MZ-R55 headphone sockets faulty

[n3b]

Hi all,

Dug out my Sony MZ-R55 the other day and can't quite part with it yet as it has been so useful over the years.

The only thing wrong with it appears to be the headphone socket, sound only seems to come out of one ear phone. The only way i have found to remedy this is to push the mini-jack of the headphones in quite hard and sound comes through both ear phones.

It's as if the mini-jack doesn't go in far enough...

Does anyone know if this easily fixable?

Thanks,

Ben

[JazzyBananas]

have you tried different pairs of headphones?

the pic link you have shows a remote...

have you tried with/without the remote?

[n3b]

Ay up JazzyBananas!

Indeed i have tried different head phones with and without the remote.

It seems to be a problem with the socket.

This thread: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=8744

Also seems to be detailing a similair probelm.

Also i have tried a new battery in the minidisc player and it appears that it doesn't hold charge, at elast that's whatthe player says - I know it's a brand new battery!

Thanks for the reply,

n3b

[JazzyBananas]

cool!

just making sure you checked all options before doing anything drastic like throwing it out the window...

i'm not an expert, but the headphone jack is probably fixable. maybe you know someone who is good with electronics stuff that can help you.

do you have the habit of wrapping your headphone cord really tightly around the body of your player? back in the day i used to do that with my tape walkman and it would cause the same problem that you have with sound only from 1 side.

well.. good luck with your efforts.