Headphone Jack Audio Issue

I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2009 (OSX 10.9.2) and today I am only getting audio out of the right side. I have checked my outpout settings, used another headset and performed a reset with Ctrl + Option + P + R. None of these things have fixed my issue. I have never had this issue before and I haven't changed anything or done anything new to the labtop.

Applications/Utilities/ Audio MIDI Setup.app
Audio Devices window
Side Bar
Click the Built-in Output.
Plug in the headphone and select it.
Make sure that CH1 and CH2 volume sliders are matched.

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Headphone jack audio problem

I have a confusing problem, any music played through my iphone headphone jack (ie a variety of headphones/adapers tried) sounds garbled unless the bitrate is 320kpbs. All music sounds fine when played through a powered amp, or through the internal speakers. This made me think it was a problem with the headphone jack however, as i stated before audio files with a bit rate of 320 kbps work fine.
Any ideas why this glitching is occuring?

The bitrate for the majority of my music is 128kbps, and some 256kbps, and I've experienced no such problem.
What did you use for the encoding when the music was imported into iTunes - MP3 or AAC, etc.? iTunes and the iPhone supports several, but may like AAC better, which also uses the least amount of storage space for each song on your computer.
But since the music plays without being garbled otherwise, sounds like your iPhone's headphone port has a problem.

IPhone 5 question about Bluetooth headsets and headphone jack audio out.

I have an iPhone 5. When I'm connected to a bluetooth headset, can I still use the headphone jack to play audio through my stereo between calls without having to disconnect the headphone jack for calls or shut off the headset for tunes?

when one connects a wires headset it it mutes the internal speaker
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Is it possible to repair the headphone jack on the Imac?

I have an older iMac. I bought it back in 07 and the headphone jack/audio jack is starting to go out. Is something like that fixable?

Since the jacks are generally mounted on the motherboard the only way to replace them is with the replacement of the motherboard. That will be costly.
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Headphone/mic/speakerpone issue

Before I send in my new phone (now 3 weeks old) for a refurb, I'd like to know if it's actually going to help. Has anyone run into the situation below, if if so, what did you do?
I use my speakerphone regularly for work. A week ago my phone started switching from speakerphone to the ear piece. I would switch the speakerphone on and anywhere from 20 seconds to a minute later, it would happen again. It happened around once a day. A minor annoyance, but I could deal with it. A few days later and ever since, though, my phone started dropping calls any time I was on the ear piece. i.e., neither myself or the remote party could hear one another. After 20-30 seconds, one of use assumed the other was gone and would hang up and redial.
I started looking online for speakerphone/ear piece issues thinking maybe it was hardware. In one forum, I find hints of it being related to the headphone jack. (I listen to music a lot in the car using the headphone jack into the stereo, so I thought it could be the issue.) After reading more descriptions of the headphone issues, I tried some things to see if I was having the same issue. When the ear piece "mutes", I can hit the speakerphone button and the remote party and I can hear each other. It lasts 5 seconds to a minute, then silence again as the speakerphone switched off. This is with the phone in my hand or lying on the table. I'm not bumping the button. I press the speakerphone again, once again the remote party and I can hear each other.
So, I started searching more for the issue. Based on what I've read and tested, it's definitely a headphone jack sensing issue. If I plug in headphones with a mic, I can hear and talk with no issue. If I unplug them, the phone uses the ear piece for a few seconds, then back to headphones (even though I have not plugged them back in to the phone).
From what I've read, this has happened for a while and with multiple Samsung phones. All Verizon has offered me is to send out a refurb phone. In fact, they have said *no one* has reported a similar issue. Given the dozens of accounts of this, even a few in these forums, I find that hard to believe. However, I've read some users have gone through as many as 4 Nexus phones with no fix to this issue. Some held out for 4.0.4 thinking it would fix it. It has not. Some are holding out for JB, though there are people with (deleted content to comply with VZW ToS) phones (running the unofficial release from Google) saying it does not fix the issue. I have a BT headset, but even it is trumped by the phone thinking the headset is in place. The only way I can even partially use the phone at this point is to use the "Wired Headset Routing Fix" app. The fact that there's an app to force your phone to ignore the headset is telling. Using this app, I'm able to make calls the majority of the time. When I call out, it always works, using the ear piece the entire call. When people call in, the headphones try to answer, a quick speakerphone then ear piece switch will fix it in some cases. Almost like I have to prod the app into working.
Two things I've noticed, one is that the problem is worse when on a 3G connection than 4G. Leads me to think it *could* be related to radios. Two is that after a few times of this happening, the phone becomes unstable, grinds to a halt, and reboots.
I've tried a lot of things on my own since the VZW solution is to just send out a refurb. I've tried gently plugging and unplugging a headset. I've tried canned air. I've tried removing the battery and SIM card. I've tried a factory reset (which was painful as I *just* got the phone set up how I like it when this started). I'm to the point of extreme frustration as I essentially have a really expensive, small, Android tablet now. I take care of my phones and use them as long as possible before trading up to the latest. (Came from Sprint where I had a stock HTC Evo for 3 years with no issues whatsoever. Switched to Verizon as there are no Sprint towers where I just moved.)
Thoughts? I'm leaning toward the refurb, but I don't want to be sending the phone back every month for a new one. Is there anything else to try? Should I hold out for JB? Do I demand something other than a Nexus. (Other than the stability issues, I *love* this phone.)
Thanks!
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I have this problem to with my iPhone 5 and iOS 8.0.2. I also have the problem in iOS 8.1 but it is more intermittent. Furthermore, when the call ends, the podcast (that's all I listen to lately) is at the new volume setting, even though the call's volume was unchanged.
Getting the call at maximum volume and not being able to reduce the volume is potentially hazardous, especially if on top of all that, the caller is shouting.

My iPhone 5 is suddenly having audio issues through the headphone jack.

So this is a strange situation, and I'll try to explain in depth so that someone might be able to suggest a solution. As reference, I have an iPhone 5 that I purchased in late-February. I've had every other model of iPhone except for the first iPhone, so I am pretty familiar with the device. I used to be on AT&T, and switched to Verizon when I upgraded to the iPhone 5.
Two days ago, I was on a six hour road-trip, and I'd been playing my music like normal through my car's auxillary cable. After stopping for lunch, I went to plug my music again, but once the music started to play, I realized that only the drums were playing at normal levels while the vocals were very, very soft. I switched through a few different songs, and realized that all the songs were being played at different levels; sometimes the backup vocals were normal levels while the instrumentation and lead vocals were quiet, or vice versa. I decided to plug my iPhone in to charge, and when I did this, the audio levels were all normal. However, the iPhone was NOT charging. I removed the charger, and the audio went back to being weak and distorted. I went back and forth at this for a bit, trying to figure out what was going on.
Since then and after some testing, I realize that my iPhone will now only charge anywhere EXCEPT in the car charger (I simply use my USB cable that came with my iPhone and plug it into the power adapter I have in the car). This morning, I tested the audio in my home speaker system, and I had the same audio issues. Only half the song's tracks would be at normal audio levels, while the other half would be at a very quiet, almost nonexistent level. I tried plugging my charger into the phone to see if that'd make a difference, but instead of the audio going back to normal like it does in the car, the music stopped and there was just crackling and very noisy distortion sounds.
I'm super confused and not sure what to do. This has never happened to me with any of my iPhones. I am updating my software right now, and am hoping that that may help somehow. Otherwise, I'm at a loss. Any suggestions as to what I should do would be greatly appreciated!

Do the new iMacs have digital audio out through the headphone jack?
Yes.
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP576

I'm having some Audio Issues involving my headphone jack (air and pro)?

Ok, so, this is pretty weird.
I have had two macbooks thus far (a 2011 macbook pro and a mid 2013 macbook air)
I replaced my pro in 2013 due to a separate issue.
Anyway, I have been consistently having an issue where any type of headphones I put into my computer eventually begin to lose sound in the left earphone - but still work fine on other devices.
I.e, I'll get a new set of headphones, use them for a week, and a week later, no sound will come from the left port - but only when using my air. It is most definitely not the headphones.
It's not the output balance - when I set the balance all the way to the left, no sound comes out, and the problem continually reoccurs with every new set of headphones I get - on TWO different computers.
The same issue happened on my pro, and happens in my air.
Am I like, inserting the headphone jack in "too roughly" or something? What's going on?

some headphone jacks arent the exact right length and the contacts miss
1. diff headphones and same
2. diff. audio , from Itunes, online etc, and still same
3. youve checked balances.
4. RESET NVRAM
Resetting NVRAM / PRAM
Shut down your Mac.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
5. If same contact Apple for appt for in shop diagnostics, hardware fault

Win8/T500 headphone jack stopped working. Conextant Audio Software issue?

I have a T500 - 2081CTO, and in the last week or less, the headphone jack has stopped working. There was a windows update recently so I'm assuming that's the culprit. I typically let it do it's auto-update thing without paying much attention, so I don't know what exactly changed or why it would kill the headphone jack. I've tried looking for Conextant drivers, but those don't seem to have changed since 2011. Win8 and the T500 has always been a bit flaky, but this at least has always worked. How can I test that it's the software and not a hardware issue? And if it is software related, what do I need to fix it?

I now think that it's possible there wasn't a "problem" so much as an inconvenience. While at home, I incrementally re-installed everything that I still wanted and saw no problems with the headphone jack. However, once I returned to work and connected the laptop to my dock with USB speakers, the USB always take precedence. Previously, the computer would recognize that headphones were plugged in and switch from USB to internal (ie. headphone jack) as default, and switch back to USB when the headphones were removed, always skipping the on-board speakers. That ability now seems to be missing and I need to manually set the internal speakers as default whenever I plug in headphones and manually back to USB when they're removed. Is there any way to get this functionality back? I loved how it "just worked" before. Now it's "just broken".

How to make my computer send all the audio through optical audio cable instead of headphone jack?

Howdy,
To listen to online radios or CD's played from my computer, I used to connect the computer to my home entertainment system from the computer's headphone jack to the AUX port on my home entertainment system.
I now wanted to get better sound and purchased the optical audio cable. However, I don't know how to tell my computer to send the audio signal to the home entertainmeny system through the optical digital cable rather than through the headphone jack. If I just unplug the cable connecting the headphone jack and the AUX port and only have the PC and the system connected with the optical audio cable, I don't hear any sounds. I suspect the computer isn't sending any data through the optical audio port. I'm not able to find how I can adjust the settings on my computer so that from now all sounds are output through the optical audio.
1) I'd like to do that mainly for my HP desktop (configuration below) and any advice on how to do that would be appreciated.
2) I also have a HP laptop (configuration below) and was wondering if that would be doable too (even though it doesn't appear to have a audio out, but it has HDMI out - can one convert it to optical audio?
Thanks in advance!
My desktop is:
ENVY h8xt,
• Windows 8 64
• 3rd Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 quad-core processor [3.4GHz, 8MB Shared Cache]
• 12GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs]
• 1TB 7200 rpm SATA hard drive
• No secondary hard drive
• 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7570 [DVI, HDMI, DP, VGA adapter]
• 300W Power supply
• SuperMulti DVD Burner
• Wireless-N LAN card (1x1)
• 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB 2.0 (front), 2 USB 3.0 (top)
• No Additional Office Software
• No additional Security Software
• No TV Tuner
• Beats Audio (tm) -- integrated studio quality sound
• HP USB volume control keyboard and mouse with Win 8 keyboard
• Adobe Premiere Elements & Photoshop Elements 10
And the laptop:
HP ENVY 15t Quad
• Windows 8.1 64
• 4th generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ Processor
• NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 740M Graphics with 2048MB of dedicated video memory
• 15.6-inch diagonal Full HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1920x1080)
• 8GB DDR3 System Memory (1 Dimm)
• 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
• 24GB flash Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
• No Additional Office Software
• Security Software Trial
• 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
• No Internal DVD or CD Drive
• Standard Keyboard
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam w/ integrated digital mic
• 802.11 AC WLAN and Bluetooth(R) [2x2]
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Hello @_goma,
Welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience!
I have read your post on how you are looking to make your computer send all the audio through an optical audio cable instead of the headphone jack, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
To configure your desktop to enable the optical audio cable, I recommend following the steps below:
Step 1. Click the Windows Key Button on your desktop
Step 2. Type "Control Panel"
Step 3. Select "Control Panel" in the top right-hand corner
Step 4. Select Sound
Step 5. Under the Playback tab, right-click the white area below the devices available
Step 6. Select "Show Disabled" and "Show Disconnected Devices"
Step 7. Connect your Optical Audio Cable
Step 8. Select your Optical Audio Cable as the default device and click "Enable"
Since it is not possible to convert the HDMI out to audio out on your notebook computer, it is unfortunate that the notebook is not able to connect with an optical audio cord.
Please re-post with the results of your troubleshooting, and I look forward to your reply!
Regards
MechPilot
I work on behalf of HP
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Headphone jack no longer working - How to test if it is a hardware or software issue?

Hi, my headphone jack fairly suddenly stopped working. The speakers and the sound are fine, but when I plug my headphones in nothing plays. I see that the computer does recognize that headphones are plugged in, and it does change it to "headphones" instead of "speakers" under sound properties.
I don't remember installing any particular updates, but I did recently swap out my 4GB RAM to an 8GB stick. Not sure if the tech shop did something that might have ruined it. Does anyone know of a way that I can test whether it's a software issue or a hardware one?
thanks

Hi @svltn,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums. I saw your post regarding your concern about the audio jack not working. There is a good chance that is it not a software issue because then you won't get any sound from the speakers either. You can try setting the headphones as the default audio device if you haven't already. This third-party link will show you how. It is for Windows 7 but if you are using Windows 8 just search for Control Panel from your main tile page and the rest is the same from there.
Have you tried a different set of headphones or the current headphones in another device to see if it is the headphones themselves that are broken? I don't think it is the RAM but if you still have the 4GB RAM put that back in and see if the headphones start working again.
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Thank you,
BHK6
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The headphone jack on my Mac Mini is putting our distorted audio

Currently, I'm running the audio from my Mac Mini to our brand new digital sound board but we are getting a lot of distorted signal.
It's not a constant distortion and it seems to develop after a few minutes of use.
We run the computer volume no higher than half....so that's not the issue.
We also have changed out the cables several times...so that's not it.
Like I said, the sound board is brand new and so are the powered speakers it's running to.....that's not it.
We also run the signal to a set of wireless speakers from an aux output on the board and get the same issue....
So, it seems that the issue is the audio jack (headphone jack) on the Mac Mini.
Anyone else had this issue?
Any solutions?
Can it be replace?
Should I try an USB interface?

Something you haven't mentioned, have you plugged just
a set of headphones directly into the Mini and get the same
result?
I ask this as it could be some interconnect issue between the
Mini and other devices (ground loops, loading, etc.). It still
may not mean that the Mini is not the issue, just trying to
isolate what the issue is. The fact that the issue is not
immediate, kind of sounds like it may be one of these issues.
As a side note, I have found that ground loops can cause all
manor of strange issues, especially with audio.

Digital Audio Noise from the Headphone Jack

I have been searching for a while to see if anyone else has this problem.
I have random faint digital noise (bleeps, bloops, and whirls) from my headphone jack. This happens regardless of application. I can get it going good by just tossing the volume bar back and forth on the sound pref panel.
I have considerably less of this from the line out but still detectable noise.
I have disconnected everything non essential from the Mac Pro and my power outlet are reduced to a minimum. (monitor and Mac)
I have tried numerous headphones including Etymotic ER•6 and Sony MDR-7505.
This has always been present in 10.4.7 and 10.4.8. Like I said, its faint in volume - but it gets annoying!
I have read the following below and believe these do not apply to me because this is not an external powered device.
Power Mac G5: I hear buzzes, beeps, or humming
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86523
Macintosh: Solutions for noise in the audio signal
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86655
Thank you!
2 x 2.6 GHz Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1 GB original RAM

I found out today what is causing the noise on my Mac Pro!
Our next door neighbor has a really high power HAM radio that I am picking up static and transmissions from. I thought I was going insane when I heard weird voices coming out via my headphones. I know it is our neighbor because I heard him relay his name and location. Had to get my wife to listen to prove I was not going crazy.
Here is the weird thing. I do not have AirPort or BlueTooth on the MacPro...so I cannot figure out how the transmission is permeating the Mac. Could it be a shielding issue on some internal component?
Thanks!
Mac Pro 2.66 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 4GB / 1TB

Odd microphone issue with headphone jack

Well, I really have two issues involving the headphone jack. One is when I plug the headphone in the volume will occasionally drop to zero and then no longer go up past 0. A power off fixes this.
A second thing I discovered is that sometimes the microphone does not work after plugging in my headphones. I fist noticed this when I was trying to use the speakerphone in my car with the line out through my stereo. I thought that was by design at first. However, I started using voice control and I noticed that the the microphone was not picking up any sound. I could tell this because of the visual waveform display. If I uplug and replug the microphone may start to work.
This happens fairly frequently but enough to make speakerphone use and voice control rather unreliable.

Yes, it has done it through resets. It seems to happen about 1/2 the time I plug the line out in. They tried to tell me at the store that it was my car trying to control the audio. Then I tried to explain it's a simple stero jack plug.
However, if it keeps up I can go to the service center and get an exchange. I'm going to try and report the issue to Nokia first in case it is firmware related.

Strange audio problem w/ headphone jack.

Since updating to 5.1.1, I have an issue that while I use the headphone jack to connect to the audio input of my car, there is no sound at all from the car speakers. Tried everything and nothing.
Here is the kicker, I plug in the power and the left side.
Oddly enough, my Nano (with LCD screen) behaves the same.
The use of the Apple headphones is not a problem.
Ideas?
Thanks,
Leo

That did not help. As stated, had this issue with the iPod nano and not with the phone till updated to 5.1.1
Thanks anyway.
I plug in a stereo headphone that is not the longer apple one and no sound comes out unless I plug in the charger an then it's only on one side.

10.9.4 upgrade - Audio from headphone jack overdriven

I have a 24-inch, Early 2009 iMac. 3.06 Core 2 Duo.
Using it as a projection computer at my church, running iTunes and ProPresenter 5.
After upgrading to 10.9.4 last week, the audio coming out of the headphone jack is distorting really badly at about the 1-1.5khz range. I have to turn the system audio down well below half to get the signal to to come through weakly enough to not sound overdriven. I first discovered this problem in iTunes, but it is doing the same thing for any media (Spotify, ProPresenter, Quicktime, Youtube through a browser, etc.). I know way more about sound systems than I do about computers, but it sounds to me like the system is telling the preamp in the headphone jack to run at way higher gain than it can safely put out. The audio from this jack isn't any louder than it was with the previous OS, just distorted now.
After reading some other forum posts about audio ceasing to work after the upgrade, I downloaded the 10.9.4 combo install from Apple.com and reinstalled it that way. Before that I tried a recovery install. No luck either way.
Any ideas on how to resolve this issue?
Thanks!

Hi Jordan PH ,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I know how frustrating sound issues can be. One troubleshooting step I would definitely recommend in this situation would be to reset the NVRAM / PRAM. Please use the following article as a reference and let me know if the issue continues after the reset.
About NVRAM and PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
Have a great day,
Joe

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