Trying to FIX a Radio with a Faulty Micro USB & Headphone Port
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Hi, in this video I attempt to repair a faulty DAB radio which has a faulty micro USB port, also the headphone jack doesn't cut off the speakers when plugged in.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince.
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29 minute video uploaded only a few minutes ago and there are already people hitting thumbs down, haters will be haters, Not me - I look forward to your videos
I thought the same thing. No reason for the down votes.
Yeah I don’t get it! Probably some ‘actually’ bellends... generic trolls.
That's just normal for every UA-camr you'll rarely find a video on here that doesn't have dislikes, like i said it's normal for UA-cam.
I do hit dislike on videos from time to time, I even did disliked a few of Vince' ones (not this one, tho it does not matter). On one or two I did quickly after watching a minute or two, realizing for whatever reason I personally did not enjoy the content of that video, the style or the quality of it.
To me the dislike button is not a "I hate you or your content Vince" but "My friend Vince, I personally did not enjoy this video"
I don't think UA-cam's feedback options are in particular great, but the like/dislike ratio gives Vince at least a bit of a gauge.
Doesn't seem to matter what you work on I still like watching all of your fix it videos. Keep up the amazing work and I will always keep watching.
Sometimes when using earphones with included mic the jack can confuse the jack, especially in older devices. Try using headphones with two segments on the jack and not 3. Keep them coming Vince....
Exactly what I thought as soon as he pulled it out slightly. My old MP3 player was made before inline controls and it has the same problem.
It also doesn't help that phone headsets don't always use the same pin outs between handsets and manufacturers. Plus some older iPods used a 4 pole jack connectors for the optional inline remote control so that could be why the iPod worked with phone headset.
Keep up the good videos I like when you switch it up doing radios and any kind of electronics makes it more enjoyable to watch.
Definitely! 👍
Yes! 29 minutes and 25 seconds of Vince! I wanted an early night, but that's not happening now!
Hi Vince, I was wondering why you weren't uploading much recently, so thanks. Because of being inspired by you I have recently repaired a Sony UBP X700 uhd Blu-ray player, and just today was replacing switches and faulty RGB LEDs in a razer blackwidow chroma. So thanks for the confidence to give things a go.
It doesn't matter what you fix.......I will always watch it 👌
Ohhhh I never put any thought to the headphone plugs like that.
Also thanks for keeping the regular uploads, even small ones like this are fun to watch, especially during these times.
Best wishes for you and your family. Stay healthy.
I can honestly say, there's not one of your videos i haven't enjoyed. I'm slowly working my way back through the years 👍
Most people dont watch because it is a particular item Vince. Great fix
Loving the consistency buddy keep up the good work. 1 million incoming 😁😁😁
Nice video Vince. I find these fixes just as enjoyable as X box/PlayStation video's
Hey Vince, great video. The 3 pins headphones jacked are more common than a 4 pins one. 4 pin is for an headphone with a mic or can be use for skipping tracks or so. So no bad design Vince
I'm a huge fan or your random fixes around the house I watch because we both work in a similar way and we tend to think the same thing when fault finding so its extra fun to guess what it might be then hear what you think (its usually the same) keep them coming ill keep watching for sure
This is awesome. I love your philosophy that fix it for the fun of it and making youtube content and then selling it on or giving it away to family and friends. Keeps these items out of landfills and get them to have a good useful life especially if they were returned or breathe new life into items that are hard to get.
sir was looking for ur video for so long and ur great teacher bcoz u clarify the details of fault very clearly
THANK YOU SIR APPRECIATE IT.....
the reason the iPod worked with the 4-contact headphone cable was because it doesn't gave the sensing capability at all. it doesn't have speakers so it doesn't need to detect if headphones are connected before switching outputs, it just always powers the headphone jack (and doesn't need to turn off power to anything else).
the radio would have 5 contacts (left, right, ground, and two which short together when the headphones are plugged in). the iPad would only have 3 (left, right, and ground).
not saying the jack manufacturer shouldn't have accommodated for this by just moving the contacts though.
You should have reflowed either side of the micro usb. I could see a crack in the solder. That would have given it additional strength too.
Love your videos.
I really like your background music also. Unlike so many others on UA-cam who force me and I'll sure others to lower volume, because of playing heavy bass or the like.
i like everything you fault find and fix! keep the videos coming
Vince if you do any more future renovation projects and have more time on your hands then please film it for us. As long as it's not boring it should get the views.
Using 400°C on a board that small can rip pads. The "old" design irons have really low thermal mass, and suggest using a "new" style iron like the TS100 or KSGER T12 Station with heater & tip built-in. Otherwise, amazing video as always!
Love those "John Lewis Radio" series.
This is the same on older Mp3 players such as a Creative Zen. Well done on the diagnosis. keep up the good work.
This was very enjoyable to watch and also useful. Thank you!
The speaker cutoff in the jack socket is staggered so that when you plug headphones in the speakers don't cut in and out while you are inserting the jack. It will only cut the speaker when the jack plug is fully inserted. The iPod doesn't do this because it doesn't have a speaker to cut off...
400°C is "only"? I usually get worried at 350.
Yes, same here. 320-350°c is considered "normal" pcb soldering temp. But you may need to adjust that depending of the pcb, solder and iron... 400 seems a lot especially if used for several seconds on one spot... may start to lift traces etc.
It seems scary, but he’s usually working on game consoles, which have a massive ground plane. I use 450° daily on consoles and have to lower temps when I work on smaller boards for fear of heat damage.
Vince, you should start up an auction of items you fixed and donate the money to charity. I bet you would have a lot of people bid on the items.
Been enjoying the Radio fixes Vince.
Hopefully we could do a challenge video soon ! 😏
Good job lately Vince, showing huge improvements with every repair.
Headphone port is not faulty. It is a 3 pin socket designed for a standard 3 pin 3.5 mm headphone plug. I have never come across a radio with a socket designed for a 4 pin plug. As to the USB power socket - the problem lies with the delicate connections of a surface mount component. Excess force by the user when inserting a USB plug easily pushes the socket off its tiny soldered pads. Your solution of glue behind the socket is good and manufacturers sometimes use this technique at the production stage.
Come on Vince...you know that we are waiting for a PS4 or Xbox one repair. And make it one hour long so that it feels like watching a movie. Or better. Love your channel btw.
Love watching all you videos Vince, keep up the good work.look forward to the next one...
Do not try plastic dip. Even if you get the right rubber surface. It is really hard to get in the right color and it react so on the old rubber it is one color and on plastic it is a nother.
Thank you for a entertaining video!
the three pole is the correct one... the four pole are designed with a mic.. and you do not use that on a radio... the 4 pole is for phones that need the Mic.
They should still work as the 3 poles are still in the same position on the 4 pole connector. I just tried my headset with mic in just a headphone jack on my PC and they work fine. Backwards compatible in my case. Maybe his headphone port is a bit fussy.
@@SPEXWISE A lot of 3-pole connectors are not compatible with 4-pole and will give you the same symptoms as in the video (works correctly if you don't plug it all the way in).
I have a laptop with a combo 3.5mm jack, and my headphones with mic are for PC and have the same 4 pole config, but when pluged in directly, the mic doesn't work. Only works when i use a spliter to 2 3.5mm jacks and join them toghether again with an adapter. And i've tried them on my phone and on my Switch, same thing. Kinda strange, if you ask me.
The ipod doesn't need this "extra" pin in the headphone plug because it doesn't have a speaker in order to detect if the headphones are plugged in. A lot of devices though, even in our days, are confused/don't play normally if you plug in a 4 segment headphone jack where you supposed to plug only headphones with 3 segments.
"This video won't get that many views" gets an instant 1K views in just a few minutes. I'm editing this comment to clear a few things up UA-cam's been bugging out lately and not everyone's getting notifications, so to get 1K views in less than 20 minutes i believe it was when i first commented is actually pretty good.
Ultimately_Everything and he has 600k subs that’s not good
@@HeenaPatel253 Depends on where the 600k are.
US/Commonwealth -> not good.
UK / EU, good, because it is around midnight here now. And only people who lost their jobs due to COVID can watch them during the week at this time. (like me)
Christian Wowra oh ok
Heena Patel you’re here though and that’s another view? Don’t fret about Vince, he does alright 😉
And it’s up to 3.5k
@@HeenaPatel253 My point is 1K views is pretty good in the space of a few minutes it might not be a lot for a channel with over 600K subs but it's still not that bad. Oh and yeah i know the video has almost 4K views now.
Hard to believe there are monsters out there who don’t enjoy a good fault finding episode! I highly anticipate each video you do!
Well now I understand my headphones better. Never know what you'll learn here. Thanks !
I learned something new 👍
Wonderfully done trying to fix video. Almost passed it twice because I thought it wasn't interesting but thought I would give it a watch. Looking forwards towards more
I hate it when they put those tiny micro-usb connectors on things that can use a bigger connector. They break all the time.
in the old days of chassis mount 3.5 sockets a ts would have 3 wires and a stereo / trs socket would have 5. in the simple case of a mono ts for example the ground / sleeve was 1 wire from sound out to socket then straight to speaker. the other positive output went to a trminal on the tip part of the socket, with a copper piece touching another piece which then went to the out terminal and ooff to the speaker. inserting the plug meant the tip interrupted this connection, and the signal flowed down the plugs tip instead and to the earphone. removal reversed the process. the trs was similar with 2 more terminals to facilitate the middle extra ring for second channel...
Another one with the John Lewis logo coloured in with red sharpie 😂
...but why...?
MineSweeper no I mean he said that it’s sharpie why would the logo be coloured in with sharpie ?
MineSweeper maybe all from the same owner???
Ah, John Lewis, we meet again...
He bought a job lot ages ago. I think they're all faulty returns so someone's done that to kinda distance the brand? To stop anyone passing them off as better than they are.
Hi Vince. New subscriber. Your videos are so addictive and useful have learn alot. You should do a collab with Techmoan has he often needs help getting some of his old audio equipment working.
and include the "extra characters" !!
Good job mate
Love all your amazing content Vince.
"...it has 2 faults. The first fault is it doesn't work" lol
Good evening to you sir from wellington Somerset
David Bone my dad Used to live there don't that call it welly for short
Never forget to resolder the Blobs on the side of a connector. The right solder joint on the port (holding the port on the pcb) is cracked.
Tip-Ring-Sleeve support on devices usually designs for using those with fewer but not with more than the device was designed to use. The Nano works with those TRRS headphones because it supports headsets. The Radio doesn't- it only works with TRS. You would see the same problem with the iPod if you used a dual Stereo headset that used a TRRRS connector.
yea those USB ports are lousy when they break....had the same problem on my Garmin GPS
Love your videos, amazing so thank you so much
I always seem to wear out headphone jacks. I don't know why.
Nice video dude
Nice Video!
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Inserting the plug disconnects the speaker ground contacts, not connect. The switch is at the end, not the beginning of the plug.Need just couple drop of iso inside.
Hi Vince love watching these videos. I have an offer if you see this and you are interested. I have a PSX desr 5000. It worked fine some sticky buttons so I decided to clean it I shouldn't have. Now it won't turn on and just flashes a green and red lights on the power button. Would love to see you work on it.
That was 80 percent plastic by volume and the rest actual useful components XD. Great video though.
Do you have any good sources for soldering? I wanna get into it. There's stuff like flux I don't quite understand.
great video
Thanks Anonymous :-)
There is nothing wrong with the earphone jack - It's designed for a 3-pole plug. So simply use the right plug to the right jack.
"3,5 mm" says nothing ... can be mono/stereo/stereo with mic/stereo with control - you name it ;-)
hi iv got some bluetooth speakers that just stoped working if i pay for the post ther and back will you see if you can fix them if you can not its ok just bin them or spers ??? they still power on just no sound
Its not a design fault its just not designed to take a mic...use the correct headphones and it will work fine
Great job =D You tend to find cheap electronic devices go with the old 3 pin headphone standard still! It's a bit of wierd thing in general where some devices just go with 3 pin, some go with the 4 pin.
The normal is 3 contacts on the jack, and 4 is usually used if the item needs a microphone, like for a mobile phone. An FM and DAB radio only needs 3 of course.
You are becoming a DAB hand with these broken radios. :)
On the micro USB port, I noticed that the solder connection near the lettering was cracked. Since micro USB has a ground pin, it won't affect function, but the connector is weakened mechanically and more prone to break the repaired connections.
Just use a pair of earphones without a microphone! Do you need the microphone? I don't expect so... Thanks for the thought processes and no Fur Elize. Tchaikovsky and Grieg are much nicer!
Nice! You mentioned TACKINESS - due to coating. What's Your method for removing it?
- And Why does that stuff get that way? Coating should be Outlawed. =p
Vince, I have an iPhone X that the speakers aren't working like they should, do you think it could just be a simple clean to fix?
I expect the reason why the iPod works with the mobile phone headphones is because it always outputs to the jack and doesn't actually try to detect whether there is anything plugged in or not - if it did then I bet you'd have seen the same problem. I've had several frustrations with things not liking the 4-pole headphones.
What hot air station are you using? It's amazingly quiet.
let's be honest, fault finding is extension of playing with things like Merkur building blocks (or lego or something).
Its just one massive puzzle for us to solve, thats why it is appealing.
hi, matt really likes your channel!
I have not been getting notifications of your videos for a long time i enjoy watching even if it is only Fault finding
i have a antique android tablet with a sort of the same configuration 3,5mm jack. he only accept stereo phones instead os stereo plus microphone. i think that's the problem there as well
I love tech.
Good video
I like them radios I wished they worked in the us
Yayyy I've been checking UA-cam daily every time I get a notification waiting for a mmv vid! Been so disappointed when its something else on the notification page 😩😂😂😂
Can I suggest investing in a TS100 digital soldering iron. I received mine today and it's absolutely amazing for the price 😁
Hi vince been watching your vids for a while now i know your not selling this radio but when you do where do where are they advertised as I have liked the look of some John Lewis dabs that you have repaired great job you have been doing carry on mate
Nice job and very interesting and informative, thanks
What multimeter do you use Vince?
nice 1 your vids have got me through lockdown cheers
Why not Bridge the two Rings in the Radio, that's what the 3 Pin Version Plug makes anyway ?
Would it be possible to change micro USB ports for usb c ports? As far as I am aware, type c is much more durable.
Not the same footprint or even same amount of pins (C has more), so not on the same PCB. i.stack.imgur.com/01UBN.png
Given, AFAIUI, that this unit only uses it for power, I'd rather go for a barrel jack, but if you can find a chassis mount USB C socket, you could wire just +5 and GND over to the board.Or maybe mod it so that a USB C breakout board could be finnagled into the right position, and bring +5 and GND over from that.
Hi. You forgot to solder "ears" of the micro USB connector, that are broken - two big blobs of solder on both sides of connector. They hold it to the board.
the right side of the micro usb shield has a crack...
"a bit of glue gun".. it's hot glue Vince, glue gun is the appliance.
hello mate you got my view
The ipod does have a 4pin jack on it for using headphones that have an inline remote control
Should have sent my ps2 tv to you. Stay safe and well and keep up the good work fella!
I learned something new, thanks!
Nice
Love the content! Please keep going!
Hey Vince my Nintendo switch won’t connect to my dock can you do a video on that
Are DAB radios still a thing in the UK?
Goes to the trouble to red pen the John Lewis logo on the front and then shows us the power rating on the back with John Lewis clearly stated on the sticker.
John Lewis red pen the front to signfify its a return. In previous videos he has tried to remove that red pen with difficulty and poor results
I have a car cd dvd flip out that needs a new ribbon cable as the it was fine but not it just comes up With a blank screen but when you move the ribbon cable it comes on what would you do as I’m not good at fixing that sort of thing but can’t find a shop that would in my town
Waltz of the flowers is my all time favourite tchick...chy...ty? Kovski ..piece of classical music.
I applaud your choice.
That is all
Normal stereo headphone jacks were never designed to work with four pole mobile phone jacks................................