USB Wireless gaming headset only works as a mic, when i connect it with wire it works fine

[Shadow_Wallaby52]

So I recently bought a pair of steelseries Arctis 1 Wireless headphones and when i connect them to my laptop, the mic works but the speakers stay silent. I connected it to my nintendo switch and the audio works fine. The headphones aren't detected as speakers by the system at all, I tried pulseaudio but that didn't work either. When typing lsusb into the terminal it detects it as a Steelseries device, but i don't know how to make the audio work. I can use the cable but that ruins the wireless experience.. I am using Pop OS 20.10

 

[wizardfromoz]

G'day @Shadow_Wallaby52 and welcome to linux.org

Do be sure to look around the site before posting or else you will just trail off into obscurity without an answer.

I'm moving this to Linux Audio/Video

Good luck

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

 

[Lord Boltar]

Have a look here

GitHub - brokkr/pulseaudio_steelseries_arctis_7: A standalone repo for the PulseAudio patch adding support for Steelseries Arctis 7 headset

A standalone repo for the PulseAudio patch adding support for Steelseries Arctis 7 headset - GitHub - brokkr/pulseaudio_steelseries_arctis_7: A standalone repo for the PulseAudio patch adding supp...

github.com

Also you have to hold the power button for 3 seconds to get them to turn on

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2454772&s=bb9e7d7858dfb47901c06029ff0e30c7&p=14007098#post14007098