Probably a noob question but.....
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I leave it plugged in. Guess it just goes into "standby" mode (the orange/white LED inside the HMD goes off).
Sounds like you use the regular FD launcher rather than through Oculus home, in which case you need to switch the current Windows audio playback device by clicking on the speaker icon on the taskbar.
Easiest way to switch between 2D and 3D is to use this excellent utility: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...er-Robust-Settings-Profiler-Switcher-Detector! (though note you will still need to switch Windows audio manually or execute a batch file through EDProfiler)
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I leave it plugged in, however I do stop the Oculus runtime service (which is called OVRService). You can do this with the following DOS command ..
net stop OVRService
You can restart the service with ..
net start OVRService
.. and you can put those commands as desktop shortcuts too if you want.
The main reason I stop the service is because when it's not in use I keep the headset in a fleece bag under the desk and this can sometimes trigger the headsets proximity sensor causing it to switch back on again. Stopping the service prevents this.
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found this on reddit and now use the first script.
Improved script:
sc config OVRService start= demand
net start "OVRService"
if %errorlevel% == 2 net stop "OVRService"
If the service is running this closes it and if it is not running it will open it.
Version that auto starts a program when the service starts:
sc config OVRService start= demand
net start "OVRService"
if %errorlevel% == 2 net stop "OVRService"
if %errorlevel% == 0 Start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\OculusClient.exe"
You have to run these as an admin.
complete post https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/4dcne1/basic_batch_scripts_to_startstop_oculus_service/
Improved script:
sc config OVRService start= demand
net start "OVRService"
if %errorlevel% == 2 net stop "OVRService"
If the service is running this closes it and if it is not running it will open it.
Version that auto starts a program when the service starts:
sc config OVRService start= demand
net start "OVRService"
if %errorlevel% == 2 net stop "OVRService"
if %errorlevel% == 0 Start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\OculusClient.exe"
You have to run these as an admin.
complete post https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/4dcne1/basic_batch_scripts_to_startstop_oculus_service/
I unplug mine as the machine runs two setups in my office/cave - one is the rift (plus a 20" LCD monitor) in the simpit and the other is for productivity stuff on a 40" 4K monitor. If I tried both together I think the machine would likely burst a cooling line 
+rep to Dape for that info!
I've been setting the OVRService to manual and controlling it with separate stop and start commands, if only to stop the flippin' Oculus Home window from continually popping up. The improved code above is much better being a single batch file.
But as has been already stated, the HMD does sleep it terms of output. I just don't particularly like having a service (which Facebook ultimately administer the privacy of) running all the time...
I've been setting the OVRService to manual and controlling it with separate stop and start commands, if only to stop the flippin' Oculus Home window from continually popping up. The improved code above is much better being a single batch file.
But as has been already stated, the HMD does sleep it terms of output. I just don't particularly like having a service (which Facebook ultimately administer the privacy of) running all the time...