Raspberry Pi

How to Configure Sound on Raspberry Pi

Most Raspberry Pi users find it difficult to listen to sound from their Raspberry Pi device, even if they connect an audio device to it. The reason is sound isn’t configured on your Raspberry Pi system by default, and you must configure it by yourself according to your specific sound device.

If you are finding the same problem, follow this article to learn about the procedure to configure sound on your Raspberry Pi device.

How to Configure Sound on Raspberry Pi

To configure sound on a Raspberry Pi device, you must first install Raspberry Pi OS on your system if you haven’t installed it; you can get help from this article.

You should also connect an audio device with your Raspberry Pi device, like headphones and speakers, because Raspberry Pi doesn’t have built-in speakers. In my case, I connected headphones through the Raspberry Pi audio jack.

After connecting the headphone or speaker to your Raspberry Pi device, you should open the Raspberry Pi configuration from the following command:

$ sudo raspi-config

The audio setting in Raspberry Pi is available in the “System Options” so you must select this option by pressing the enter button.

Click on the “Audio” option to select your desired audio device for listening to sound on Raspberry Pi.

Since I connected headphones with my Raspberry Pi device, I must go with “Headphones” option.

In case if you are using other audio output, you can select it from this section. After the selection, you can play audio or video files on your system and listen to it on your audio receiving device.

In case you want to increase or decrease the volume level; you can change it from the Sound icon that appears in the Taskbar Panel of your Raspberry Pi desktop.

At this moment, you have successfully configured sound on your Raspberry Pi system. In case of a sound problem, you should ensure your audio output is working fine by connecting them through your laptop or mobile.

Conclusion

Configuring sound on the Raspberry Pi system is simple; that requires connecting an audio-receiving device with your Raspberry Pi and using the Raspberry Pi configuration for configuration. You can configure the sound from the “System Options”. In the Audio section, you should select the audio output for listening to audio from your Raspberry Pi device. In case of any sound problem, you must check your audio device is working by connecting it to your laptop or mobile.

About the author

Awais Khan

I'm an Engineer and an academic researcher by profession. My interest for Raspberry Pi, embedded systems and blogging has brought me here to share my knowledge with others.