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    Problems w/ Headphones

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by athom, Oct 16, 2008.

  1. athom

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    I have always had problems with my MacBook Pro with regards to headphone usage, but now things have just become intolerable. Ever since I got it, plugging headphones in didn't switch it over to 'headphones' mode immediatly - it didn't even give me the OPTION to under prefs (no red light). It simply waited a few minutes, THEN switched over to headphones with no warning. However, recently it has barely been switching over at all, and then switching BACK a few minutes later, again with no warning or apparent cause. To make things perfectly clear, I plug the headphones in, no red light, no nothing. I wait a while (sometimes hours), then it switches over to headphones mode. Then, some time later, it switches BACK to internal speaker mode, without the headphone plug being removed.

    Some more info:
    - It is a MacBook Pro, running 4.11. It MAY have BootCamp (I didn't configure it), all I know is that it has a Windows Drive, the problem is the same on both OSes, and all of the BootCamp audio fixes I could find haven't worked.
    - I don't have the OPTION, either in prefs or soundsource, to switch audio modes. Whatever audio mode it's currently in is always the only option.
    - I've tried multiple pairs of headphones, removed and re-inserted them tons of times, and I am using the right jack.
    - According to someone else who uses the computer, the RECENT problems may have something to do with the angle the computer is on - it switches to headphones more frequently at an angle in someone's lap as opposed to on flat surface.

    Any ideas?
     
    athom, Oct 16, 2008
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