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Headphones loose conn rectification help

9 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/headphones-loose-conn-rectification-help.1041/

adithyagenius
adithyagenius Original post #1
Sep 5, 2004 at 1:51 AM
I only use headphones no speakers coz if use speakers my parents will know i am playing games. Always the headphones cause these problems
1. One side of headphone stops working. It works only when the wire at some angle or the pug i sput in certain position
2. Later it completely stops working
3. the other side gets the same problem

I have 9 such headphones. I don't know ehre to get it repaired. So can anyone give an advice.
P
Sep 5, 2004 at 9:46 AM
get the wire and the conector checked this happens because the wire breaks and makes random contact solution is to get the wire replaced and connection in the stereo jack checked
adithyagenius
Sep 6, 2004 at 12:39 PM
That's what I was asking. Where to get it repaired?
adithyagenius
Sep 6, 2004 at 12:40 PM
I typed ehre instead of where by mistake.
P
Sep 6, 2004 at 9:16 PM
any local radio repair shop can do it or if you stay in bangalore you can come up to my place i will do the needful.
adithyagenius
Sep 8, 2004 at 6:13 AM
Any one tell me about this kind of a shop in lamington road.
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MaxX #7
Sep 8, 2004 at 8:41 AM
lol i have same problem, What i did was twist the wire near the headphone into a loop, works perfectly :)
Btw you have frontech headphone?
P
Sep 9, 2004 at 5:59 PM
@adithyagenius.
I had the same problem.
But instead got myself better headphones. ;)
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Sep 10, 2004 at 3:11 AM
I too had the same problem with a couple of my headphones - it is unlikely that the wire became lose at the connector jack ( as it usually stays in the same fixed position plugged in the soundcard socket )

Rather , I found 2 other areas to be problematic - 1 is the connection between the wire and the headphone - sometimes gets solved by coiling the wire just around the headphone - so that the joint experiences a lesser pull
2nd is the volume control provided on some headphones ( like on intex and frontech headphones ) - I gradually adjusted the volume control till I got acceptable sound quality and now use software to change the volume instead ...