Acer Monitor Internal Speakers

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Acer Monitor Internal Speakers

Hey guys, Bit the bullet and bought a nice 23 inch external monitor to use with my 13 inch MacBook Pro. It has internal speakers.. but when i hook it up to the laptop. They are quieter than the measly speakers in the MacBook Pro. I go into sound settings and it says "headphones" how on earth can i make it say "external speakers" or whatever for it to up the power to them? Is there a way or is this just a pipe dream and i should just get some externals? Thanks in advance.

Jason

iMac 20 inch 2.16 ghz/ 13 inch MBP, Mac OS X (10.6), Fracking SwEeT

Posted on Sep 6, 2009 7:15 PM

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Answer 1

stedman1

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Sep 6, 2009 7:24 PM in response to Applephreak

Hi Applephreak: My first guess would be that the speakers in the Acer monitor aren't amplified. Which model of Acer monitor is it? I doubt you will get the MacBook to indicate that anything other than Headphones are plugged in. That is the normal output from the Headphone jack. It will not drive speakers without amplification.

Stedman

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Applephreak Author

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Sep 6, 2009 10:33 PM in response to stedman1

It is this monitor here : http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9183224&st=acer23+inchmonitor&type=product&id=1218049006792

From the description you would think they are amplified eh? I dunno. I will have to do some digging to find out. Thanks for the input though 😉

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stedman1

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Sep 6, 2009 10:49 PM in response to Applephreak

Hi Applephreak: Do you have an iPod that you can hook-up to the speaker input on the Acer monitor? That would eliminate one of the variables. If it works, we can try and determine why the computer doesn't.

Stedman

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dechamp

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Sep 6, 2009 10:36 PM in response to Applephreak

The specs on that monitor show that it has 1.5 watt amplified speakers. Have you found a volume control on the monitor itself?

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Applephreak Author

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Sep 6, 2009 10:36 PM in response to Applephreak

On the Acer Site it says it has two 1.5 Watt Integrated speakers, Maybe i should take it back and look for something with better sound output lol..

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Applephreak Author

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Sep 6, 2009 10:51 PM in response to stedman1

no, i havent found any sound controls on the monitor itself. I dont have an ipod but i do have my imac i could see how it sounds from it tomorrow when i get home.

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