[GTALUG] ot: headphone jac replacement?

[Karen Lewellen]

Indeed the ring became loose, and this afternoon fell off all together.
i was getting stereo just find  until the ring fell off.
what is loosekite?
  your description sounds about right if the unit has a small keypad 
attached to the front right.
Is there anywhere I could take the unit to get the ring reconnected?
Karen



On Tue, 20 Apr 2021, Don Tai 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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