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Butler Jun 2, 2022 @ 10:06pm

Can the C Port be used for headphones?

I know there's a jack there, but I have a few pair of c port headphones and was curious. Thanks fam.

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Originally posted by OGNocturnal:

Steel Series Arctis headphones work with the supplied USB-C adapter on the deck also

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ReBoot Jun 2, 2022 @ 10:16pm

Depends on your headphones. Cheap USB-C headphones treat USB-C data lines as analog audio lines which the Deck doesn't support. Proper USB-C headphones run off said data lines prodiving an own DAC. The latter kind will work on the Deck just fine.

Prezidentas Jun 3, 2022 @ 1:10am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
Depends on your headphones. Cheap USB-C headphones treat USB-C data lines as analog audio lines which the Deck doesn't support. Proper USB-C headphones run off said data lines prodiving an own DAC. The latter kind will work on the Deck just fine.

Is the Audio Adapter accessory mode really not supported? The USB controller itself does support it...

Last edited by Prezidentas; Jun 3, 2022 @ 1:13am

ReBoot Jun 3, 2022 @ 1:15am

On the Steam Deck specifications page, Valve lists headphones via 3,5mm jack, the USB-C port is mentioned for digital audio. That means no analog audio over USB-C.

Prezidentas Jun 3, 2022 @ 1:16am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
On the Steam Deck specifications page, Valve lists headphones via 3,5mm jack, the USB-C port is mentioned for digital audio. That means no analog audio over USB-C.

Well someone needs to actually try it.

ReBoot Jun 3, 2022 @ 1:21am

Originally posted by Red Star Gopnik:
Originally posted by ReBoot:
On the Steam Deck specifications page, Valve lists headphones via 3,5mm jack, the USB-C port is mentioned for digital audio. That means no analog audio over USB-C.
Well someone needs to actually try it.

Would help, sure. However, let's not pretend that we don't know anything until someone actually tried, specifications are a thing, after all.

darrenphillips666 Jun 3, 2022 @ 2:42am

Surely it was quicker to just plug them in and see for yourself, rather than ask here and wait for responses? 😂

Butler Jun 3, 2022 @ 2:46am

Originally posted by darrenphillips666:
Surely it was quicker to just plug them in and see for yourself, rather than ask here and wait for responses? 😂

I don't have mine yet.

Clone303 Jun 3, 2022 @ 2:52am

why just why? you already have jackport

Punkovich Jun 3, 2022 @ 2:59pm

Originally posted by Red Star Gopnik:
Originally posted by ReBoot:
On the Steam Deck specifications page, Valve lists headphones via 3,5mm jack, the USB-C port is mentioned for digital audio. That means no analog audio over USB-C.
Well someone needs to actually try it.

I just tried plugging my 3.5mm headphones into the Deck with the 3.5 to usb-c adapter (which works on my phone), and nope, doesnt work.

Butler Jun 3, 2022 @ 3:37pm

Originally posted by Punkovich:
Originally posted by Red Star Gopnik:
Well someone needs to actually try it.
I just tried plugging my 3.5mm headphones into the Deck with the 3.5 to usb-c adapter (which works on my phone), and nope, doesnt work.

Okay, thank you for the clarification! Bluetooth it is :P

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Prezidentas Jun 3, 2022 @ 11:37pm

Originally posted by SpaceButler:
Originally posted by Punkovich:
I just tried plugging my 3.5mm headphones into the Deck with the 3.5 to usb-c adapter (which works on my phone), and nope, doesnt work.

Okay, thank you for the clarification! Bluetooth it is :P

well it depends if the headphones have their own DAC. then it would work. especially since Bluetooth doesn't go into the low latency codec in gaming mode.

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