Audio and display sleep

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Audio and display sleep

I've searched the forums with no luck. Anyway...

My internet radio feeds cut off when the display goes to sleep. Is that considered normal behavior? Could it be that my external monitor (HP) has built-in speakers?

Mac Mini under Snow Leopard

20" iMac, Mac Mini, iPad, Mac OS X (10.6.3), Daffy Duck mousepad

Posted on Jun 13, 2010 6:00 AM

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Isaac Bardin

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Jun 13, 2010 7:29 AM in response to Lucky13

Yup, that's normal. You can configure under System Preferences-- Energy Saver when the display goes to sleep if you want your internet radio to keep going on... and on.... and on.....

Hope this helps! 🙂

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Lucky13 Author

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Jun 14, 2010 4:42 AM in response to Isaac Bardin

Thanks.

One would think that the audio should continue until the computer itself goes to sleep. Manually powering off the monitor doesn't work because of the built-in speakers. I suppose I'll have to spring for a standalone speaker kit.

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Jun 14, 2010 12:39 PM in response to Lucky13

I'm not sure that a standalone speaker kit would be any better. I would suppose. If you're buying a new standalone kit online, you could look at reviews or post a question to see if it would work with your computer even when it went to sleep. If you're planning to buy the speaker kit in a store, you could go in and talk to an employee about options for continous audio, even when your Mac goes to sleep.

Good luck!

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Jun 14, 2010 12:41 PM in response to Lucky13

"I'm not sure that a standalone speaker kit would be any better. I would suppose."

Sorry, didn't mean to write that. Meant to write: "I'm not sure that a standalone speaker kit would be any better, but I suppose it could work."

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Lucky13 Author

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Jun 16, 2010 12:07 PM in response to Lucky13

Problem solved - in a roundabout way. It is the built-in speakers of my HP display that were causing the audio to drop out. Connecting a pair of external speakers allows the audio feed to continue thru display sleep.

Of course, I've lost the clean and uncluttered appeal of in-house speakers.

Anyway...

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