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Macbook Pro headphone jack is only playing music through one earpiece?

My Macbook pro is about 2 years old now and i have used it a lot but have taken outstanding care of it. You would look at it today and say it was not even a week old.

All of a sudden i went to plug my headphones into the headphone jack to listen to some music. When i start the music, it only plays through the left ear piece.

I tried moving the plug around, twisting it, pushing it in further (if it was possible). Anythign and everything i could think of. I still only get sound through the left earpiece. I also tried it with 4-5 different headsets to see if that was the problem and i still run into the same problem that it is only playing sound through the left earpiece.


How can i fix this?


i don't think anything got caught in inside it because i looked and didn't see anything.

Thanks for the help.

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Jun 1, 2015 7:51 PM

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Posted on Jun 2, 2015 1:44 AM

Go step by step and test.


1. System Preferences > Sound > Output > Internal Speakers/Headphone

Plug in the headphone

Settings for the selected device:

Balance:

Make sure that the slider is set at middle.


2. AudioMIDI Setup

Applications/Utilities/ Audio MIDI Setup.app

Audio Devices window

Side Bar

Click the Built-in Output.

Make sure that CH1 and CH2 volume sliders are matched.


3. Reset SMC and PRAM.

Reset SMC.

Choose the method for “On Mac notebooks with non-removable battery”

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18761

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Jun 2, 2015 1:44 AM in response to bobsoyer

Go step by step and test.


1. System Preferences > Sound > Output > Internal Speakers/Headphone

Plug in the headphone

Settings for the selected device:

Balance:

Make sure that the slider is set at middle.


2. AudioMIDI Setup

Applications/Utilities/ Audio MIDI Setup.app

Audio Devices window

Side Bar

Click the Built-in Output.

Make sure that CH1 and CH2 volume sliders are matched.


3. Reset SMC and PRAM.

Reset SMC.

Choose the method for “On Mac notebooks with non-removable battery”

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18761

Macbook Pro headphone jack is only playing music through one earpiece?

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