MBP Headphone Socket temperamental...

[james-bailey]

Hey folks... MBP here only 3 months old, and when I have a 3.5mm jack cable running to my stereo from the headphone socket it seems to alter the sound when wiggled...

Anyone know why this may be happening?

JB

 

[mulo]

who said its not the wire?

 

[james-bailey]

who said its not the wire?

Ive tested 2 wires and still the same symptoms - I am going to borrow another cable from a friend today to see how that works.

 

[mgartner0622]

If it's the MBP, you could have gotten some foreign contaminant in the port.
I'd recommend just taking a Q tip (the cotton tipped sticks people use to clean their ears and such) sticking it in the port (albeit not shoving) and moving it around a bit.
I do this with my iPhone every once in a while, and you'd be surprised how much dust and such is in there from taking out and reinserting cables.

 

[mulo]

Ive tested 2 wires and still the same symptoms - I am going to borrow another cable from a friend today to see how that works.

aha!
well in that case were looking at a new logic board which is $$ unless your under warranty, i hope you are..

edit:
just saw mgartners post

I do this with my iPhone every once in a while, and you'd be surprised how much dust and such is in there from taking out and reinserting cables.

while ill have to agree i find the chances of that unlikely, i means i hope he doesn't carry it around in hist dusty pocket, or ports down in his backpack?

 

[sydenham]

I also find the minijack output a bit tempermental. Its almost as if it wants a nonstandard minijack cable, to work properly.