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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 :)

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  • Sid LawSid Law Posts: 4,687
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    Find someone who is competent at soldering. Do you have a local hi-fi/TV/computer repair shop, or is there an IT department at your work?

    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
  • Keefy-boyKeefy-boy Posts: 13,608
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    You'll need a soldering iron to fix it properly. Buy a replacement non-moulded jack plug, cut the moulded plug off and solder the cable to the new plug. The main problem will be identifying which wire is which in the cable.
  • grumpyscotgrumpyscot Posts: 11,353
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    Sid Law wrote: »
    Find someone who is competent at soldering. Do you have a local hi-fi/TV/computer repair shop, or is there an IT department at your work?

    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)
  • MartinPickeringMartinPickering Posts: 3,711
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    That's an iPhone plug.
  • Miles_TMiles_T Posts: 2,519
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    I'd get a pair from poundland while you save up for some better ones rather than faffing about with soldering irons!?
  • Dan SetteDan Sette Posts: 5,816
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    Yes. Certainly the type used by the iPhone.

    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.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 754
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    cheers for all the advice, the cable is made of kevlar apparantley so it's difficult to get through. i will check the market in town they might be able to help :) unfortunately i don't even work! so there'll be no option to ask there. I would buy another pair but they cost £100 [i got them for christmas] and I really can't afford to replace them.
  • mred2000mred2000 Posts: 10,050
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    starfoxxx wrote: »
    cheers for all the advice, the cable is made of kevlar apparantley so it's difficult to get through. i will check the market in town they might be able to help :) unfortunately i don't even work! so there'll be no option to ask there. I would buy another pair but they cost £100 [i got them for christmas] and I really can't afford to replace them.

    Did you buy them 'new' from eBay? From a business seller? Surely they'd be covered by a warranty or something?
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