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, <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>
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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