iStick & iSub not working

[Matsaki]

I have some older Harman Kardon USB iSyb & iStick speakers that have not been working for a year or so.

Last night I decided to have a final look and search on the net. But I did not find to much. But as I understand the older Harman Kardon (not apple) USB is not working with the newer OS X.

I don't find a model no. on the speakers, but I'm looking for more info / help about this and if there is a fix?

The speakers don't even show up in the system sound prefs.

[Satcomer]

Did you try to zap your Pram to see if that helps?

[sgould]

My iSub and Soundsticks are from 2002. They still work with my G4 Mac of similar age running the latest OSX 10.4.10

I did have trouble at one time and had to plug them into the USB connector at the rear of the computer itself. And then re-choose them in the System Prefs.

Does the power supply still work? If it does there's a blue light that glows in the iSub.

[Matsaki]

I tried them in my other Mac as well and yes the light is working. So I don't know how to test them if it's maybe the speakers who are broken. But as I said I did read some where about some problem with Harman Kardon soundsticks and Mac.

Also I did read about an USB to analog adapter for the soundsticks, and I think that was because of the compability problem.

[Matsaki]

Just found this

Bruce
Just loaded Tiger on my home systems and sadly my old USB-baed Harmon Kardon SoundSticks (and Sub) do not appear to work. These speakers have had mixed support over the last few OS releases (OK in Panther, nothing in Jaguar). Guess it is time to hook up another set of speakers.

The new Harman Kardon Soundsticks ll don't use USB and are working fine, but I guess the older with USB is not working any more.

I plugged them in on a PC and windows found a new USB device, but I did not find the driver yet. As OS X don't even recognize the speakers.

[sgould]

Did you use the same USB cable in the Mac and the PC? Could it be a broken cable?