andychrist
devil's plaything
Came across this in a review of a Logitech USB headset:
"A trick for Skype users: because this device is actually also a sound card, each time you plug and unplug, Skype may switch which device it attaches to. This can be annoying, as it may lock on to the headset and divert the ringtone to it and not your speakers, so you may miss a call. You can work around that, however, by setting Audio Devices in the Skype Options menu on the Tools drop down.
"I have set it to use my Speakers for the ringtone, but the Headset to be the Input/Output device. Remember to DISallow Skype from changing this in the future (there's a checkbox on that screen.)
"Now I leave the headset plugged in 24x7 and still hear the Skype "ring" on my PC Speakers."
I don't find the same options on my Mac for choosing between speakers and headset for ringtone on either Skype or Gizmo. Is this a strictly PC feature, or just limited to certain hardware configurations? Because it is kind of a PITA to have to manually select Sound/Output/Port from System Preferences whenever I switch between VoIP on my headset and iTunes on my speakers.
"A trick for Skype users: because this device is actually also a sound card, each time you plug and unplug, Skype may switch which device it attaches to. This can be annoying, as it may lock on to the headset and divert the ringtone to it and not your speakers, so you may miss a call. You can work around that, however, by setting Audio Devices in the Skype Options menu on the Tools drop down.
"I have set it to use my Speakers for the ringtone, but the Headset to be the Input/Output device. Remember to DISallow Skype from changing this in the future (there's a checkbox on that screen.)
"Now I leave the headset plugged in 24x7 and still hear the Skype "ring" on my PC Speakers."
I don't find the same options on my Mac for choosing between speakers and headset for ringtone on either Skype or Gizmo. Is this a strictly PC feature, or just limited to certain hardware configurations? Because it is kind of a PITA to have to manually select Sound/Output/Port from System Preferences whenever I switch between VoIP on my headset and iTunes on my speakers.