Whenever I plug my earphones in i have to twist it right to get sound quality. How do i fix it?

[Dave808]

Whenever I plug my earphones in the audio jack, i have to twist it right to get the sound quality. How do i fix it?

 

[ssddx]

instead of twisting the jack, twist the wire around. it could be a broken cable and bad connection. this is likely the culprit.

or, it could be just a poor contact between the jack and plug.. either non-spec size plug or jack (sometimes on low quality parts), something lodged in the jack (dirt, anything preventing correct seating in jack), dead spot on connector (tarnishing or other surface blemish affecting connectivity). in extreme cases the connector is loose on the board and twisting the cable puts pressure down pushing it against where its wobbling on the board.

easy way to tell is to test the earphones in different devices and see if you have the same issue and to try another set of speakers or earphones in your jack to see if you have the same issue. then some simple twisting and bending on the wire to see if that is the cause.

solution depends on isolating what the issue is from testing.

 

[Dave808]

instead of twisting the jack, twist the wire around. it could be a broken cable and bad connection. this is likely the culprit.

or, it could be just a poor contact between the jack and plug.. either non-spec size plug or jack (sometimes on low quality parts), something lodged in the jack (dirt, anything preventing correct seating in jack), dead spot on connector (tarnishing or other surface blemish affecting connectivity). in extreme cases the connector is loose on the board and twisting the cable puts pressure down pushing it against where its wobbling on the board.

easy way to tell is to test the earphones in different devices and see if you have the same issue and to try another set of speakers or earphones in your jack to see if you have the same issue. then some simple twisting and bending on the wire to see if that is the cause.

solution depends on isolating what the issue is from testing.

I tried it before and what I came up with is that the problem doesn't occur with headphones but all earphones.

 

[Nykyria]

If you have cleaned the jack (The part you plug your headphones into) and cleaned the plug (end of your headphones) and it still does it with ALL headphones, then it is more than likely the jack itself may have a bad spot. (I'm assuming you are using the front headphone jack on your computer and as you didn't specify laptop/desktop/front or rear jacks I have no idea how many jacks you may have. If your on a desktop you should also try the headphone jacks on the back of the computer (You may have more than one if you have a separate sound card) and see if it does the same things as the front jack. If you plug into the sound card (A sound card will have a seperate headphone jack from the motherboard), and you get the same thing, you may want to try (Turn computer off for this) opening your computer and removing the card that you plugged into and blow the connector out with canned air and reinstall the card and try again. If you plug into the mobo and it does the same, the sound chip could be going bad on the mobo. If it is only the one jack, you can purchase a new headphone/mike/speaker jack inset for your computer as they are pretty cheep and easy to install as they should plug straight onto the mobo with a usb. For a laptop, I have no idea and good luck.

 

[cookietoysinp]

If you have cleaned the jack (The part you plug your headphones into) and cleaned the plug (end of your headphones) and it still does it with ALL headphones, then it is more than likely the jack itself may have a bad spot. (I'm assuming you are using the front headphone jack on your computer and as you didn't specify laptop/desktop/front or rear jacks I have no idea how many jacks you may have. If your on a desktop you should also try the headphone jacks on the back of the computer (You may have more than one if you have a separate sound card) and see if it does the same things as the front jack. If you plug into the sound card (A sound card will have a seperate headphone jack from the motherboard), and you get the same thing, you may want to try (Turn computer off for this) opening your computer and removing the card that you plugged into and blow the connector out with canned air and reinstall the card and try again. If you plug into the mobo and it does the same, the sound chip could be going bad on the mobo. If it is only the one jack, you can purchase a new headphone/mike/speaker jack inset for your computer as they are pretty cheep and easy to install as they should plug straight onto the mobo with a usb. For a laptop, I have no idea and good luck.

Sadly, that's not the case. I have, headphones... That won't work unless, i move it or, get it off my lap. But, there are only one plugin hole for the headphones end, to connect too. Specially, for me i have never clean my computer unless, i have spilled jam, or jelly or any sticky goo on it. (But there, are probably more than 1 plugin hole maybe on desktops, like office desktops, or laptops. But my mac, and windows as only "1". And, unfortunately for me the windows "Plugin hole" broke so, now i have my mac to depend on, and my head sets were working perfectly fine. Until, this exact moment.....


i guess, well in good i have to wake up tomorrow and buy cheap head-sets. :/