Muffled Sound Out of External Bluetooth Connected Speakers

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Muffled Sound Out of External Bluetooth Connected Speakers

macOS Mojave 10.14.3, MacBook Pro 13-inch 2017 Slider Bar

It would seem as though with the most recent update I have come across a challenge while connecting to an external pair of Bluetooth speakers. (I have a work around, just a pain on going into Sound each time I connect. Did not have to in the past.)

Scenario: Every time I boot up it connects to the speaker no problem but the sound comes through muffled. In order to correct this I have to open Sound and go to input and change the input back to Internal Microphone. It keeps jumping over to the Bluetooth speakers for microphone, which these speakers do not have a microphone.

Is the assumption that all Bluetooth speakers have a microphone? I run an AUNE mini amp with external speakers and there is no microphone associated (with higher end amps, I would assume that there is never a microphone). I have the same issue when I run direct line into the amp with my 2014 MacBook Pro. I have to change the input microphone back to internal from AUNE X2 MK2.

MacBook Pro 13", 10.14

Posted on Feb 15, 2019 10:30 AM

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chris_g1

Community Specialist

Feb 16, 2019 12:28 PM in response to C00p3r

Good afternoon C00p3r,

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!

I understand the microphone input on your MacBook Pro is switching over to the Bluetooth speakers that you have connected. Try unpairing your Bluetooth speakers, then restarting your MacBook Pro. Open System Preferences and change the microphone setting to "Display Audio" for the internal microphone. Then pair your Bluetooth speakers. Check your User Account login settings in System Preferences to make sure there is no software affecting the sound settings at startup.

Change the sound input settings on Mac

If your Mac switches to a different audio device

Take care.

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