Manual Headphone - speaker switch

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fizzzy - 27 Dec 2008 à 11:21
 pimpachu - 7 Mar 2009 à 13:15
Hello, the inside of my headphone jack appears to be bent in a way that my computer registers always having headphones in even when they are not. This results in no sound coming out of my speakers. I was wondering if there was a way to manually set sound to come out of the speakers even if the computer registers headphones being plugged in, since manually unbending something inside of a headphone plug might be difficult... :/

thanks for the help!

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There are 4 leads (wires) coming out of headphone jack: gnd, left, right and detect. Your detect line is bent. Un solder this lead, and connect a switch between this lead and the wire that it connects to. you can pick out a nice toggle switch or push button switch from radioshack for between 3 and 5 $. Please note: your headphone jack may have 5 wires - 2 for detect, adjust instructions accordingly.
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
27 Dec 2008 à 12:08
Sorry it is a mechanical switch inside the headphone jack - no software involved.