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Headphone Jack Fix

Originally Posted by hmmmz

I live in Europe and own a Zune 30. A couple of days ago the audio from my zune started dropping out on my left channel. It seemed to come back when I pressed on certain spots on case (never stable results though).

I was able to repair it (sending it to Microsoft from Europe wasn't an option).

MAKE SURE IT ISN'T THE HEADPHONE: Test different headphones out that you know are working before you attempt this solution.

FIX:

1) open up the zune (only removing the backplate)
2) turn it on and play a song (be careful not to touch any of the electronics)
3) press down on points on the headphone jack and listen to the music
4) when pressing down on a certain point does this help the problem?
5) try and figure out where that point is on the backplate (for me it was the bottom half of the headphone jack: so on the backplate that would be between the horizontal plastic mound and the smaller vertical mound)
6) append something that would press down on the jack to the backplate(I cut of the end of a cigarette filter and used a gluestick to keep it in place so I could close it up)
7) close it up


Zune has been working great for a couple of hours now.

PS: only do this if you're sure it's the audiojack and using the warranty isn't an option.