I have a new Dell All-in-one Windows 11 computer.. My question is sound.. I want to be able to used the audio out jack for the stereo/speakers on patio and at the same time listen to the computers speakers in my shop... I can get the audio out jack to supply output to the stereo but am unable to listen to computers built in speakers at same time.. and when I unplug the audio out jack, the computers internal speakers work.. I want to use both at same time but haven't figured out how to do it..Utube has been of no help...Anyone else experience or solve this Win 11 hurdle?

second the notion of bluetooth speakers. or use two sets of wired speakers with an audio splitter coming out of the speaker jack into the splitter and then out from there to each set of speakers. personally i think the BT speakers are your best bet.

DD716TED wrote:I want to be able to used the audio out jack for the stereo/speakers on patio and at the same time listen to the computers speakers in my shop... I can get the audio out jack to supply output to the stereo but am unable to listen to computers built in speakers at same time.. This a very "old fashioned" thing. Sometimes there is actually switch built into the audio output jack. When you plug in the external speakers it turns off in internal ones. Because this is mechanical, Windows has no control.Buying wireless speakers would help because Windows can control them. Bluetooth has a limited distance.

Don't know anything about all in ones, but the audio driver control panel is where you probably need to be. Realtek is very common on PCs and Notebooks

This is not a Win 11 issue, but a hardware issue. It's the way things work. You can get a secondary as suggested, or an Amazon Echo. You can't Bluetooth two separate devices to one computer. Even Bluetooth operates this way.

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ReneeG
Explorer
Jul 29, 2022
This is not a Win 11 issue, but a hardware issue. It's the way things work. You can get a secondary as suggested, or an Amazon Echo. You can't Bluetooth two separate devices to one computer. Even Bluetooth operates this way.
agesilaus
Explorer III
Jul 29, 2022
Don't know anything about all in ones, but the audio driver control panel is where you probably need to be. Realtek is very common on PCs and Notebooks
theoldwizard1
Explorer II
Jul 28, 2022
DD716TED wrote:
I want to be able to used the audio out jack for the stereo/speakers on patio and at the same time listen to the computers speakers in my shop... I can get the audio out jack to supply output to the stereo but am unable to listen to computers built in speakers at same time..

This a very "old fashioned" thing. Sometimes there is actually switch built into the audio output jack. When you plug in the external speakers it turns off in internal ones. Because this is mechanical, Windows has no control.

Buying wireless speakers would help because Windows can control them. Bluetooth has a limited distance.
rk911
Explorer
Jul 28, 2022
second the notion of bluetooth speakers. or use two sets of wired speakers with an audio splitter coming out of the speaker jack into the splitter and then out from there to each set of speakers. personally i think the BT speakers are your best bet.
bgum
Explorer
Jul 28, 2022
Would wireless speakers help?

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