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| Thread ID: 62347 | 2005-10-04 23:59:00 | half broken 3.5mm stereo socket | heni72847 (1166) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 393455 | 2005-10-04 23:59:00 | this is rather fustrating and has happened twice the socket for headfone on my mp3 player has once again..well..half died the same thing happened to my previous mp3 player the common channel can't make proper contact with the plug so the music i listen sounds..off vocal now the new mp3 player..nearly had it for a yr now the right channel's having contact problems when i listen to music i can't hear any sound on the right side unless i push the plug in a way so it makes contact then when i release it.. no sound comes out anyone having the same problems? or is there a way to fix this ..really annoying how a simple part of the mp3 player gets stuffed.. while all the complicated electronics in it works fine.. |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 393456 | 2005-10-05 00:11:00 | What I think the problem is, that a wire has broken where the cable goes into the plug, not a bad connection in the socket. These type of cables are very fragile and constantly pulling them in and out, and the differant angle's put on the cable, one of the wires soon breaks. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 393457 | 2005-10-05 00:23:00 | um.. i did try with 2 speaker sets, 2 headfones and all got same results..so.. afraid not that simple.. |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 393458 | 2005-10-05 02:09:00 | It's probably "just" one of the spring contacts bent out of postition. If you can get at it, you can (gently) persuade it back into place. "Nearly" a year old? Still in guarantee? That's a real fault. If you can't get someone else to do it, you might be able to open the case non-destructively. If there are any screws accessible, remember there is often at least one hidden (inside battery compartment, under rubber feet, under a stick on label). Even ad0fter screws are out, gthetre are often little plastic clips holding the halves together. I find my thumbnail is the best tool for doing those. I don't break many (thumbnails or plastic clips) and it is less likely to mark the outside of the case. Then you have to hope that the socket is an open construction one; not in a sealed plastic case itself. There is something worse than a 3.5 mm plug: a 2.5 mm plug. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 393459 | 2005-10-05 10:07:00 | i think the guarantee is passed.. and i did open my old one up when it had this problem but the socket..it's sorta like a plastic tube riight so..even when device opened the tube stays a tube and can't get inside it um..does this spring contacts easily bent out of postition? funny how it happened to both my mp3 players |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 393460 | 2005-10-05 20:11:00 | Normally, they shouldn't get bent out of place easily. | somebody (208) | ||
| 393461 | 2005-10-05 23:53:00 | Would it be the contact for the "ring" (Of tip, ring, sleeve)? "sleeve" is the common, shield connection . I can never remember which of ring or tip is supposed to be which channel . The ring contact can be bent if the plug isn't inserted straight . . . there can be enough slop at that stage for the tip to be way out of line . Anyway that contact works twice as hard as the tip contact . I suppose the socket unit looks nothing like anything you can buy as a replacement? Of course there won't be enough room to put in a different replacement . :( |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 393462 | 2005-10-06 00:09:00 | Would it be the contact for the "ring" (Of tip, ring, sleeve)? "sleeve" is the common, shield connection. I can never remember which of ring or tip is supposed to be which channel. The ring contact can be bent if the plug isn't inserted straight ... there can be enough slop at that stage for the tip to be way out of line. Anyway that contact works twice as hard as the tip contact. I suppose the socket unit looks nothing like anything you can buy as a replacement? Of course there won't be enough room to put in a different replacement. :( R_ing = R_ight Channel |
somebody (208) | ||
| 393463 | 2005-10-06 00:18:00 | "T_ip = T_'Other?" :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 393464 | 2005-10-06 00:51:00 | um..no easy way of fixing this is there ....need a nanobot to kick the contact spring thingy for me.. |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
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