12ba:0042 — Wireless Stereo Headset
Licensed by Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Vendor ID
- 12ba
- Product ID
- 0042
- Combined
- 12ba:0042
- Decimal
- 4794:66
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a Wireless Stereo Headset manufactured by Licensed by Sony Computer Entertainment America. The vendor ID 12ba is registered to Licensed by Sony Computer Entertainment America with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0042 is the product ID that Licensed by Sony Computer Entertainment America assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 12ba:0042 Licensed by Sony Computer Entertainment America Wireless Stereo Headset.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 12ba:0042 Licensed by Sony Computer Entertainment America Wireless Stereo Headset
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 12ba:0042, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 12ba:0042. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=12ba, idProduct=0042.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_12BA&PID_0042 USB\VID_12BA&PID_0042&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_12BA&PID_0042"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
Wireless Stereo Headset:
Product ID: 0x0042
Vendor ID: 0x12ba (Licensed by Sony Computer Entertainment America)Driver help
Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
12ba Licensed by Sony Computer Entertainment America 0042 Wireless Stereo Headset