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    Line-in port Rejects Line-level audio (MB 2007)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Jergling, Jul 7, 2012.

  1. Jergling

    Jergling Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey Mac people, I've got a quick question for ya.

    Has anyone found that their Mac shuts off the line-in port if the signal is preamplified to line level? Honestly, it's kind of ridiculous, but my Macbook will not accept audio from my Rode Videomic if I use a preamp. It's really disappointing, because the Videomic is too quiet to use otherwise.
     
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  2. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you have a 13" with a combined line-in/out 2.5mm, go to system preferences and set the jack to be used as "input"

    It may help by manually doing this since the MBP doesn't correctly detect the device.
     
    Mobius 1, Jul 7, 2012
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