Using the wrong speakers

[sutululu]

Whenever I start/restart/wake up from sleep my Win11 PC the monitor’s built in speakers are used by default, not my soundbar. How to fix this?

[doolhoofd]

Hi @sutululu,
Welcome to the forum.
Simplest solutions would be to:

• Disable the device in Windows Sound Settings;
• Disable automatic device switching in FxSound’s Settings.

@bvijay

Uncheck this option in settings

If the selected playback device is disconnected on standby/resume, then FxSound will not switch the output. If the same device is connected back, then playback will resume on that device. Otherwise, to change the output choose a different playback device in FxSound.

Other things worth trying:

• Uninstalling and reinstalling (if necessary with specialized complete uninstaller software like IOBit);
• Make sure you have the latest version installed, available from fxsound.com;
• Try running FxSound as Administrator;
• Disable Exclusive Mode;
• In Windows Sound Settings, make sure all your sound devices match at setting “24 bit 48000 Hz” (max);
• In Windows Sound Settings, make sure the FxSound device is set as the default communication device;
• In Windows Sound Settings, it’s recommended to disable all Enhancements for all devices (except FxSound (which doesn’t have this tab));
• Again in Windows Sound Settings, disable all devices you never use (including the hidden ones).

One possible future update to the program consists in letting users create their own customized settings for their apps and devices:

Option to Set Default Playback Devices and Presets That Automatically Switch When Using Selected Apps

The idea here being that if you could say set your Playback device to headphones and preset to Music when running Spotify for example. And as you started playing music on Spotify FxSound would automatically swap the playback device and preset to match what you’ve set for the Spotify app.

Let me know if this helps!