[GTALUG] ot: headphone jac replacement?

[Don Tai]

 Xerox "Kurzweil Reading Edge Optical Recognition Speech Synthesizer,"
https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/476405/#slide=gs-464336

On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 at 20:50, Don Tai <dontai.canada at gmail.com> wrote:

> A 3.5mm audio jack will have a ring that screws into the cylinder part of
> the jack. You plug you headphones into the jack. This ring is tightened
> against the side cover. Has this become loose? If this has loosened, then
> you could use some locktite to ensure it is tight.
>
> An issue is that when the audio jack becomes loose, it might stress the 3
> wires and stop working. Apart from the looseness of the jack, can you hear
> the left and right channel audio?
>
> Do you have a Xerox "Kurzweil Reading Edge Optical Recognition Speech
> Synthesizer," 1992?
>
> Don
>
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 at 20:33, Karen Lewellen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> The thing about the other suggestions is that my personal experience of
>> blindness  makes some of those steps a bit risky.
>> If I still have the external connector, its not broken, just came loose
>> due to how much I use it, why cannot I just screw it in place again?.
>> The port  or jack is Entirely external to the machine.
>> Its a talking scanner that looks a bit like a portable  well copy machine.
>> No idea if images exist on line but it is called the reading edge.
>> Kare
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 20 Apr 2021, William Witteman via talk wrote:
>>
>> > In that case, you could try to repair the broken bit with something
>> > moldable like sugaru (sp?) or another moldable plastic, but I would
>> tend to
>> > go with Don's suggestion, as those parts are generally pretty
>> disposable.
>> >
>> > On Tue., Apr. 20, 2021, 20:15 Karen Lewellen via talk, <talk at gtalug.org
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Okay, this is why I love  the list.
>> >> My description is clearly faulty.
>> >> What I am speaking of is the circle connector into which you plug the
>> >> headphone itself.
>> >> as if, had I a really small  hmm wrench? twisting it the other way
>> would
>> >> have  kept the external  port in place.
>> >> The internals worked perfectly fine, I just   cannot plug in the
>> >> headphones because the external round connector is gone.
>> >> Does that make better sense?
>> >> Kare
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, 20 Apr 2021, Don Tai via talk wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> A headphone jack usually has left and right channels, plus a ground,
>> so
>> >>> only 3 wires.
>> >>>
>> >>> You will need to take the device cover off, determine if one of the
>> >>> connections is loose/cracked. If the connection is loose or cracked
>> then
>> >>> you resolder the joint and you're done. Check the connection with a
>> >>> multimeter. If the plug is worn out you will need to unsolder the 3
>> >>> connections, remove the old (may be physically attached to the
>> >> board/cover,
>> >>> reinstall the new plug to the board/cover, resolder the 3 wires, check
>> >>> connectivity with a multimeter.
>> >>>
>> >>> You will need:
>> >>> -tools to remove the cover: screwdrivers of all sorts, pry tool,
>> >> depending
>> >>> on the cover. it does vary a lot
>> >>> -soldering iron, solder
>> >>> -replacement 3.5mm audio plug
>> >>> -multimeter: to check if the soldered joint is electrically
>> connective.
>> >>>
>> >>> That's it.
>> >>> Don.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 at 19:00, Karen Lewellen via talk <
>> talk at gtalug.org>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I might add  during the current lock down?
>> >>>> Here is the scoop
>> >>>> The primary device i use as my computer's speech synthesizer source
>> has
>> >> a
>> >>>> 3.5 inch headphone jack, which has been getting looser over the past
>> >> week
>> >>>> or so.
>> >>>> While I had hoped to find a way to tighten it before a disconnect,
>> that
>> >>>> hoped was dashed this afternoon.
>> >>>> I do have the jac, in fact I have a spare, what I am wondering though
>> >> is a
>> >>>> couple of things.
>> >>>> first, if I want to try, or must try reattaching this myself,  which
>> >> tool
>> >>>> do I need? screwdriver, or wrench?..or something else?
>> >>>> If I want it done by someone else, for which I would happily pay
>> even if
>> >>>> moving the machine might be a dance, where in Toronto might I take
>> it in
>> >>>> for the work?
>> >>>> In theory it is rather important, the replacement  synthesizer is s
>> >> slight
>> >>>> fire risk, as its casing is broken around the plug in area for its
>> >>>> adapter.
>> >>>> Also, it sounds like it has a could, which may become frustrating as
>> I
>> >> use
>> >>>> my computer rather a great deal these days.
>> >>>> Ideas?
>> >>>> Thanks,
>> >>>> Karen
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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