If Phase Manager shows "Phase not detected" when you plug in the Receiver, work through these steps in order.
- Quick restart
Quit Phase Manager completely, then relaunch it. Unplug the Receiver, wait a few seconds, and plug it back in. Check that the Receiver is powered: the lightning bolt LED on the back should be lit. - Check your USB connection
Try a different USB cable, then a different USB port directly on your computer. Avoid the mixer's USB port — some mixers don't deliver enough power to trigger detection. If no computer port works, try a powered USB hub (with its own external power supply). - Windows only: update the WinUSB driver
- Open Device Manager.
- Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers.
- Right-click Phase and select Update driver.
- Choose "Browse my computer for driver software", then "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer".
- Select WinUSB and confirm.
- Restart your computer, close any app that might be using Phase, and relaunch Phase Manager.
- Close background apps
If you are running a Virtual Machine (VMware, Parallels, etc.), its services may be running in the background and blocking Phase Manager from accessing the Receiver. On Windows, press Win + R, typemsconfig, go to the Services tab, and check "Hide all Microsoft services" to see which third-party services are active. If you see VMware services listed as Running, disable them and restart your computer.
Still not detected?
The Phase team will sort it out.
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