Sound doesn't work correctly through headphones

I just today bought a HP Pavilion 15 laptop which plays sound perfectly fine without any headphones plugged into the 1 and only jack but when i plug a pair in for such as my iPhone earphones for example the sound becomes very unclear and quiet even at full volume. Can anybody please help me?
Thanks, 
Sam

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I understand that you are having an issue getting sound to your headphones. I will be happy to help you with this. Let's start by setting the headphones as the default audio device. This third-party link will show you how to do that. It is for Windows 7 but will work for Windows 8 as well. The only difference is that you will search for Control Panel from the main tile page and then in the Control Panel go to Sound. It sounds like you have tried a few different headphones is that correct? What operating system are you using?
Please click “Accept as Solution ” if you feel my post solved your issue.
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Thank you,
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