For HDMI/DP, you can insert the mini stereo plug into the monitors audio. (If not it can be connected to the Mac 3.5mm output as an external speaker. The Dell Professional P1913/P1913S/P2213 flat panel display has an active. This is designed to clip on to the monitor, get power from the monitor and might automatically get the sound sent to the monitor via the HDMI signal. See - itor-and-selected-legacy-monitors/apd/52… Whilst normal external speakers could be used I believe it should be possible to use Dell's own 'soundbar' for this monitor. To 'fix' this you need to either use the built-in speaker of the Mac Pro or some external speakers. The Mac maybe thinking it does since typically HDMI displays do. So it seems your real problem is the monitor has no speakers.

It now also involves installing a patched Apple KEXT as well. This can be 'fixed' via a third-party unofficial KEXT driver but recent macOS versions have now gone even further to make this much harder to achieve. If instead the Mac sends the audio unaltered to output device then that extra set of conversions does not have to take place.Īnother different matter is that on the classic Mac Pro - Apple for some insanely customer unfriendly reason 😠deliberately disable sending audio over HDMI or Displayport. C-FORCE Portable CF011 15.6' 3K IPS USB-C Portable Display with Power Delivery & Stereo Speaker & 3.5mm Headphone Jack Monitor for Nintendo Switch, MacBook Pro/Air 119.99 119. Apple are presumably wanting to avoid this extra set of conversions. The output device in order to output the signal as audible noise has to convert the digital signal to analogue again, if the output device also has a volume control it might also adjust the analogue wave form again.

If being sent on via a digital connection it then has to be converted back to digital. In order to alter the volume the original sound has to be first converted to an analogue wave form, it is then adjusted. Apple don't say but I believe their reasoning is as follows. monitor, TV or AV Receiver will be responsible for controlling the volume. Get the best deals on Dell 16:9 Computer Monitors with Headphone Jack and find everything youll need to improve your home office setup at. As far as I can tell from the Dell website the UZ2711 does not have built-in speakers therefore of course you will not get any sound from it.Īpple disable volume control if the interface being used to send the audio is a digital interface i.e.

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