No audio coming out of Mackie CR3 Studio Monitors
Hey guys,
I've been using my Mackie CR3 monitors with my Mac with no trouble for about 2 years now. Suddenly when I turned on the computer today I realized that no audio is coming out of the monitors.
The monitors are powered on (the green light surrounding the volume knob is on.) And strangely, when I connect a pair of headphones to the Aux out port in front of the active monitor, I can hear well through the headphones.
Does anyone know a fix for this?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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23 Comments
I had this issue with my 5 year old CR3’s, (the odd thing being the slave speaker worked and the powered didn’t) …stumbled on this forum and indeed, “exercising” the headphone port with a 1/8” headphone plug in and out worked like a charm!
by Benjamin Fabert
Hi Guys ….. a REALLY big “Thank you” to the experts out there taking the time & patience to share their knowledge to with electronic lay people like myself !!!
The quick ‘plugging in/ out’ option didn’t work …… but cutting ‘pin 5 ‘ has worked a treat !!!
by Mark giddings
All I have to do know is find why there is a fairly loud ‘low pitch’ Hum coming from both speakers when power supply is ‘on’ but front on/off volume control is off ..... any ideas ???
by Mark giddings
Will the headphone jack still work if you cut pin 5?
by James JJ
The headphone thing didn't work on mine but what did work was spraying oxide clean into the speaker selector and flicking the switch 10 times.
I think a lot of these speakers have ended up on a junkpile because of lightly corroded contacts.
Weak construction.
by Goolge Hatter
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