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#1
July 20th, 2009, 10:50 AM
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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.
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#2
July 20th, 2009, 10:15 PM
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Did you look into /Users/Library/Preferences/ for any preferences for the sound sticks that you might be able to trow out to reset any software with them?
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#3
July 20th, 2009, 10:32 PM
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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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#4
July 20th, 2009, 11:15 PM
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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 |
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#5
July 21st, 2009, 05:20 AM
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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.
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#6
July 21st, 2009, 06:01 AM
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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.
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#7
August 6th, 2009, 11:18 AM
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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 |
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