My headphone jack seems loose or damaged I don't have a warranty any more and need alot of help. It is loose and whenever the jack fom the headphones isn't held in the coorect way the sound becomes distorted or only plays through one earphone. At worst though id that the files continue playing but my sound is messed up.

victor A.K.A. GLONY, September 2005

I replaced the headphone jack with a ack that i took from a pair of broken heaphones. I know this jack works. I soldered the wires together, then taped it up. The strange thing is, when i listen with both the heaphones in, the right heaphone plays more of the delay and reverb used in the production of the track. it's like listening to one speaker on a 5.1 system.... I soldered all three of the wires inside together. Two of the wires were the same colour as the other two on the jack. the other was a different colour. Should i have soldered this?

George, July 2010

I have the same problem, i might try the tin foil thing :D.

k., September 2009

Usually the jack just needs to be reattached, there is a guide at this website: www.portatronics.com

Brian, February 2009

tape up the outside of the port for support

bill, April 2008

nice page http://ask.metafilter.com/16131/Silly-ten-foot-headphone-cords

UFT, November 2007

Meh

Mehman, September 2007

Well after soldering the weak points as we know to be a problem mine was still acting up... funnily enough I fixed it using Tin foil! (Aluminium foil)

When you open it up... there's the main part to the headphone jack... where you'd plug your speakers in.
To the right of that... and down at the end of the jack there's a slight slit there... I rolled up a tiny bit of foil and slotted it in...

Voila

( I am not help responsible for anything you do... Im just giving an example of what I did to fix mine... Dont try this as I cannot guarentee it will work )

Steven, July 2006

Try following the directions on this site: http://www.noboundrees.com/micro_fix/

Depending on how loose your headphone jack is, you might be able to skip the soldering and just combat the problem by "padding" the inside of the jack casing with cardboard or paper strips.

Mara, December 2005

mehh same problem here!!!!

Greenloaks, October 2005