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Default Fixing a headphone jack

On Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 9:36:05 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:44:35 -0400, Tim Schwartz
wrote:

On 7/16/2019 9:26 PM, Kirk M wrote:
I have a 1990's era AM/FM Cassette player. It works fine, except that it only plays on the left side. The right channel connection isn't making consistent contact. I tried to clean it using a Q-tip, with most of the cotton removed, and it made it worse.

If there was a way to reach inside the jack, and slightly bend the right-channel contact, I could probably fix it.

I purchased a new unit, and the sound quality just isn't there compared to the old one. Yes, I could just transfer all my old cassettes to digital format, but I don't wish to take the time, since these tapes are mostly from the 1970's, so the sound isn't that great to begin with. I also, don't play them that much.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Kirk M

Hi,

You could also have a bad solder connection from the jack to the PC
board. I'd check that first.

Regards,
Tim
Bristol Electronics

I have a little MP3 player that suffered from what I thought was a bad
contact but was just like you said, a bad solder joint. I ended up
needing to resolder it a few times and finally had to reinforce the
jack so that the joint would stop breaking.
Eric


Thanks. I will check that too. I am really glad that I learned to solder in my 10th grade electronics class. Very useful skill.