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Mach Speed Trio DA-8033  MP3 Player

Headphone jack issues

posted by DaMikey on Aug 05, 2006


Whenever I bump the plug attached to my headphones, I lose audio quality. I have had this issue with more than just this mp3 player; two cd players and a tape player have also experienced this problem. Since it is so common, someone must know how to fix it. I have tried cleaning out the jack (I thought that maybe there was some dust or something blocking the connection) but it did no good. Has anyone ever managed to fix this problem?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

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posted on Aug 05, 2006
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The Marv


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Although headphones jacks are convient. They are very delicate as well. It take very little pressure agaist the jack when plugged in to bend the pins inside the jack that makes the connection. Then they get temermental. Generally the only recourse is to replace the headphonejack in the unit. better left to the techs. replacing can be tricky. But just to make sure you say you have tried other units. Here is something that works once in a great while. Unplug the unit dip the headphone jack {the tip on the headphones} in rubbing alchol insert it in the jack on the unit and spin it repeat several times let alchol evaporate then stick jack back in unit an spin again. Plug unit back in and see if it is better or the same.

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Solution #2
posted on Aug 11, 2006
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Sarz


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Sometimes after headphones have been used so much that the wires have been bent and moved around a lot for many months/years, they can break inside the tube holding the wires together. One of the wires may have broken and that could be what's causing it to lose audio as soon as it's bumped. If it's resting a certain way that may connect the wire and when moved, it separates again.

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Solution #3
posted on Nov 08, 2007
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paul49rog


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Given your experience with other devices it seems likely to be your headphones rather than the MP3 player causing this problem. Try another set of headphones on the MP3 player & see if that fixes the problem. If not then you know the problem is with the MP3 player.

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Solution #4
posted on Aug 25, 2007
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dlock2k


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The Marv is right about these being delicate. My little MP3 player's headphone jack developed a bad connection where it was soldered to its tiny little internal circuit board. If you're good at soldering and have great hand-eye coordination, then you might give it a try. Remove the battery from the player, first. Carefully disassemble the unit, check out the connections, and solder away. <b>Be careful not to get solder across points that shouldn't be connected.</b> You have little to lose, if the player is frustrating you to the point where you are about to chuck it in the trash, anyway.

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Solution #5
posted on Apr 06, 2007
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it's a well known issue with the Rio Carbon... caused due to shortcuit in the plug connector... several fixes:
1. attach electric tape with a hole on top of the jack
2. get a special adapter from the manufacturer
3. don't push the headphones plug all the way in (requires very precise insertion and might not play in stereo)

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