Audio not coming out both external speakers on Lenovo Horizon All-in-one

I have just received my Lenovo Horizon 27 inch all-in-one pc and I've noticed a problem with the audio. When I plug in my external speakers I only get audio out of the left channel. I noticed another person with the same problem posted to the forums some time back but the Lenovo tech never got back to him with a solution so I'm really hoping I'll have better luck.
The sound comes out propperly when headphones are plugged in but my speakers only output a single chanel of audio. The speakers work fine on other PCs. As was suggested in the other thread, I compared the headphone jack and the speaker jack and they are identical. Same number of stripes, same length, and I believe the same girth.
Here's the url for the other post I mentioned: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaCentre-Desktops-Home-Servers/Horizon-27-sound-issue/m-p/1475392/high...
I also can't seem to find where the number is to call for support so if someone could help me with that I'd be very appreciative.
Thanks,
Charles
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Okay, so I called Lenovo support and as always, they were polite but their solution was that it was a software issue and I needed to restore my computer, so not very good advice but often given by every tech support. It's like cutting off your hand because you have a cuiticle.
Anyway, so in all the sitting and waiting I had a thought come back about when I used to manage a computer store that sold Macs. Apple, when they released the Macbook Air, tried to squeeze so much into the tiny case that there were a million problems with the device one of which was that some headphones and speakers worked fine (namely ones made by Apple, go figure) and others wouldn't work at all. It was a design flaw related to have very low tollerances for minor differences in the headphone jacks length et al.
So I used an extension audio cable with my speakers and it works fine now. So the answer is that there is a design flaw in the Lenovo Horizion related to the effort to squeeze so much into the thin device which lowers the devices tollerance for variations in the size and shape of the headphone plug. I hope this helps someone else since the solution is simple and if it had been in a database it would have saved a lot of time for me and the techs. Not complaining, just wanting to put this information out there for others who might be experiencing the same sort of problems.

Similar Messages

No sound coming out of external speakers

Here's my situtation. I just recently received my MacBook and I wanted to connect my external speakers that I used with my previous PC laptop. It worked perfectly with the PC laptop. When I plug in the speaker cord into the port, no sound comes out of the external speakers. But sound comes out of the internal MacBook speakers.
I plugged it in the right port.
Volume is on both in the MacBook and the external speakers.
Speakers are on.
Speakers worked fine with my PC laptop.
What can i do? The connection is fine because it was just plugged in my PC laptop and they were working. Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks for the reply. This is what i tried...its really weird but it works.
I plugged in the speaker plug into the port with the headphone symbol and now sound comes out of the speakers! (Maybe this was the correct port in the first place! Sorry for the newbie mistake.) I was used to ports being color coded and I just plugged in the green speaker cord into the green port on my PC.
So the port on the left is for audio in right?
And the port with the headphone symbol is for headphones and speaker (audio out)
When I go to to System Preferences, it recognizes the speakers as "Headphones". But I don't think that really matters.
Thanks for the help. I have sound now coming out of my external speakers.

VFL Speaker sound from both the front speakers while FR sound is not coming out at all.

I have a creative gigaworks s750 connected to a xtreme gamer sound card. The system was working absolutely fine but now it has started behaving very strangely; system is playing back Front Left Speaker sound from both the front speakers while Front Right sound is not coming out at all. If i click the front right speaker in audio console speaker setup wizard, no sound comes. However when i click the front left speaker, sound comes out of both speakers. I counter checked it with playing 5.1 dts movie and muting all the speakers except the front left one from ac3 filter, sound came out of both the front speakers. However when i muted all the channel except the front right, no sound was coming out of front right speaker.
Message Edited by hussain on 06-10-2009 10:26 PM

Just want to add another relieved reader of this thread. I had lost the sound to my speakers even though I had sound to headphones. I was convinced it was a damaged headphone jack because I had pushed the headphone plug in harder the last evening when my wife complained that she could still hear the speakers while I listened with the headphones. The next morning--no speaker sound.
I spent a few hours searching the web to see how to disassemble a satellite A505 and get to the jack. But I wasn't even sure I could get a proper replacement jack that fit, and I was concerned that small damage, say to the ribbon connectors could render the computer useless--a large price to pay for just missing audio.
Fortunately, I stumbled onto this thread and I recalled I had put the unit to sleep the night before--something I don't usually do, but I didn't want all the Chrome web sites to have to reload so I just put it to sleep.
When I put it to sleep again and fired it up--Sound! I am so glad to find this solution so I just want to let people know it remains a viable option.
Doug

Sound is not coming out of speakers, but headphones work?

I have a Satellite L505-S5990 laptop. Today while I was sitting at home browsing the Internet, I realized there was no sound coming out of the speakers. It was working just fine minutes before. It was sitting on the counter the entire time and it just silently stopped working.
So I grabbed some headphones and plugged them in and they worked.
I restarted the computer, still no sound coming from speakers.
Windows 7 found no problems while troubleshooting the sound.
I downloaded the Automated Troubleshooting Services to diagnose and fix sound playback issues from Microsoft but that didn't find any issues.
I uninstalled the sound driver and installed the one that came with this laptop. I still get the same result. No sound from speakers but headphones work.
Can anyone please tell me how to fix this?
Thanks!!
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Just want to add another relieved reader of this thread. I had lost the sound to my speakers even though I had sound to headphones. I was convinced it was a damaged headphone jack because I had pushed the headphone plug in harder the last evening when my wife complained that she could still hear the speakers while I listened with the headphones. The next morning--no speaker sound.
I spent a few hours searching the web to see how to disassemble a satellite A505 and get to the jack. But I wasn't even sure I could get a proper replacement jack that fit, and I was concerned that small damage, say to the ribbon connectors could render the computer useless--a large price to pay for just missing audio.
Fortunately, I stumbled onto this thread and I recalled I had put the unit to sleep the night before--something I don't usually do, but I didn't want all the Chrome web sites to have to reload so I just put it to sleep.
When I put it to sleep again and fired it up--Sound! I am so glad to find this solution so I just want to let people know it remains a viable option.
Doug

Internal speakers on Macbook Pro not working after using external speakers

I had an external speaker system attached via the headphone jack, and when i unplugged hem internal speakers are not working, tried plugging external speakers back in and then removing them about 5 times.
There was a read light in the headphone jack but thats gone out now.
I have reset both the PRAM and VRAM twice with no success.
HELP!!!!!
Thanks

The image is here

Why are certain channels not coming out of the master when they are playing?

the sound isnt coming out of the speakers, headphones or not and the bar which shows when its playing, moves in time with what should be playing. why wont it play outloud?

What is your product number?
↙-----------How do I give Kudos?| How do I mark a post as Solved? ----------------↓

Noise coming out of Airport Speakers once Airfoil installed

Hiya,
I installed Airfoil and Reemote Server today in order to make all the audio work with my Aiport speakers.
It worked fine through Safari for about 10 mins and then I started getting this white noise sound coming out of the speakers.
I am trying to figure out why.
It stills plays whatever it is (mixcloud, youtube ) but one the top of the noise.
It works fine from my Iphone Itunes but the problem is from my Mac.
Any help?
Thanks

On the Airfoil for Mac site, it says that the demo will work fine for 10 minutes and then it will generate noise over the music. The license for the software is $25.

ITouch 2G playing sound through both external speakers and earphones

iTouch 2G playing sound through both external speakers and earphones when earphones are plugged in..
M using the latest version of itunes and iOS 4.2.1
....Have already tried formatting, resetting and even formatting when my earphones were plugged in...
Please help immediately..M out of warranty..

Have you tried another pair of earphones? It may be that the headphone jack is failing. You can, if you are competent, replace it yourself or get it fixed by a third-part place. See the following:
http://www.iresq.com/
http://www.ifixit.com/
http://www.irepair.com/ipod-touch-headphone-jack.html

Morese Code sound coming through my external speakers

Recently I've been getting Morse Code sounds coming through my external speakers. It's not all the time but at least 2-3 time a day. Any idea?

If I have my cel phone near my iMac, every now and then I get a sound that could be described as Morse code like. It has no lasting effects, so I don't worry much about it.

How do I get the sound to come out of external speakers?

How do I get the sound to come out of external speakers?

Thanks for our reply. My speakers are powered Bose speakers but still didn't pick up the sound until I tried this suggestion from another discussion thread. This worked like a charm:
Re: External speakers don't work created by ally100 in MacBook Pro -View the full discussion
I had a similar problem a while back. The issue was with the speaker jack plug and the macbook phone socket. For some reason the jack plug was not a good a fit, as say the jack that comes with the iphone ear phones. A few tiwsts and turns of the speaker jack plug and it eventually became a snug(ish) fit. Have a look on you tune. There are a couple of videos on there that might help if this is not the issue.

Slight crackle coming out of the speakers after waking up from sleep?

anyone else had this happen to them? I just hear a short, quiet crackling noise coming out of my speakers after waking up. My MBP 17 is great otherwise. Its not really even a big deal, just wondering. Thanks

I've been encountering this problem recently with my left speaker when waking my laptop from sleep. It doesn't happen all the time though - almost seems like it happens when it's hot and humid out, like today, even though my A/C is on. I've seen one or two more threads about this topic but with no real help other than "I wouldn't worry about it". Does anyone else have any ideas? It's not a life-or-death ordeal, but still, I know the speaker shouldn't make this noise.

When I send a text message from my iPhone response only comes back to my iPhone . If I send from iPad, response only comes back to iPad. Whichever I used last is where response comes. Responses are not coming to both anymore! Please help?

When I send a text message from my iPhone response only comes back to my iPhone . If I send from iPad, response only comes back to iPad. Whichever I used last is where response comes. Responses are not coming to both anymore!

On both devices when you go to settings>messages>send and recieve how are poeple contacting you on each device?. e.g. email or mobile number.

TS2097 I inserted a new DVD, it is working but not coming out. Whenever I try to eject it, it does not come out. Apple should provide us the easy and manual way to eject CD/DVD or?

Hello,
I inserted a new DVD in my mac book pro, its working and the drive is reading the dvd but unfortunately is not coming out. I have tried several ways mentioned on all over the net and apple community websites but nothing has worked so far.
I need a easier and manual way to eject the DVD. Where is apple's help?
Please help me. This is one of the weaknesses Apple should work on because it is causing us pain and loss of efficiency which is not apple's quality.
Thanks

Thanks for asking, actually I just found a trick on a website.
It siad that restart MBP while holding eject button, I did it and DVD came out right away.
I hope that this works out for everyone.
But still there is a need for a manual eject system so that people don't worry about stucking the DVD or CD in th drive.
Thanks anyway dear.

BPM Collect pattern is not coming out and it is in loop.

Hi Experts,
We have implemented a BPM Collect Time pattern and it was working fine in Dev and QA environments perfectly. Couple of days back we have some server issue in Dev environment and Basis team has done some thing with File Storage. From that time, all our BPM's were not working in Dev. It is showing that the block is waiting for some event to trigger and it is in Process state. We have set it for 5 min and block is not coming out from loop. We exported the code to QA and it is working in QA. We tried SWU3 transaction as given in the below forum and it didn't help us.
bpm collect time infinite loop error
Some one please help us.
Thanks
Venkat
Edited by: Venkata Gupta on Nov 27, 2008 12:54 AM

Hi
Is Your BPM having deadline branch ?
If there is any system Exception then catch it.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/33/4a773f12f14a18e10000000a114084/content.htm.
According to thread mentioned by you ,Schedule your Missed Deadline Branch.
Also check your BPM using transaction SXMB_MONI_BPE and find out which step have error.

My phone was sitting on the table, with nothing turned on, and all of a sudden it sounds like there is air coming out of my speakers.

My phone was sitting on the table, with nothing turned on, and all of a sudden it sounds like there is air coming out of my speakers. It does this for 1 minute straight, then will stop. When I pick it up, then set it back down, it does it again.
HELP!!!

No nothing will show up on the screen.. If I push the 'home' center button it continues doing it, same with the sleep/wake button.
I thinking it may be static out of my speakers --but I don't understand why all of a sudden it is dong this. I have had no problems with this phone, until now.

Audio not coming out both external speakers on Lenovo Horizon All-in-one

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for