{"id":1754,"date":"2016-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/2016\/08\/16\/600-play-button-greyed-out\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T20:21:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:21:43","slug":"600-play-button-greyed-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/en\/miscellaneous\/600-play-button-greyed-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Button Greyed Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are unable to play dictations because your play button is greyed out, follow the article below.<\/p>\n<p>If you are unable to play dictations check the Playback Control Bar to see if the Play button is greyed out as below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2436\" src=\"https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-1.png\" width=\"501\" height=\"97\" alt=\"play button greyed out 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-1.png 501w, https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-1-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-1-18x3.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or if you double click onto the dictation it will show as below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opdsupport.com\/images\/web_articles\/play-button-greyed-out-2.png\" alt=\"play button greyed out 2\"><\/p>\n<p>We would recommend going to your notification tray on the bottom right corner of the PC and checking&nbsp;the speaker icon, if there is a red cross on the speaker then this suggests there is a problem. Right click on the speaker and select Playback devices in the menu as below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2438\" src=\"https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-3.png\" width=\"257\" height=\"157\" alt=\"play button greyed out 3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-3.png 257w, https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-3-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You should see the audio device in the list which you will notice the Headphone device is greyed out with a down arrow and has a message saying Not plugged in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2439\" src=\"https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-7.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"455\" alt=\"play button greyed out 7\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-7.png 400w, https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-7-264x300.png 264w, https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-7-11x12.png 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Connect your headphones and now it should be highlighted with a green tick to say Default Device.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2443\" src=\"https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-8.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"455\" alt=\"play button greyed out 8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-8.png 400w, https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-8-264x300.png 264w, https:\/\/audiosupport.omsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/play-button-greyed-out-8-11x12.png 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If the&nbsp;headphones are still not being detected on the PC when they are plugged in then this would indicate there is a problem with your PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are unable to play dictations because your play button is greyed out, follow the article below. 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