David Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 the jack on my walkman has started going crackley which is rather annoying, i asked in john lewis (where i got it) and they mentioned somewhere that may be able to fix it (i dont think it shoudl be a hard job, just i dont want to go opening it up myself), but i completely forgot the name, any ideas what it could have been? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_Robertson Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 What Kind... (IE Ipodish or Standard MP3 sticks)aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 sony NW HD1ipodish basically the headphones jack is either dirty or have come a bit loose on the pcb, if i move the headphones jack about (ie move the player) i get a crackley sound and it the sound can fade in/out a littlei will try cleaning it if i can get my hands on any suitable cleaner, but i dont want to go opening the player up - my soldering skills are fine building a pedal or something, but i dont trust myself not to fry something like a walkman trying to resolder it...David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_Robertson Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Soldering an MP3 Player is not the easiest of tasks... Even a little solder on the wrong place can mess it up (tried it once myself..)Yeh personally i would find cleaner and clean the Jack as best you can other than that send it to sony etc etc.CheersAaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 i tried some air cleaner at work the other day , which didnt really helpi need to get hold of some deoxit or something and clean it properlyDavid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Have you tried different headphones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Have you tried different headphones?yup, first thing i tried... now i own two pairs of headphones (admittedly handy when these do eventually go south) but the problem happened the same with both pairsDavid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 yup' date=' first thing i tried... now i own two pairs of headphones (admittedly handy when these do eventually go south) but the problem happened the same with both pairsDavid[/quote'] I thought you might have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 the guy in john lewis mentioned a local place that may be able to help fix it, just it has completely slipped my mind, any ideas?David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwriter Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Phone John Lewis and ask.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 the guy in john lewis mentioned a local place that may be able to help fix it' date=' just it has completely slipped my mind, any ideas?David[/quote']knights, in rosemount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 dont think it was knights, aberdeen visual maybe?David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Tim Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 the exact same problem has happened to my zen micro, i need the name of this place too!HELP US! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarie Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 yup, I had the problem with the Zen Micro too, pretty shit really. It started after about 4 months. Meh. If you google search for 'how to fix zen micro' or something you should be able to find a link to a page in the Creative forums which will telly uo how to fix it. Looked a bit tricky to me though, but maybe you're more technologically minded than i am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pop-notmyface Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 these things weren't made to last. they are not like the good old tape players, like the "real" walkmen (i'm sure there is a functioning one from the 80s still kicking about here somewhere...)all these mp3 players (except ipods) are simply expendable as soon as you buy them, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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