That’s Sonar’s Backup Device Switch doing its job!
When your headset turns off or disconnects, Sonar can automatically move your audio to the next device on your priority list, like your speakers, so you don’t end up in silence. If your audio is landing somewhere unexpected (hello, monitor speakers) or isn’t switching at all, you can set it up your way.
To choose where your audio goes:
- Open SteelSeries GG and click your device within SONAR mixers
- Select Device Manager.
- Make sure Backup device switch is set to Auto. If it’s set to Manual, Sonar won’t change devices when your headset shuts off.
- In the Playback Devices list, drag your devices into the order you want. The top device is the first one Sonar will pick as a backup.
- Drag any device you never want Sonar to use, like monitors or graphics card audio, into the Excluded Devices list.
Want your audio to stay put instead?
- Set Backup device switch to Manual and Sonar will stop switching devices on its own.
If an excluded device keeps coming back after a Windows or driver update, Windows may be treating it as a new device, so Sonar adds it back to the list. Just drag it to Excluded Devices.
If your headset is slow to start up with your PC, turn off the automatic backup switch after startup. Otherwise, Sonar may think your headset is off and move to your backup device.
GLHF!