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Red light in headphone jack?? (w/ a pic)

AlphaDogg

AlphaDogg

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May 20, 2010
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Ypsilanti, MI
Here is the situation:

I had my 13" 2010 MBP setup at my desk. I also have speakers at my desk that are connected to my MBP with a 3.5mm audio cable. I was "un-docking" my MBP from my desk, unplugging every cable that is connected to it, so I can take it away from my desk. However, immediately after I "un-docked" it, I tried to watch a YouTube video. There was no audio coming out of the speakers. I thought "ok, I will just turn the volume up," so I did. I got a little icon that showed. It looked like this:
stuck-on-mute.jpg


So I thought "hey that's weird. I will just pop in some headphones. Maybe that will make it go away." So that is what I did. But I noticed something quite odd. There was a red light coming out of the headphone jack. I took a picture, and then plugged in headphones and took them out. The issue went away. But I still wondered what happened, what caused this to happen, and what it means.

Here is the picture of the red light (I assume its an LED):
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Brdl04 said:
By now, any question you have should have been asked somewhere sometime online, and according to this guy you should find your answer there. With this logic, we might as well close down the forum. or just have this guy post google searches for every new thread.
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I didn't tell the OP not to post. I simply posted links to threads with information on the topic at hand. There's no way for anyone to know in advance if the OP has seen those or not.

From the Forum Rules:
The best way to be helpful is by posting a link to a previous relevant thread.
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Where's the help YOU offered?
 
I think it means that the port thought there was something in it, but it cleared itself when you replugged it.
 
GGJstudios said:
I didn't tell the OP not to post. I simply posted links to threads with information on the topic at hand. There's no way for anyone to know in advance if the OP has seen those or not.

From the Forum Rules:


Where's the help YOU offered?
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haha and the score is now CGJ 1 opponent... 0

The very last person in one of those threads said Apple told them to stick a toothpick in it and move it around till it goes off.... Kinda odd but might be worth a shot? Also I would say putting a jack in and out a few times might fix it as well. Just some thoughts.
 
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