No audio through Bluetooth

[ag3nt_7]

If I launch Flight Simulator while I have my bluetooth headphones connected all the sound from my PC stops. If I check the volume mixer there is still audio output coming from MSFS, Spotify, etc, but nothing can be heard. As soon as I close MSFS the audio comes back through my headphones.

Has anyone else experienced similar issues? In the meantime I can connect an AUX cord, but would be nice to figure out why MSFS is killing my bluetooth audio.

[chris draper]

Yes I have the exact same issue. I had to use my old headphones that connect via the audio jack. I hope there is a fix

[Christophoclese]

Forza Horizon 4 has the same issue for me and it has never been fixed. In that game, the audio would work through the opening cutscenes, then stop abruptly when the main menu loaded. Good luck, hope you find the cure!

[Hauptman Yurded]

I have the "no bluetooth audio" issue as well. The family doesnt appreciate my speakers going late at night or even during the day sometimes. My bluetooth headphones work fine for other Steam games but just not Flight Sim.

[Christophoclese]

I tried loading into fs2020 with my Bluetooth headset turned on. There was a distinct pop just as the intro movies started to play, then silence. Afterwards the headset wouldn't play ANY Windows audio, even after rebooting.

The headset started outputting sound again when I did a 'Test' on the 'Headset' component of my bluetooth (the one for making calls, there is a separate stereo device 'Headphones'). I had a YouTube video playing in the background and the audio suddenly came through when the test sound was triggered.

Something is really jacked up with the way Asobo is using the Microsoft APIs for sound devices. I have hundreds of other Steam games in my library and many of them work flawlessly with this audio output.

[ag3nt_7]

Glad to know I'm not the only one, but it seems like a pretty major oversight. I have seen one fix suggested on this page[respawnfirst.com] that recommends disabling headset features on Bluetooth headphones. But I checked and mine is always set to "headphones" and not "headset" which I assume enables the built in mic for recording.

[ag3nt_7]

I've also tried disabling the headphone mic in the Windows sound options and disabling sound enhancements, which was recommended by some for Forza Horizon 4. No love yet.

I've also noticed that if you quit out of the game through the menu the sound instantly comes back, but if you Alt-F4 out of the MSFS window while it's loading the sound doesn't come back. So it seems like MSFS is hijacking something with the Windows sound system and isn't releasing whatever it's holding onto that messes everything up.

[CaptPotato]

Same problem here. No audio at all even from laptop speakers.

[theJester63]

Found this in another forum, worked for me.
"Bluetooth comes with two connections. One for a phone, one for stereo sound. MSFS picks the wrong one. Go to control panel -> sound Look for Headset -> *your headset name* Hands Free AG Audio (note the difference: headset versus headphones). Disable the headset hands free one. Then try again."