You could use one of those programs which lets you route sound (Audio Hijack?) so that your system alerts aren't routed to the external speaker port. System noises to computer Audio to external port
Just a thought. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 23/4/07 2:37 PM, Mark Secker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > just asking if other people who have the G5 Tower models have noticed > the following external audio issues > I've external speakers plugged in to the rear phono(mini stereo) > jack.... and maybe any sollution rather than yanking out the external > speakers > : > > 1: no mater what output volume I set the computer to in the system > (or menu) when the computer starts up the "start up chime" is always > at maximum volume - once started up and using the computer the > applications play fine and the volume system control works as it > should the volume setting doesn't "change"... , the volume slider > will still be at what ever position I left it in when it was shut > down and applications using audio (itunes, DVD player etc etc) all > honor that setting > > the only exception to this is if I mute the volume before I shut down > the startup chime is muted. - main worry apart from being quite > startling is that its very very loud - loud enough to drive the > speaker/amp in to heavy overdrive and distortion so worry about > speaker longevity. > > > 2: plugging headphones in to the front mini stereo jack doesn't mute > the rear external speaker port... going in to "System > Preferences/Sound" the system actually detects that the sound output > destination has changed from external speakers to headphones (and > back to external speakers when I remove the headphones) but the > external speakers still output audio as normal and are still affected > by changes to the volume control in both the system or in the > application (eg iTunes, DVD player etc...) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
