Muted macbook

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Muted macbook

There is a red light in the headphone jack and my macbook is muted. Does anyone know what to do or how to fix this problem.

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Re: Muted macbook

Most likely the "switch" in the headphone plug is stuck. Try to clean it, insert and remove a headphone plug to free it.
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Re: Muted macbook

the red light is because that jack is actually a dual analog & spdif jack

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There is a red light in the headphone jack and my macbook is muted. Does anyone know what to do or how to fix this problem.

This may be a software configuration problem. You need to open System Preferences and look around in the Sound panel.

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Most likely the "switch" in the headphone plug is stuck. Try to clean it, insert and remove a headphone plug to free it.
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Javster

My thoughts exactly. It's a dual-purpose jack, supporting both analog and Toslink digital audio. The jack seems to think that there's an optical cable connected so the laser is powered up -- and thus, the internal speakers are muted.

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Check your computer setup first. If your computer is ok. Test your headphone at other computers to see if it could work. If not, you have to change one.

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