Fixing headphones

[Mithrandir]

My head phones cut out, the probably is down by the banana plug. I was wondering if i can get another banana plug and solder the wire. Because i payed like 30 bucks for these phones. I fixed my ps2 RF adapter the other day and it works as good as when i got it.

[William from NOLA]

You can try. Order one from online or get one from Radioshack. Have you taken the headphones to other devices? A lot of times the recepticle in stereo's gets dirty and must be cleaned for best connectivity.

[Ryan from Ohio]

From my experience usually the JACK in the device is what gets messed up.

Sometimes where the wires run off that plug (headphones) will break also. But seems to always be the plug...

[Mithrandir]

I know its the head phones, I tried em in other things. Ill have to go to radio shack but i have some Qs.

When I try to solder stuff the item wont heat up enough for me to touch the solder to it. I always end up having to touch it too the iron. I have a 30 watt iron. I only payed 6 bucks so its no big deal.

Also my iron is discolored is that normal from the heat build up because it doesnt say you have to unplug the iron every so often to let it cool.

And concerning Tinning the tip. I tried to but the solder rolls off and doesnt coat the tip. Thanks

[dmeyer07]

Any recommendations on how to clean the Jack inside the device properly, or is it pretty straight forward. I have an older cd player, and the headphones seem to work pretty good, but if you move the jack on the cord they kinda cut in and out, so i was thinking maybe thats the reason, its just dirty.

[Ryan from Ohio]

Usually it breaks loose on the circuit board.

Sorry to break it to ya, but Ive encountered this many times on items with plugs like this.