# Selected Audio Output Switches To One To One I Don't Want To Use **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** verified-bug\ **Created:** [April 15, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/selected-audio-output-switches-to-one-to-one-i-dont-want-to-use/5310 "2025-04-15T20:09:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DavyP](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/davyp/32/1402_2.png) [@DavyP](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/DavyP)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/selected-audio-output-switches-to-one-to-one-i-dont-want-to-use/5310/1 "2025-04-15T20:09:05Z")
I’m using the latest version of fx sound on my windows 11 computer, my current issue is that the selected output setting won’t stay selected and tend to switch to a output I don’t want to use. Is there anyway to prevent this from happening ? ---
**Author:** ![bvijay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/bvijay/32/84_2.png) [@bvijay](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/bvijay)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/selected-audio-output-switches-to-one-to-one-i-dont-want-to-use/5310/2 "2025-04-20T16:50:04Z")
Hi @DavyP, Did you try selecting and setting up the preferred output device from Settings? ---
**Author:** ![Scaylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Scaylon](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Scaylon)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/selected-audio-output-switches-to-one-to-one-i-dont-want-to-use/5310/3 "2025-04-22T08:58:23Z")
I’m actually dealing with the same issue. The thing is I connect my Pioneer receiver to my laptop and the output device in Windows is called EP-HDMI-RX. I set it as my preferred device but very often its name changes to EP-HDMI-RX2 and then FxSound gets confused and just switches to laptop speakers, making me switch it manually. Would it be possible to add an option for 2nd prefered device? ---
**Author:** ![RonaldoPDN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@RonaldoPDN](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/RonaldoPDN)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/selected-audio-output-switches-to-one-to-one-i-dont-want-to-use/5310/4 "2025-04-22T09:44:10Z")
This is not normal to happen, but if this is your current problem, a palliative solution would be to go to a control panel click on sound and disable the other audio outputs and just leave on the audio output you use, thus preventing FX from changing the audio exit source