Introduction
If the headphone jack is loose or out of place, sound through the headphones may sound garbled or the headphones may not produce any sound at all.
Tools
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Begin by turning the boombox over so that the bottom is facing up.
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Your boombox will have a total of 12 Phillips screws on the bottom. The location of the screws needed to remove the bottom panel are circled in red in the image to the left.
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Remove the 12 screws with a Phillips head screwdriver on the bottom panel.
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With all 12 screws removed, it is possible to detach the plastic bottom cover from the top half of the boombox.
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Push the bottom shell back slightly before pulling it up. The plastic bottom will lift up directly but there is a lip that fits under the black handle that must first be exposed, as seen in the image on the left.
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The boombox should now be in two separate pieces, connected only by two wires.
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Disconnect the red and black wires by gently grasping its white plastic end and pulling it out of its socket (circled in red on the image to the left).
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Additionally, the black wire highlighted in the square yellow box in the image to the left is taped onto the main board. This tape may be safely removed to give the wire more slack when separating the two halves of the boombox.
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Use a phillips screwdriver to remove the two screws that secure the headphone jack board. Shown to the left.
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Once the screws are removed, gently lift the back side of the board pivoting it off the front.
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After removing the circuit board, position the board in a way that allows you to access the solder connections on the back.
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Using a soldering iron, heat and remove the wire from each of the five connections located in the box to the left.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.