Windows keeps on booting into headphone default

[pintree3]

I am not sure to what degree this problem can be solved. I have written to ASUS and have yet to receive a reply so I thought I'd try here.
MB: ASUS P7P55D-E LX
Audio card: ASUS Xonar DG
Asus AUdio Software: Xonar DG Audio Center
I plugged the front panel cables to the Sound card and went to my BIOS to disable the on-board one.
Now upon reboot the computer, therefore the sound card, chooses to go by default to earphones. This means that I have to manually (via the Audio Center) change it each and every time so I could hear my external speakers.
Does anyone know if anything can be done about this (and how)?
Thanks

 

[matts6887]

There should be a way somehow in your audio center to select it to use the speakers as default audio output device. Try checking there if u have not already and see if there is any way of doing that. If not post back again.

 

[pintree3]

yup had done that and looked all over. Odd, isn't it?
See attached photo. There is nowhere to save settings or much else for that matter.The thing is, what I asked myself, is what is making it do that? If anything the default should be the speakers, not the headphones.