Harmann Kardon Onyx Studio 5 Speaker issue

I have followed the tips from the video you posted, it worked. Thanks. Jorgecandido

Worked for me after checking the box

Thanks! Problem solved =)

Hi mundox! It actually worked!

Thanks!

It does helped for awhile until it got disconnected and i have to do the steps all over again.. every time.

I got disconnected and had to do the step all over again..

it’s been 2+ years and STILL NO SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM??

sad

For me the same... no solution... :(

And safari keeps crashing all the time.....

I´ve macbook pro 2018 w/Mojave 10.14.4 and Harman Kardon Onyx 5.

The connection is practically imposible and inconsistent for describe here.

Connection is not possible if any android was connected before

It often connects but does not reproduce sounds

etc.

Doesn't work for me.

I've updated to Catalina, removed all bluetooth devices, reset bluetooth module, and connected again.

Now speaker connects, and doesn't disconnects by itself every time - that's good. But it won't play any sound most of the time. Sometimes it occasionally plays sound from my apple music app, however it won't play anything else (like youtube or soundcloud). When I connecting to the speaker, playback just stops and nothing else is happen. If I click play button again it's all goes like regular but no sound from the speaker, nor laptop internal speakers.

So its behaviour still highly inconsistent (in other words it doesn't work properly).

I'm tired and deeply disappointed.

I've been in touch with Harman Kardon (Sweden) recently and their support team blames it on Apples bluetooth protocol. I told them that I had an Onyx 3 up until a few days ago which worked just fine - so I don't really buy that argument. If the Onyx 3 protocol works, how come they can't make the Onyx 5 work?

They also wrote, which upsets me, that the speaker is made for phone/tablet use and not for computers. Seriously, who makes a speaker in 2019 that's not compatible with laptops?!

I'm directing my attention to Apple and I hope that there's something you can do for me and the rest of the people in this thread.

I used one from Logitech with permanent power supply. At least, this one is reliable ;).

Also did not found out the logic, when the HK speaker disconnect, sometimes very wired.

For me, searching songs on YouTube is a permanent activity. So one switch off criteria is the time between two songs,

if they are not played immediately after each other with an interruption of maybe one minute, bluetooth connection brake..

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.

Bought Onyx 5 yesterday ! iPhone, iPad and iPod connected with success but, same issue mentioned in this thread with my MacBook Pro.

I left clicked the volume button at the top right of my screen, and changed the output device to the speaker and it worked. Hope that helps someone.

Look for it in your Launchpad, or from this directory /Users/[your name]/Applications/SoundflowerBed.app. It is not in the default Applications folders