SB Arena Headset

Hallo,
i has Creative USB Sound Blaster Arena Headset and I'm on windows 8.1. I trying install drivers from original CD, later from support page but always in Playback Devices or Computer Manager - Audio, I see that SB Arena Headset is as "Speakers" not "Headphones". What is wrong?
- i has motherboard Asus M2N-E Ultra and I installed newest drivers from nVidia nForce 570 Ultra.
Please, help me.
Regards,
striky.

Yes, I have connected it to Windows 7 64- and 32-bit machines, Windows Vista 32-bit, and Windows XP 32-bit. They all report the device as the Creative Headset Firmware Updater. When I manually install the drivers from the driver package as the SB Arena Headset, that's when it reports the device cannot power on. Thanks for your time, hopefully we can get this thing to work!

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@Dodgetimmy,
Can you try reinstalling the headset using the driver from the installation cd? You might also want to try using the generic drivers by simply plugging the headset to the PC without installing the Creative drivers to see if it makes a difference.
If it is still not working for you, Customer Support can be contacted using this email form.

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Yo, if you ever come back here(you last visited in March) We can probably help one another. The wires you are talking about are:
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