Question about Bose on-ear TriPort Headphones

Bad connection About the second time I plugged my headphones into my IPod the sound was gone in the right ear. After jiggling the connection a bit, the sound came back but I must get the headphones plugged in about halfway to get any sound. If I make a move, I lose sound. I tried the old cheap ear-buds in my IPod and suddenly I had the same problem with them. Okay, so I thought it was coincidental that this suddenly happened with my new headphones and it was really an IPod problem. However, I recently took a plane trip and plugged the Bose headphones in to the in-flight movie and had the same problem. Can someone tell me what is going on?

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justjeremiah Sep 09, 2008

same thing happened here...my left earphone only works when jiggled. this is quite aggravating considering how much i paid for them.

how can i fix this problem???
Anonymous Sep 25, 2008

My right speaker went out in my On-Ear Triports, and it comes back every once in a while for a few seconds if I move it. I've tried unscrewing it and checking the solders on the circuitboard but jiggling those didnt seem to work.

what else is there?
KapitaenM Nov 12, 2008

Over time, it seems like my connection has been pulled or pinched, or both.

As of now, I cannot hear anything if the wire in question is hanging off the headphones conventionally. I must take the bulk of the first male-to-female 3.5mm adapter (used to allow interchangeable wire sections, also male-to-female in nature) and rotate it until I find signal.
marzbot Dec 01, 2008

same symptoms no matter what the audio source. theres a fitting that fits into the headphones and keeps the wire from hitting the plastic. you can pull that out with a little force and seems to help somewhat.
Forget trying to get to the problem area. you'd have to break the plastic casing to get to it.
Anonymous Jan 24, 2009

My wife used her on-ear triports for over 2 years now, her right ear stops working all of a sudden.. bur i also noticed she uplugs - plugs back in about 5 times a day or more..

over two years i am thinking the port is worn out on her alienware laptop, as well as the plug that came with the headphones...

when i plug these into my logitech THX speakers on my desktop.. I have no problems at all.

So mabe the headphones are more sensitive to lose connections? I naver had these problem with my over the ear bose headphones, i just had trouble keeping them from breaking.

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It sounds like you have two problems. One is your ipod earphone plug ( phono plug ) needs replacing, and # two is your headphone plug needs replacing.

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