Switch your headphone connection to USB in Windows 10
If you have reached this article, you will definitely want to know and convert any of your computer's audio ports to a USB port. Specifically, you must have needed to switch your headphone connection to USB for some reason and don't know how to do that. We will teach you, below, the tools, tips, and steps that you should take into consideration to convert your headphone connection to USB.
Tips and tools you should know before switching your headphone connection to USB
You should know first that there are up to three different ways to connect any audio device to your Windows 10 PC. These are via USB, Bluetooth, or the audio connector itself. In the case of Bluetooth, you do not need a physical port, because it is a wireless connection, as opposed to connecting via a connected cable or via USB.
There are also special adapters that can facilitate your task of converting the headphone connection to USB like the one shown in the image below.
These are the steps that you must follow to convert your headphone connection to USB on your computer.
Connect headphones, speakers, or even a microphone to the specific input port indicated by the adapter.
You will know what is indicated by the headphones or microphone icons, as they are output in the former, while they are entered in the second.
Once the connections are established on the adapter, plug it into one of the available USB ports on your computer.
You should now hear the "New device found" alert notification. Wait until your computer's operating system is ready to use it.
Once the device is ready on your computer, go ahead and open Control Panel. Next, go to the "Hardware and Sound" website and click "Sound".
Finally, go to the Recording and Playback panels in particular in each one and check if it has read the USB audio device. Select the same, first by right-clicking on the device and choosing the "Set as default" option in the menu that appears.
Now you should have switched your headphone connection to USB on your computer and you can use it to record or play audio. It all depends on whether you previously connected a microphone or headphones correctly.
USB headset connection
As you saw in the article, there is more than one way to connect audio devices. This is the wireless Bluetooth and cable connection, be it audio or USB. If you wish to convert any of these connections such as headphones to USB, you must follow the previously indicated steps. As long as you have a special connection adapter to perform the procedure, otherwise you will not be able to do it.