I recently decided to purchase some new headphones because my earbuds were obviously shot. They would play sound out of the left, but not the right. If I fiddled with the cord and tweaked it a bit, it would start playing on the right again, so I figured it was a loose wire, etc. My new headphones just came in, and I knew they weren't going to be stellar. I didn't want something expensive, just functional, so I got the Sony MDR-ZX100. However, I just tried plugging them into my android tablet and my computer to find the same problem, sound from only the left. I tested my computer's sound settings and even the built in realtek speakers are only playing from the left. I haven't changed any settings that I know of, and before my previous headphones went out, everything was playing fine. So the main questions are: How do I get my computer to play from both speakers like it used to? What the heck is wrong with my android, that it is following suit? And are the new headphones I bought shot, or is it a hardware issue with both devices?
My computer is an Asus Laptop A53E series with Windows 7 and my tablet is an Asus Nexus 7.
My computer is an Asus Laptop A53E series with Windows 7 and my tablet is an Asus Nexus 7.