loose contact in earphone jack?

Question

Hi guys,

I think I have a loose contact for the right side output for my earphone jack in my MP3 player. I have tried a pair of earphones and a pair of headphones and the problem persisted...so I assumed it was a problem with my actual MP3 player.
The problem is that music comes out of the left ear but not the right although occassionally if I twiddled it, music would come out of the right ear as well but the slightest movement again and it would go back to just the left ear.
So I guess it's a loose contact within the player itself.
Does anyone know how I could fix this?
Should I take a really small screwdriver and unscrew the tiny screws and open up the thing?
Or should I try my electronics department at school?

Thx for all help!!!

Answer 1

Hi ,

What you have just mentioned is quite a common fault although very easy fix. If I were you I would take it to school and get it sorted there. If it needs a new earphone jack the part itself is coppers, and once open and jack is unscrewed from the player itself then it is only a couple of soldered joints. Rebuilding is the exact same as stripping it down.

Before you buy a new part get someone at school to check the jack as there is a little piece of metal inside the jack that holds the plug in tight, if access is possible to the inside of the jack then all you do is bend it inwardly slightly.

Hope I have helped, does sound as if it is the jack on your player, again peanuts to fix.

Oh yes I forgot, if it is under warranty don't open it up as they use certain markings to make sure it hasn't been tampered with which will invalidate the warranty. I am a gentleman so I will admit I did forget about the warranty until after I posted it and read one of the girls answers, I was trying to answer your question, listen and talk to my wife and watch Eastenders all at once, thanks to the first young lady on your answers who reminded me.

The reason that your player has this fault is because of the continued plugging and unplugging, one way to overcome this is to get yourself a set of headphones that have a connection on the lead itself as well as the jack plug by leaving the first part in your player and all you do is plug one part of your earphones lead into the other, and you will never have this problem again.

Jimmy Bubbles

Answer 2

Bubbles answer is spot on. TOP TIP! All users of personal stereos (whatever ilk) TAKE THE EAR/HEADPHONES OUT when not in use DO NOT WRAP THE CABLE ROUND THE UNIT WITH THEM PLUGGED IN. This will damage both the socket(springs weaken)and the lead( wires break). It's that simple.

Answer 3

your headphone jack is broken on ur ipod. in case you plug in earphones and headphones, and you nonetheless have hear track, then your headphone jack from the interior is broken. in case you nonetheless have guarantee apple will in basic terms provide u a clean ipod, and in case you dont have guarantee, they are going to replace it for money. they gained't make you purchase the full concern considering might value shall we are saying $a hundred and fifty for yet another nano, yet in line with risk $80 for a clean ipod without accesories.

Answer 4

go to radio shack or the electronics dept at walmart maybe they could help you. try an electronics store. they usually can help you. no you should not try to fix it yourself. if you have a waranty on it and you do that you could loose the warranty and all that. so go get it checked out there.

Answer 5

complex thing. lookup on the search engines. just that will help!