Advice on fixing broken headphones/earphones
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I have had my headphones for about a month now and they were fairly expensive, I can't return them because I bought them from ebay [stupidly] I've looked after them well but it seems a wire has come loose and now the sound is faulty
http://tinypic.com/r/2wox8bb/8
where the green arrow is seems to be where the problem is, I have to hold the wire there in a certain position for the sound to work.
I've had this problem with headphones before but they've only been cheap ones, I can't afford to replace my new ones though so would be really grateful for any advice
Thanks
http://tinypic.com/r/2wox8bb/8
where the green arrow is seems to be where the problem is, I have to hold the wire there in a certain position for the sound to work.
I've had this problem with headphones before but they've only been cheap ones, I can't afford to replace my new ones though so would be really grateful for any advice
Thanks
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A replacement plug will cost you £1.40, and the soldering bit is 10 minutes work.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/35mm-plastic-stereo-plug-hf98g
The plug shown in your Maplins pic is not the same as the OPs - Maplin has 3 connectors, OPS has 4 (Must confess, I've never seen a set of headphoens with 4 connectors before - all mine (8 sets) have only 3)
Same as an ordinary headphone plug, but not as the OP has labelled it.
Not L+/L-, R+/R-
In a standard plug the tip is the left channel, the ring is the right channel and the sleeve is the ground.
http://www.connecthowto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/stereo-adapter-1-4-to-rca.png
In a four part plug the upper ring is for remote control signals.
Did you buy them 'new' from eBay? From a business seller? Surely they'd be covered by a warranty or something?