My headphone jack

Hpjunior · #1 (**permalink**) 10th Mar 2007, 8:18 am

i had bought a coverter to make regular headphones work, but when all of a sudden the right earphone started to faze out alot whenever i moved my chipod, and i tried buying the 2.5mm earphones again, and the jack is stretched out so when i plug them in, they don't work, and when i don't hold the jack in, it slips out too easily. is there anyway i can get another jack to install in there, is it hard to do it because i don't want to spend buying another right now if i can fix it. your support would be greatly appricated.

Thankyou
Hp

lattesurf · #2 (**permalink**) 10th Mar 2007, 5:13 pm

Hpjunior , likely your current 2.5mm socket in the player has it's solder broken off and the spring catches inside either broken or loose.

I guess some electronics repair or DIY shops carry the 2.5mm socket. You need to look around for the same socket with the same pinouts. Would be better if you can find a 3.5mm socket with the same pinouts, so you won't need to use an adaptor. But you may need to cut the casing a little bit more to fit the 3.5mm.

caltripp · #3 (**permalink**) 15th Mar 2007, 3:18 pm

My headphone jack broke too. I took the player apart and found that the jack was cracked and one of the soider points was loose. I checked with radio shack and they don't have the right size jack and said that I would probably have a hard time finding one. I was messing with it some more (tried putting superglue on the crack) and the rest of the points came loose and now the thing doesn't work at all. So if the jack isn't taken out properly, the whole thing might stop working. I may try to clean the soider off and try to get it to reconnect, but I think I messed it up....(not that I could have found someone that could fix it anyway). Now that I know that I got ripped off and bought a bogus 4gb player, I don't know if I care to fix it. I guess it's an expensive lesson in "you get what you pay for!" Good luck with yours.

ashley_rb · #4 (**permalink**) 15th Mar 2007, 9:58 pm

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Originally Posted by caltripp";p=&quot

Now that I know that I got ripped off and bought a bogus 4gb player, I don't know if I care to fix it. I guess it's an expensive lesson in "you get what you pay for!" Good luck with yours.

If you don't mind saying on the forum, how much did you pay and where did you get it? If you want to keep it private, PM me or email me ashley_rb@yahoo.com

Hpjunior · #5 (**permalink**) 19th Mar 2007, 3:21 pm

well i contacted the peoplein china, and they said send it back to them, but i am worried about getting it lost in the mail again, because when i had the first one, the usb jack broked and they said send it out and it got lost in the mai, so do you think i should try sending it off again?

ashley_rb · #6 (**permalink**) 19th Mar 2007, 9:26 pm

How much is the shipping? If they refund the return shipping it might be better to get a new one from somewhere else. By the time you mail it in and get either a replacement or fix it, you could have gotten a new one, a better one.

Since you are nervous of them loosing it in the mail, I wouldn't bother. The agrivation and hassel I would just get a new one from someone else.

Hpjunior · #7 (**permalink**) 28th Mar 2007, 8:17 pm

i already have a teclast t29. but me getting another one is like throwing something that cost me 80 dollars and i am not the richest person you can't find. but as far as shipping, i paid 30 dollars to ship it and it got lost.

caskin8a · #8 (**permalink**) 8th Apr 2007, 3:00 pm

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Originally Posted by Hpjunior";p=&quot

i had bought a coverter to make regular headphones work, but when all of a sudden the right earphone started to faze out alot whenever i moved my chipod, and i tried buying the 2.5mm earphones again, and the jack is stretched out so when i plug them in, they don't work, and when i don't hold the jack in, it slips out too easily. is there anyway i can get another jack to install in there, is it hard to do it because i don't want to spend buying another right now if i can fix it. your support would be greatly appricated.

Thankyou
Hp

this happened to me. dont send it mate, too many complications.

a lot of people have said this, but yeah, the solders probably loose. open your baby up and have a look at the soldering around the headphone jack. one or more of the connecters should be loose.

if youve never soldered before take it into a computer or electronics shop. they should have the problem fixed in a day or less.
but if you know how, grab a soldering iron and just melt the points back down into place. hopefully the connections will melt together again and youll be sweet. if you want, shove some superglue around that area to prevent it happening again. worked for me

and as for the jack slipping out, grab a tiny "-" screwdriver (not a philips one) and just bend the lil prongs inside the headphone socket back out. chances are youve pushed them too far in and they just need pulling back out :wink:.