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Anonymous Posted on Sep 14, 2010

My left speaker doesn't work. Narrowed it down to the female connection of the RCA jack (on back of the sub-woofer) as being the problem. Any way to fix?

  • Anonymous Sep 14, 2010

    As per my original message, I already know where the problem stems from, my question was more related to how to access the inside of the RCA jack. I took the screws out of the compartment that conceals the connections, but the compartment doesn't come off.

  • Anonymous Sep 14, 2010

    As per my original message, I already know what the source of the problem is. What I need to know is how to acces the connections. I removed the screws on the compartment that conceal the connections, but the compartment won't come off.

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Hello,

How were you able to pinpoint that it is indeed a problem with the RCA jack? Have you tried replacing it already?

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Base from the description of your problem the only way to fix that issue is to have that damage part to be replace, in order to do that the unit needs to be taken apart and have that piece to be replace and it requires soldering from the inside to connect the new one.

If you have knowledge on how to take the unit apart and have some soldering experience and equipment you can do that but if not better have someone do that for you , you can take it from any local computer repair near your area.

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Please check your model number, I can not find it on the JVC service website.

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