Not I realize I posted this prematurely however I have found a solution!!
So if anyone needs this in the future here it is..
Once you have you headphones plugged in go to the speaker icon on the windows tray. Right click it and go to "playback devices", Then got to you headphones and set them...
So I am using RealTek HD Audio manager and I am having trouble disabling the digital (optical) output for my 5.1 surround whilst my headphones are plugged in. In the "options" menu I have mute rear output device when a front output device is plugged in however the digital output doesn't seem to...
So I have SP-10600-019 speakers, they're just cheap old things, but for now until I get a gaming set then they'll have to do. I just discovered today they might be switched around. When listening to "Falling Inside the Black" by Skillet I notice my speakers were playing out of the opposite side...