problem with ibook sound

bka77bka77
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hi,



I have a problem with my brothers ibook.

While using headphones I noticed that the left channel is louder than the right channel.

My first thought was that it comes from a bad encoded mp3, but the same thing happens when playing a DVD.

Second guess was that the heaphones were defect. To check that I tried the headphones with my iPod and TV/stand alone DVD-player, had no sound problems with those setups.



The ibook is a 12" Combo with 800Mhz, 640MB RAM, 32MB Video and Airport.



Any suggestions?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    press option F3

    this should take you to the sound control panel...

    check out the balance

    make sure it is in the middle

    problem should go away
  • Reply 2 of 4
    bka77bka77 Posts: 331member
    Thanks that was it!



  • Reply 3 of 4
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    yeah this is a documented bug... sometimes the sound balance gets out of whack if you use the keyboard volume keys during heavy processor/disk use...

    what os are you using?

    I don't think it has been fixed yet... but I am encountering the problem less... although that could be due to the fact that I am aware of how the bug is caused...
  • Reply 4 of 4
    bka77bka77 Posts: 331member
    Using OS 10.2.6



    awaiting 10.3
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