[ltp] Mono headphone audio!???

Eben King linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:41:01 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Behrang Saeedzadeh wrote:

> On 4/13/05, Eben King <eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Behrang Saeedzadeh wrote:
> > 
> > > Sorry if this is off-topic, but today I plugged a headphone to my R51 
> > > and only one the left earphone plays sounds! I thought only the main 
> > > system has one speaker and if I plug a headphone I'll hear sound from 
> > > both of the earphones :((
> > 
> > WAG: One of the contacts in the (stereo) jack isn't making contact with 
> > your headphone's plug. The right-channel contact needs to be bent toward 
> > the plug a bit. You may find that other plugs pass the right channel.

> That's not working. Eban, are u using an R51 like me?

I have a T40, but I've dealt with lots of headphone jacks and that's usually
the cause of one channel cutting out.  Guess not this time.

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