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MacBooks vs iBooks
Authored by: jdv on Nov 08, '06 03:16:54AM
I think the MacBooks have seperate outputs for the builtin speakers and the headphone jack. This is best seen when rebooting the machine - the speakers will play the "Tada.wav"-like sound even with headphones connected. The iBooks on the other hand apparently use the same output for the speakers and headphone jack, since the start up sound will not play on the speakers when a jack is plugged in...

Theoretically it should be possibly to use the speakers and the jack output on the MacBooks simultaneously. Any insights?

As a side note, has anyone else experienced weird crackling sounds when adjusting the volume on an iBook with headphones connected? I also had problems with the balance changing randomly, but fixed them with balanced.

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