VinceGledhill
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 11:20 AM |
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Small MP3 player problem - Buzzing, Advice Needed.
Hi People.
I've just bought a small MP3 player from e-bay and although it plays OK there is a constant buzzing coming from the earphones. It's much
worse if it is turned down. With it turned right up I can't hear the buzzing but surely this isn't right.
Has anyone else experienced this sort of problem with these small devices? Is this normal? Don't really want to send it back all the way to
bloody Hong Kong
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5811005005
Thanks in advance for your advice
Regards
Vince Gledhill
Time Served Auto Electrician
Lucas Leeds 1979-1983
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 11:29 AM |
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hace you tried a different set of headphones?
have you tried different music?
(no, its not normal but sometimes you get bad encodings of music hence the comment)
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VinceGledhill
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 11:36 AM |
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I've tried some different music but not head phones yet. Busy searching for others.... I'll kill those kids of mine... 
Regards
Vince Gledhill
Time Served Auto Electrician
Lucas Leeds 1979-1983
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MikeR
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 12:01 PM |
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bit drastic for a buzzing £5 pound mp3 player ....... 
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flak monkey
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 12:23 PM |
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Its probably the headphones....
If they are cheap crappy ones that came with the player you are better off ditching them anyway.
Sennheiser make some nice in ear ones that sound brilliant for what they are and will cost you all of £20.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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VinceGledhill
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 12:25 PM |
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Yes, but did you see the price of the postage? 15 quid making the player 20. It actually cost him about 3 quid to post so the rest of the money was
towards the player.
Earphones are fine in my CD player. Looks like I've been done 
Regards
Vince Gledhill
Time Served Auto Electrician
Lucas Leeds 1979-1983
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Messenjah
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 03:09 PM |
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likely to be just a dodgy connection with the headfone jack on the inside ...
if its easy take it apart and have a look for a slightly iffy connection
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andyd
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 03:13 PM |
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I'll second the dodgy connection theory. Bad earth I'd say. Take it apart and re-solder it.
Andy
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Tim 45
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 04:28 PM |
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Surely though its still cheap enough to be used as a 256mb pen drive.
The buzzing may be caused by a dodgey solder on the mainboard, the trick is to unsolder it and then resolder it, some have tried adding silicon to
dampen the vibrations.
Hope this helps
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Hellfire
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| posted on 7/10/05 at 04:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Messenjah
likely to be just a dodgy connection with the headfone jack on the inside ...
if its easy take it apart and have a look for a slightly iffy connection
Sometimes mine has a dodgy connection - got some Sony one's with gold plated cjack-plug - much better quality and excellent reproduction. As
said mine also double's up as a 1Gb removable drive which is nice.
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