Headphones in = internal speakers | headphones out = digital output???

When the headphones are plugged in, the sound comes out from the internal speakers.
When the headphones are taken out, the sound comes out of the digital output, with a red light shining out the headphone port.

I have a sort of similar problem, I have an imac 24" and recently purchased a pair of logitech S220 speakers.
The speakers work fine and all, no problem, but as soon as I plug my headphones into the headphone jack on the logitech remote pod, the sound no longer comes from the superior external speakers, but from the imac speakers. It's quite annoying as I specifically bought these speakers for a louder listening experience at night, and good though the internal speakers are, they don't cut it for me.
So any way around this guys? how do I listen to my music on headphones through external speakers??
thank you very much
regards

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This worked for me:
http://josephhall.org/nqb2/index.php/2010/05/24/stuckonmute
1.Plug your headphones back in.
2.Play a bit of sound through them (e.g., a song), then stop the sound.
3.Make sure Preferences is quit.
4.Launch Preferences and open the Sound pane.
5.While the Sound pane is open and set to Headphones, pull out the headphone plug from the jack.
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Hi. i have my audio system connected to my imac with a toslink cable which works great.
however in certain cases such as in the evening i do not need to use my surround sound system.
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I don't think there is a way to do that, unfortunately. However, I don't use the optical output capability (just analog), so it may be different.
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So my internal speakers stopped working about a week ago, and a few hours before that my laptop started making weird sounds - it sounded like a mini war was going on inside my computer.. explosive sounds (i know it sounds silly but my friend was there and he heard it too). Then a few hours later, my internal speakers stopped working, AND my headphones wouldn't work either. There is no red light flashing in the headphone jack..
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Hello Community,
My THinkpad T410, Type 2912-45G, Windows 7 (64bit) has a problem with the speakers.
Starting last monday (June 25th) my speakers stop working. When I boot the TP you can hear a static click through the speakers and it plays the windows sound for one second only. After the second you can hear another static click and the speaker stops working. Thats pretty much the way it is with all other audio content, when the TP is booted.
After pressing the Mute-Button or the volume-up or volume-down buttons the speakers will resume working for a second or so (still the static click, right before this second and afterward).
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Hi thecez,
Sorry to say that but it sounds like hardware issue. Please try BIOS and power management driver as well. If problem remain, please contact local lenovo when your machine is avaliable for inspection.
Worldwide Support Center phone list for ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation systems
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/detail.page?DocID=HT036550
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Funkey Monkey wrote:
Isn't there a software option out there somewhere?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK
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This thread may assist:
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