Audio out stuck on Digital Output after running an HDMI setup.

After reading a bit and trying a few things I tried something someone posted here and worked. I played a song in iTunes with the headphones plugged in and unplugged, plugged again and sound came from the headphones but not from the speakers. Plugged again and sound again came from the headphones. Unplugged again but no sound from speakers again, and it just came to me to try the volume control and violå!! Hope this helps someone.

This helped me except that when I do this:

Now you should get sound back from your computer speakers. But you still might have the grey icon up top and not be able to control the volume. So:

7) Hold down the "option" key and click the speaker icon at the top of your computer screen (on the home bar up top)

8) select "internal speakers"

I don't see an option for "internal speakers"

Really, all I did was plug and unplug the headphones a couple of times and play with the volume buttons. it fixed itself. (2008 15" 2.4 Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard)

Hey, Your problem sounds exactly like mine currently, same Macbook pro and everything. Just wondering if you've solved it and if you remember how? I've tried everything and nothing works :c

Incredible... I actually though this was a joke when I read it....

But it works... not sure how many times I went clockwise, but it works!

I have tried EVERYTHING in this post and I have the same problem- red light is still on, audio is grayed out, digital output is the only available option (no internal speakers), but headphones work fine and I hear the chime upon start-up. I even tried blowing, because I read that as an option on another forum. Anybody have any other ideas?

Thanks!

When the red light was on --- ALL I DID WAS BLOW into the headphone port/jack and that cleared out some fluff that was blocking the little itty bitty sensor inside the head phone jack. If it doesn't work then something bigger is stuck. Shut it down to turn off the red light and use a flashlight to see inside. Maybe some compressed air might clear it out... (or power washer...j/k)

If you use something hard like tweezers don't poke or hit the end/walls

spray wd40 in the headphone jack plug and unplug headphone several times until you get your sound back

worked great 4 me

tried everything else

theres a micro switch inside the jack that get dirty from exposure

it connects and disconnect the digital out red led 😉

Great idea! Worked for me after a few blasts of air!! THANKS!

i know this post is 2+ years old...but hats off to you. QTIP worked great. Lowtech is the best tech. Thanks S

I found this solution did work with a sligh variation. The problem initially occurred when adjusting output settings for a VCI-380: The Output wouldn't go back to Internal Speakers when ejecting the VCI.

After a SMC reset, I pulled the line out (heaphones or speakers) in and out quickly while pressing the keyboard volume + and -. Eventually the volume display on screen stayed active instead of greying out. I'm running OS X 10.6.8.