sometimes a good headphone jack cleaning is in order. Take it apart and clean the headphone jack with the special cleaner. Timothy
On 12/12/10, Brian Lingard <[email protected]> wrote: > Ottawa Canada > > Dear Barbara and List: > > Barbara said it appears the headphone contacts seem to get dirty > easily. > > I'm not sure if the headphone contacts get dirty easily or not, > as the unit typically works through the headphones, not its > built-in speaker. > > There is a little sensor in the headphone jack that senses the > presence of the headphones and selects the headphone volume > setting when they are plugged in, or the speaker volume when they > are absent. This sensor may be a little prong that is moved > slightly when you plug in headphones. It appears this sensor > fails to sense the absence of the headphones at times. I haven't > taken my Stream apart, but the prong in the headphone jack is how > a radio typically transfers sound from the speaker to headphones. > However radios do not usually have separate volume settings for > speaker and headphones like the Stream does. > > Brian > Brian K. Lingard > E-mail: [email protected] > Tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 > Mobile: +1 (613) 725-6602 > New York, NY Tel: +1 (646) 797-2862 > FAX: +1 (613) 247-9998 > Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 > This message composed using J-Say and Dragon Naturally Speaking. > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > -- WTCN Management http://wtcnradio.webs.com ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
