How To Repair Headphones

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Forrest Malmin Mr.Kruszka English 105 October 28, 2010 Repairing Headphones The best way to save money in these times is to do it yourself. Headphones are probably one of those things that break all the time, but there is a solution: FIX IT, instead of paying anywhere from 15 to 60 dollars on new headphones. When there is a broken pair, first find out what is wrong. The problem can be found by taking your hands and placing them on the wire and on the jack as the music device is playing. After jiggling the wire, if there is any static or; lost of sound it’s a bad connection, the jack has a problem. If that was not the cause of the problem, only one thing remains and it’s the headphones. It should be easy to tell which side is broken, if not make sure that the default settings are active and the volume is at max. This should clearly show where there is sound. The most frequent problem is the jack, and there is a reason why that is, how the headphones are wrap. Prevent this by placing your finger on the top end of the jack while wrapping the headphones. When the jack is broken, get a soldering iron, solder, wire cutters, wire stripers, a razorblade, a heat gun or something like it, shrink-wrap, and a new headphone jack. Once all of the materials are gathered, pick up the wire cutters and cut off the jack. Put the wire cutters down. Plug in the soldering iron as that is heating up, take the wire stripers and strip the wire by about ¾”. There will be two wires at this point, proceed by picking up the shrink-wrap and putting it on the wire. Separate the two wires; both of them should have copper exposed. Pick up the razorblade lightly, press down on each wire, moving with the grain along the wire to remove the insulation; do this in till no more comes off. Take the new jack and unscrew it; there will be two or three places to put the wires depending if the

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