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INTERMITTENT BLUETOOTH DEVICES

Often BLUETOOTH devices have intermittent problems with cable/jack and connector problems.

A little background: COPPER is expensive so please know that the 'wire conductors' inside your cable are usually CLOTH with a tiny flat strip of actual copper conductor wrapped around the cloth! Sometimes plastic is used too.

While the cloth and plastic does provide some cable strength, that flat strip of copper is extremely sensitive to stress all along the cable and especially at the jack! Snap that tiny copper strip and the rest is history.

It's a mess trying to replace/solder the jack again and many times the connector body is made of molded rubber... so opening it is almost out of the question. Even stripping the cover to get to the copper can be a real chore.

IF you decide to replace the jack with a new one, make the BEST solder connections possible... Push a little of the cable back into the jack (if possible) to help minimize stress. Now back-fill your jack with EPOXY! A round toothpick should serve you well!

The EPOXY will serve to strengthen the plastic jack body (usually black) and help preserve your connections. Just know this is a real 'band-aid' approach and your fix may not last long!

Below is a GREAT LINK to show you more...

Anthony

PS, NEVER try to use a solder gun or iron this big!








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my headphones don't work, but the wires are not broken. only one side works if you put pressure on the jack.

What you describe means that there is a connection problem at the jack end. e don't if it's at the male jack (the one at the cable) or at the female one (the jack on the device). Check your headphones at another device to clarify this. If the problem is active on the other device too, you have to fix the male jack. In order to do this, you can easily change this end with another jack (complete jack and part of the cable from another headphones) by connecting the cables. The best solution is to change the jack with another one and solder the cables but since these cables are very thin, it isn't so easy.

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On the back of my kenwood receiver there is a jack connection for FM reception-Antenna. The jack is too small for a coaxial connection. Is there an adapter to connect a coaxial cable to the back of my reciever?

It's the F antenna connector. You can use a connector like this one in order to connect your antenna or put in the hole f the connector just the inner copper cable of your antenna cable and stabilize the outer thin cables from your antenna cable at the outer metal part of the F connector (using a small cable tie). There is no dangerous voltage at this connection so don't worry about safety (at this connection).

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Intermittent dc jack connection for Gateway mx3215

Here is how to disassemble Gateway laptop,

Here is replacement DC socket (needs soldering),

Here is DC board (no need soldering, but expensive).

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broken coax connection on back of unit

If you are comfortable doing some small repair work, you might be able to fix this with stuff you have laying around.

All you need is:
1 - 8" piece of coaxial cable with male connector on one end
1 - set of RCA cables (Red/White/Yellow)
1 - coaxial coupler
2 - small wire nuts

electrical tape

Take the back housing off of your TV. You may have to unscrew the small nut holding the threaded connector to the TV. This threaded connector should connect to the motherboard with a male RCA prong that should be soldered to the component on the motherboard. You will need to carefully cut
& remove the old soldering & wiggle the connector off. This is the hardest part, but it WILL come off with a little trying.

Now get your coax cable and strip off about 2" of the black outside housing ONLY. Your solid copper` interior cable should be protected by a small plastic coating which is covered in braided wire. You'll need to be careful not to cut the braiding off. Untangle the braiding down to where your cut stops and try and get it all on one side of the cable so you can twist it all together and make a nice wire. Now strip about an inch off of your interior plastic sheathing to reveal the small solid copper wire on the very inside.

Get your RCA cable and cut about 6" off of the one yellow side. Follow the same process above to get a braided sheathing wire and a solid copper wire. Attach this yellow wire to the coaxial cable by twisting the two braided wires together and the two solid copper wires together. Use your wire nuts & electrical tape to secure your connections making sure none of the wires can touch each other.

Connect the yellow cable's male prong into the component on the motherboard and attach your coaxial coupler to the male end of your coaxial cable. If you saved the small nut from earlier, you can re-attach this new coupler to the housing on your TV. Screw your housing back on the TV and you should be good to go.
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Fax not sending

Are you able to make copy...If yes..

Printer needs to be resetted.

Turn printer on...Disconnect power cord on the back of printer..

Then press & hold # and 6 key simultaneously while connecting power cord.....

& system will display reset or off...
Then check after alignment....


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