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- July 20th, 2009, 09:50 AM #1
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Harmon Kardon Sound Stick II Problem
I have had these speakers for 2 years. Just recently, whenever I try to turn the volume down the speakers turn off. I have to unplug the power supply to the Subwoofer and then plug it back in to get sound, however I am never able to turn the volume down on the speakers. Does anybody have any experience with this. I have searched the internet for a while now and have found nothing.
- July 20th, 2009, 09:15 PM #2
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- July 20th, 2009, 09:32 PM #3
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Only way I can think of is to plug in your external speakers and then, if so equipped, plug in headphones to the external speakers. OR..."hot wire" the headphones to the external speakers.
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- July 20th, 2009, 10:15 PM #4
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Seeing as this problem occurs when plugged into my ipod, TV and other sources, I do not think any settings on my macbook would affect the speakers. However I looked and found nothing in the preferences.
As for plugging Headphones in, There is no jack on the external speakers
- July 21st, 2009, 04:20 AM #5
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It sounds pretty simple,
Time for some new speakers haha.
If its doing it on more than one thing, then it's more than likely the speakers themselves.MacBook 2.16 Core 2 Duo, 2 gigs of ram, 120 gig hard drive Snow Leopard 10.6
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- July 21st, 2009, 05:01 AM #6
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It's not really haha-funny, Jesse. The soundsticks are _great_ speakers that come at a price. You don't simply want to replace them with some cheapish Bose or Sony speakers.
I would contact Harman/Kardon about it. Maybe they have an idea what could be going wrong. Would probably be power-supply related. You could, for the time being, plug them into a adapter with a real on/off switch, so it's easier to reset them. But that's a workaround, not a solution for the problem.Mac user since 1987. Running Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on a MacBook Air 11" & an iMac 27" and whatever's newest for my iPhone 4s, iPad 3 and AppleTV 2.
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- August 6th, 2009, 10:18 AM #7
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Same problem!!
Hi,
I have exactly the same problem which has become worse over time resulting in them just 'humming' very loudly!!
Its go tot be a 'shorting issue' due to once touching the vol controls it cuts out, is it a motherboard problem?
I have searched the net and not found anyone else with the same problem. Im awaiting a reply from H/K but dont expect a lot as they are out of warranty.
I use them with
24" iMac
15" MBP
- December 5th, 2010, 07:39 AM #8
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I have the same problem too. I have 'overloaded' the speakers once or twice through too loud volume and thought it might be related to that but it occurs randomly now. has anyone heard a fix for the problem yet?
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