Harmann Kardon Onyx Studio 5 Speaker issue

I was on High Sierra OS and the Harman Kardon onyx studio 5 Bluetooth speaker worked fine. After I upgraded to Catalina I am seeing the same issue. My bluetooth shows connected and all the indicators say it is connected but no audio output.

The speaker works super fine with any other devices only on my Mac with Catalina OS I see this issue.

Apple should really consider this issue and take steps to investigate and help resolve this issue. I do not feel the issue is with Harman Kardon.

Same problem. Every time I need to reset the HK Onyx 5 to pair with my macbook. And I cannot control the volume on my macbook either. It seems that if I turn off the speaker, then the next time I start, it won't produce any sound although the connection is successful as shown on my mac, and the connection does not drop either. I am on Macbook Pro mid 2014 and Catalina 10.15.3.

Apple is really cmi, issue persists for years and they don't ever bother to try to fix it

If you don't mind reset HK speaker every time you want to connect it to Macbook, actually there is a work around to control the speaker volume by re-routing the signal. You need to install the latest version of Soundflower, then choose the input of soundflower (2ch) as HK speaker while the output of your macbook is soundflower (2ch). Then you will be able to control the volume.

I have the same issue with my 2017 MacBook Pro, so frustrating! It works fine through my iPhone 11 tho...but not convenient...going Bose, they can keep Harmon Kardon, its my second product... had the soundsticks wireless but they have put me off completely with this issue! Bose has no issues...moral of the story goggle harder before purchasing, I didnt see anything about MacBook issues on the reviews i looked at! So irritating, it played once through my MacBook and have-not been able to get it right again:(

No. This only works until the HKOS5 stops receiving audio.

After which, you'll need to repeat this procedure. Every time.

Still not possible to control the speaker's output with the volume button on MBP.

Again, not a solution.

This worked on both my MBAs and Onyx 5! Thanks!

I just dont know though if I'd have to do this all the time, so far, I connected once, ran Spotify, disconnected, and reconnected without having to do those 3 steps again.

Hi,

I had the same issue with my brand new Onyx Studio 5 and 2 Mac computers. Finally I fixed it, hopefully this solution will help other folks as well.

After trying various options, I came across this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=33&v=CCs3LLmMUXA&feature=emb_logo

All you do is reset the speaker and in my case I have no connection/sound issues now.

I hope this helps

Didem

I reset the Onyx (Studio 4) speaker by holding down the bluetooth button and the plus button until it turned off and removed all of the Onyx entries in my bluetooth device cache in OSX. After which, the speaker started in auto-pair mode (you can hear it turn on and try to find a bt connection) and connected from my MBP to the new speaker listed. Volume only works from the speaker, but I'm cruising from my Mac.

Can you find this symbol on your menu bar at the top of your screen? It won't run as an application though, so you cannot find it in your dock.

Only when nothing plays about 10 sec connection drops, its awful. Both companies are great, but that little trouble....

I think we should redact some bluetooth plist files, but i have no idea what exactly to redact 😀

Hopefully we will see an FW update from them soon to fix this issue. Great speaker anyway!

Wow, this is terrible. Awesome speaker, but no resolution? Works on every single device I own EXCEPT Mac. That is why I preach PC and Android.