My earphones, once plugged in, experience from clear sound to crackling noises to no sound at all depending on the position the plug is in the audio hole. The problem has gotten worse to the point that i have to hold the plug at a certain angle and position in order to experience clear sound. The earphones are only a couple of months old and this problem does not just occur in my ipod but in my computer and several other mp3 players i have tried.

With earphones plugged into tv the tv will not produce sound , only to earphones

If the audio is there when you fit the headphone jack back in, suspect a faulty headphone socket.

Yes sounds like u will need new jack. Also the cracklibg sound is being caused by a bad connection. Hope this helps

you either need new earphones for this or you will have to contact either a manufacturer or a repair shop near you, they would be able to tell you exactly whats wrong

the clacking noise could be coming from the fan blades touching the main frame .
have a look and see if the cooling fan is rotating properly and not making noises

try updating the drivers for your sound card. if you get the same problem with earphones plugged it then you have a sound card problem and need to be repaired, if not then it is your built in speakers. Run diagnostics on it and it will check this for you. Then call HP if it is still under warranty.

you'll need the reqired plug for this.like earphone plug or rca plug.depends on the socket.mp3's usually use the earphone plugs because it's small.after having all the necessary plugs, plug it where it says audio input or input or aux(auxilliary)

I had the same problem, but now its solved!

Brieftly speaking, my internal speaker stopped producing sound, but when I plug earphones in, there is sound in the earphones.

Just plug in-and-out ur earphones several times (it took me 5 tries) and voila internal speakers work again!

I think there is a mechanical sensor inside the sound output (plug for the earphone) so that once it senses a plug getting in, it shuts internal speaker.

Maybe the mechanical sensor was jammed (spring problem i guess) and it still believe that u have ur earphones plugged-in. "Clogging" the hole for the earphones would allow the spring to spring back to initial position...

Hope it helps

I plugged the earphones in another mp3 player and they worked fine. So the interruption of sound must be in the connection between the Mp3 and earphone plug. So the earphone wiring gets a verdict of not guilty. I will do some experiments involving the female plug on the original mp3 player. That is where the problem is.

either you have a short in the wire of your earphones or were the female plug is in the player needs to be soldered inside the player