rainforest1

Hey!….I contacted Apple Support and they suggested that I try a different cable other than the Displayport cable provided. I shouId add that when I was using the DisplayPort cable a Menu on the my Benq for audio was greyed out. I had seen a youtube video that showed a PC user using the audio control to mute the built in speakers on a different model Benq but took this to mean that we Apple users were just being mistreated again. But voila, after installing the HDMI cable the Audio control was visible and I was able to mute the Benq’s internal speakers. This fixed the problem of the mac mini’s earphone/digital optical port being shut down and unusable. Great to hear music again. Many thanks Apple Support!

Thanks for your suggestions but unfortunately you can only get 1920x1200 resolution via DVI on the mac mini. I am currently getting 2560x1440 using DisplayPort 1.2 which is the main reason I bought the monitor - I do a lot of Photoshop and Lightroom work. The Benq earphone jack is not an optical digital output as well as an earphone so I would not be able to send any high rez music to my stereo setup.Thanks again.

I recently bought a BenQ SW2700PT Monitor. It is connected, via a Displayport cable, to a late 2014 mac mini. As you probably know, the headphone jack on the mac mini also doubles as an optical digital audio output. Before I purchased the Benq I had been using the headphone/digital optical output on the mini to connect, via Toslink, to a quality digital to analog convertor that is then connected to my audio system. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a way to bypass the Benq monitor's speakers and use the optical digital audio output on my mac. The only device for sound output listed in system preferences/sound or midi setup is "internal speakers" and it is now defaulting to the built in speakers in the Benq. Is there any way I can regain access to the mac mini headphone/digital optical output? Can it be added as a separate sound output device? Or is there any other work around? Since I have a large collection of high resolution digital music I like to listen to, this has been a huge disappointment. I should add that there are no useable controls for Audio on the monitor - they are currently greyed out. Any Help much appreciated!