
Arthranas
QUOTE (actionstan @ Oct 3 2009, 03:45 PM) *
usually its "admin" for username and password is "password"


worked ty
actionstan
QUOTE (Arthranas @ Oct 5 2009, 01:13 PM) *
worked ty

did it get rid of the choppiness aswell or did u just get into the router settings?
Arthranas
QUOTE (actionstan @ Oct 5 2009, 02:40 PM) *
did it get rid of the choppiness aswell or did u just get into the router settings?


got into the router setting havent tried for the chopiness i will tho and ill post back
Arthranas
QUOTE (Arthranas @ Oct 5 2009, 10:04 PM) *
got into the router setting havent tried for the chopiness i will tho and ill post back


seems fixed thanks!
actionstan
QUOTE (Arthranas @ Oct 12 2009, 07:03 PM) *
seems fixed thanks!

AWESOME! im glad i could help!
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