You will see two sections in the Advanced settings menu - Playback Device and Recording Device.

Realtek Audio Manager - Advanced settings menu On other mobos, the UI might show this menu as ' Device Advanced settings' underneath minimize, maximize and close icons. For some motherboards, it is a gear icon next to minimize, maximize and close icons. You will find this menu in the top right corner of the UI.

Just click start, type 'Realtek' and the OS will offer the app at the top of the list. This becomes problematic in some situations since controls are not always intuitive when attempting to make both the devices connected to the front and back 3.5mm jack panels produce the sound.Īnyway, Realtek Audio Manager, which is used with motherboards that support either Intel or AMD CPUs is the popular choice so this is the one where we will show you how to enable both panels at the same time. PC users often prefer having speakers and headphones work at the same time in order to avoid disabling one device whenever they need to switch.

Speakers and headphones simultaneously