Does your startup chime ignore your external speakers??

I was just wondering if everyone or anyone else's iMacs did this. The startup chime is played through the internal speakers instead of my external speakers.

Hello Alias7
Yes McKappa is correct the MIDI audio setup switches to external after startup and a system wakeup. To lower startup chime volume unplug your external speakers, turn down or mute the volume for the internals then reconnect your externals.
Dennis

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Does anyone know how to fix the settings when your your mac doesn't recognize your external speakers?? HELP! I've tried everything.

So, I have a macbook pro. I used earphones to listen to music and everything worked fine. A few hours later, after it had been unplugged, I tried to listen to a video and the sound did not work. I have tried everything. Rebooted my computer multiple times, reset the PRAM twice, and checked my MIDI setup. When I go to sound through system preferces, this is what shows up: Output -- Digital out -- optical digital-out port and there is no option for external speakers! It isn't even showing that I have them!!! My internal settings are fine. HELP please!

This is a part of the larger MacBook Pro connectivity issue. There are several related threads dealing with the MBP's networking problems. If your unit is suffering from this type of difficulty, good luck ... (or a long ethernet cable)
(PS Everybody please make noise on this one so apple comes up with a solution.)
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Does your Ipad speakers make a static noise?

Hi world,
I am curious to hear from others about whether or not they are getting a static hiss from their iPad when any system notification sounds or music is paused.
You may need to place your ear up to the speaker but mine is audible in a quiet room from around 2 feet and is rather annoying.
I visited a genius bar and they confirmed the static but the replacement iPad also had this noise so they were unwilling to proceed any further.
Am curious as to whether its just mine or other people have issues.
If you have had problems - Could you advise how they were dealt with?
Many thanks for your time,
Fractal

Wow, these must be some E.T. iPads out thereplaying "perfect sounds" without this hiss in them (they must have some automatic-cleaning feature on, LOL).
The thing is that samples used for notification events are not perfectly clear and they have this "hissing" noise (not very loud though) in the background, basically "built-in" the sound samples. Mine does too, and every single one at Apple store (display units) does the same. Trust me I checked it myself because I was also curious to find out. Apple store is located just 500 feet from where I live, so going there costed me nothing.
True, this hissing background noise should not be heard from a far, only when you put your iPad's speaker very close to your ear (almost closing your ear-hole), and only immediately after playing those specific notification sounds. Hissing could last from few seconds, up to almost a minute, depending how close cropped those sounds were. I guess someone did a sloppy job at Apple when editing these sounds.
Don't worry, it's not your hardware that's defective, it's Apple's software. They could easily fix it if they clean up those system sounds and update everything with next OS update.

MacIntel: Startup chime stuck with internal speakers?

MacPro, Intel chips, 10.4.10, self-powered speakers plugged at the back.
The boot chime ALWAYS comes from internal speakers, no matter what settings are used in Sound preferences panel. (The chime can be muted, but' that's it)
Previous Macs (at least G4s) with the exact same OS version allowed getting a beautiful, deep and soothing sound at startup time, from externals. Why would this feature have disappeared?
People at the store and at Apple that I've talked to only said :it's normal".
Anyone can help me with this? I find it strange that this would be "normal". Even Windows can have its boot chime presented through externals.
Thanks!

Yes, it is normal. You might want to try using the front headphone port instead. I believe it'll come out via that port though I'm not entirely sure.

Phone does not ring when plugged into external speakers

Is there a docking speaker that will allow the iPhone to ring for incoming calls when plugged into speaker listening to music?

Hi Alicia,
All of the iPhone compatible speakers listed here: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shopiphone/iphoneaccessories/speakers?mco=MTU2NjIwMw should allow the iPhone to ring while in the dock.
You can also see a rating and reviews for each dock.
-Jason

My startup chime not muted anymore.

I do not want to remove it but all of a sudden even though I have my volume muted when I shutdown it still chimes when I start up. I have added no software but I had a crash yesterday where the Mac told me I needed to shut it down. After startup I had a bluescreen crash. Since then I have reinstalled the latest 10.6.8 combo as well as repaired permissions.
I have normal volume control.

It's not one of life's necessities, no. It is an awesome sound though. It's a pick-me-up.
I do find it curious that my old SE, SE30, IIci, LC475, Power Macintoshes 7500 and 8500, and PowerBook G3 always had the startup chime through the external speakers and this machine doesn't.

Using Airport Express for External speakers and Apple TV. When I'm on MAC computer adn using internet sound from Internet does not go through external speakers. Instead it comes out of Mac computer speaker. Why?

Using Airport Express for External speakers and Apple TV. When I'm on MAC computer adn using internet sound from Internet does not go through external speakers. Instead it comes out of Mac computer speaker. Why?

As far as I know, the Airport Express only transmits sounds via Itunes. So every other sound (internet, but also incoming mail) will be coming out of your mac instead of your external speakers.

Startup chimes

I have had the startup chimes on my '09 iMac silenced since almost new (I think I probably installed a 3rd party patch to quiet the chimes). Suddenly, three days ago (Jan. '14) they started up again! I hadn't done anything to the computer (Mavericks OS), so why they appeared is a mystery. I have my external speakers running off the headphone jack and that is apparently where the chimes come through. So I have been searching and searching the net for a way to silence them. There are suggestions that utilize the Terminal, but they are so techy that I have no confidence I could make the change without screwing up my aging Mac. There are NO patches (for iMac) available that I could find, and I had just about given up when I stumbled onto a Redit page that explained that if you UNPLUG the headphones (my external speaker connection) and then go into preferences and mute the sound, it should work. And it did!!! Wow, what a relief! I plugged the speakers back in and they are working fine. Apparently the mute/sound function detects if there are headphones plugged in, and detecting none, allows you to mute the internal speaker circuit. This is then saved into the p-ram memory location. Then, when you plug the headphones/speakers back in to the jack, the OS recognizes the hookup and runs the sound through per your volume settings. I am not a technical person, as you can tell, so if you ARE a MacTech and see any problems with this solution, PLEASE post a response quickly so that my suggestions don't screw up someone's Mac. Thanks! (It is a total mystery to me why Apple has allowed this situation to fester without a realistic patch being issued, or to note the solution I mention here. Why is this solution such a SECRET!? If the diagnostic aspect of the chimes is so important, why not just offer a VISUAL symbol alternative, perhaps with a simple animation, that would SILENTLY notify the operator that the startup was successful? Please, Apple, I know you can do it...)

Unplug your external speakers, lower your internal speaker volume way way down and plug your external sperkers back in.

EXTERNAL SPEAKERS DON'T WORK

External speakers don't work. They are LABTEC LCS 2420 speakers. The internal speakers with RealTek driver works fine. I have an HP Pavilion 23 touchsmart All-In-One PC with windows 8. I plugged the speakers in the headphone port then tried the audio jack in the back with the same resullt. When I right click on the sound icon and click on playback devices and riight click in the open area i checked show disabled and disconnected devices only the speakers realtek icon appears. Do I need to download other drivers and how should I do this?

Try the following: Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Manage Audio Devices > in the 'Playback' tab you should see the ports (rear and headphone) > R-Click the one that you are using for your external speakers and make it the default device.
Trust this helps.
regards davida
"Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP"

External Speakers Randomly Stop Working until I "Test" or Disable/Enable

I'm using a HP Pavillion DV6 Notebook PC Running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1.
External speakers randomly stop working until I "test" or disable/enable them. Headphone/HDMI Audio Works.
Background
-Recently had to do a clean install of windows.
-Went to the HP Drivers Website and downloaded all of the latest drivers.
-I installed several other programs as well (Flash, Steam, Media Player, Browser)
-The problem started
Current Settings
-My deafult device is "Speakers and Headphones: IDT High Definition Audio CODEC"
-Enhancements are disabled
-Bass and Treble are set to 4
-Format is set to 16 bit, 48000 Hz (DVD Quality)
-Allowing applications to take exclusive control of the device or not doesn't make a difference (but it's currently off)
Troubleshooting
-The audio works by plugging in headphones or using an HDMI device
-The audio comes back if I go to my sound settings and hit "Test", or if I disable and re-enable the device
Error Messages
-Youtube starts the video for 3 seconds, restarts and sputters a bit, and then says that there was an error
-My media player (MusicBee) gives me this message: "Unable to start playback (Error = BASS_ERROR_BUFLOST)"
That's everything I can think of. Any ideas?

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I see that you are having a frustrating time with the sound to your external speakers. Have you tried connecting the speakers to another computer to see if is a hardware issue with the speakers? Do the regular speakers work? What is your product number as there are several models in the dv6 series?
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Startup Chimes with audio cable connected?

My Mini has started to sound it's healthy startup chime even when there is an audio cable connected to the audio/headphone output. The output works fine and sends audio to the speakers, but how can I mute the chime at startup?
Previously it always muted that sound with a cable connected and I believe it started chiming when I updated to 10.5.4.
TIA.

The mini generates the startup chime via the internal speakers regardless of whether external speakers are connected or not - the necessary support for the hardware audio port isn't loaded until after the power-on self test (which is what generates the chime) so in common with the iMac range, the chime comes from the internal speakers.
The only way to mute the chime at startup is to set the Sound preference pane to Mute (check the 'Mute' box in the Sound Effects tab). There are also some utilities such as Startup Sound (http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/index.en.html) which variously succeed in muting the chime, though these tend to get broken with MacOS updates.

Audio external speakers

External audio speakers will not play thro the jack in back of the IMAC , it worked before now will not . I checked the speakers , they are working fine.
Tried everything to get it to work. HELP

Check to make sure that your external speakers a plugged firmly into the Output or headphone jack and not the Input or mic jack.
Dennis

Refurb C2D Mini occasionally gets into startup chime loop

I'm supporting a pre-2009 1.83GHz Core2Duo Apple refurb Mini that about once a week goes into a continuous loop thusly:
Press power button, Mini gets to startup chime, then it waits a few seconds and does the startup chime again. It repeats this ad infinitum and never gets past the startup chiming. Only way to stop this is to force a power off. At that point, it will generally startup OK.
There are no diagnostic beeps or flashes on front light. Hard Drive passes all DiskUtility tests. And the Mini works fine except when this startup problem occurs. The Mini is connected to a good UPS, so I'm ruling out bad mains power as the source of the problem.
Problem is so sporadic, that I'm concerned that my local independent Apple dealer won't be able to diagnose it. This dealer also has a reputation for keeping Macs for a month or so while it waits for parts. So my preference would be to deal with AppleCare directly over the phone and via mail-in. The Mini is within the one-year warranty period, but outside the 90-days of free phone support. I'm willing to buy AppleCare to expedite the solution of this problem. But even then, I'm worried that the problem is flakey enough that Apple is going to pass on it. I'm not within reasonable range of a real Apple Store, so all interaction with Apple will have to be over the phone and via delivery services.
What are the chances that Apple would know that this Mini was returned and refurbed for having precisely this issue with its original owner?
I'm open to advice. Thanks.

Update.
This has happened two more times, including just now.
If the Mini is forced off by holding down the power button, it then is able to be started normally after just a pro-forma 1 minute wait.
The startup chime is about half the duration of a normal startup chime. And there is about 2 seconds between each chime during the looping.
As an additional update, I found out by talking to AppleCare that mail-in service is not available for Minis, like it is for Apple notebooks. So purchasing AppleCare would not relieve me of having to deal with my local Apple authorized service provider -- who is not likely to have the patience to experience this sporadic problem.

Does your MacBook Pro Retina speakers buzz?

I have the new MacBook Pro Retina, which I absolutely love. The only issue so far is that the speakers buzz sometimes. I've tried different equalizer settings, which helps somewhat. Has anyone else experienced a buzzing or distortion in their audio output? It almost sounds as though a speaker is blown.

This is what I think the problem with the MB Pro Retina speakers is...
Frequency Response is very good. The speakers sound great with distinct sounds across a wide range of frequencies. But it sounds horrible with low quality TV or movie recordings where a lot of mid range and low frequency sounds hit at the same time in a muddled mess. Volume Handling is simply horrible across the mid and lower frequencies. Many movies will buzz when there is a lot of speech, music and bass going on at the same time unless you lower the volume to 1~2 bars.
This is not a problem with the recording except that the MBP Retina speakers don't like them. Recordings and low quality compression DOES NOT BUZZ, period. They may be low definition, they may sound muddled, they may have cut offs from exceeding the allowed dyanmic range, but they do not buzz. If you play the same movie on external speakers they will not buzz. If I play the same movie on my Dell Adamo it does not buzz. Listening to the same section of the same source on my earphones produce zero buzzing.
I am not sure if the problem is with the speakers themselves of other elements within the MBP Retina vibrating in resonance. But it is definitely annoying. And it sounds like component speakers with improper or missing crossover components allowing frequencies the speakers cannot handle at decent volumes to contaminate the driver or attempting to use mid-bass speakers as sub-woofers -- they actually have the frequency response just grossly insufficient travel of the diaphrams and cannot handle any decent volume.
We may be able to figure out the problematic frequencies and do a narrow cut in volume on them if we have a graphic equalizer. Unfortunately, unlike Realtek and IDT drivers, the Cirrus Logic drivers do not offer an EQ. I am tempted to open the MBP Retina up and try to graft an adhoc crossover onto the four speakers in form of caps and inductors. Given the low wattage of the components the caps and inds will be pretty small. But haven't gotten around to it yet... and part of me don't want to rip the MBP apart.

Does your Macbook make Random Popping Sounds?

Hi all, does your Macbook make random popping sounds, on startup and periodically when your using your MB. I have this issue with two macbooks and i can't seem to find many other people who have this problem. I'm unsure whether it's the audio popping issue mentioned in other threads because this happens when no external speakers are plugged in. It's just pops away on it's own and it's driving me mad, i can't even pin it down to a specific task because it;s so random.
Both of my Macbook are operating under 10.4.11.
Arrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

Actually now that you've mentioned it, mine sometimes randomly makes the popping sounds, more to the likes of 'clipping' of speakers. But the odd thing is, mine only pops when connect my speakers (it's a Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 setup which i purchased over 6 years ago) - and the speakers have been fine all these while? I am positive that it's not my speakers because just recently (2-3 days ago) my brother brought his HP laptop and used my speakers and i did not hear anything even after he left his inferior (haha kidding) laptop on my desk to have a smoke without any music/sound coming out of the speakers.
To be more precise. my popping sound occurs specifically (as I haven't tried others) as I pause my music on iTunes. It does annoy the h*ll out of me and I really assumed that it was my speakers.
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