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I own a Tungsten T unit and its headphones jack has become so bad as to be
no longer usable at the moment. Moreover, the bad contacts in the affected
component make it 'think' that headphones have been inserted and,
therefore, the speakers do not receive a signal either.

Changing the headphones jack component would be expensive. I already have a
couple of SD cards on which I store media, so it would be a shame giving up
on sound altogether. Would it be possible to divert sound to Bluetooth and
pick up the signal using headphones? Is there any other way I can continue
listening to sounds/music without buying a new unit?

It's a bit of a long shot, but there you go...

Many thanks for any suggestions,

Roy

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Roy Schestowitz skrev:

> I own a Tungsten T unit and its headphones jack has become so bad as to be
> no longer usable at the moment. Moreover, the bad contacts in the affected
> component make it 'think' that headphones have been inserted and,
> therefore, the speakers do not receive a signal either.
>
> Changing the headphones jack component would be expensive. I already have a
> couple of SD cards on which I store media, so it would be a shame giving up
> on sound altogether. Would it be possible to divert sound to Bluetooth and
> pick up the signal using headphones? Is there any other way I can continue
> listening to sounds/music without buying a new unit?
>
> It's a bit of a long shot, but there you go...
>
> Many thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Roy


the headphone jacks seem to be easely damaged, i dropped mine when i
had the headphones in and i had about the same problem and a major
glitch i had to have the headphones in and press it down hard to get
any sound at all,, but someone in this forum sujested that it was a
matter of bent springs or something and that it would be possible to
fix it if you where good with that sort of stuff..

I am not good with that sort of stuff and i had warranty so i just sent
it in, maybe you want to try that.

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On Saturday 20 August 2005 04:32, siyamak@gmail.com wrote:

>
> Roy Schestowitz skrev:
>
>> I own a Tungsten T unit and its headphones jack has become so bad as to
>> be no longer usable at the moment. Moreover, the bad contacts in the
>> affected component make it 'think' that headphones have been inserted
>> and, therefore, the speakers do not receive a signal either.
>>
>> Changing the headphones jack component would be expensive. I already have
>> a couple of SD cards on which I store media, so it would be a shame
>> giving up on sound altogether. Would it be possible to divert sound to
>> Bluetooth and pick up the signal using headphones? Is there any other way
>> I can continue listening to sounds/music without buying a new unit?
>>
>> It's a bit of a long shot, but there you go...
>>
>> Many thanks for any suggestions,
>>
>> Roy
>
>
> the headphone jacks seem to be easely damaged, i dropped mine when i
> had the headphones in and i had about the same problem and a major
> glitch i had to have the headphones in and press it down hard to get
> any sound at all,, but someone in this forum sujested that it was a
> matter of bent springs or something and that it would be possible to
> fix it if you where good with that sort of stuff..
>
> I am not good with that sort of stuff and i had warranty so i just sent
> it in, maybe you want to try that.

I heard from somebody else (unless it was you) that reported the same issue.
That headphones jack seems to be nothing but trouble. Unfortunately, I
don't think I have a warrantee and the hassle/time involved just wouldn't
be worth it. I looked at some wireless headsets, but I don't know if they
come with software for the Palm. I would be glad to hear suggestions from
someone who has experience with that.

Roy

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there seem too be some products, you should try searching for it

http://www.atruereview.com/iphono/index.php

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/ [...] 303A%23AC3

maybe email the manufacturer support

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On Saturday 20 August 2005 16:48, siyamak@gmail.com wrote:

> there seem too be some products, you should try searching for it
>
> http://www.atruereview.com/iphono/index.php
>
> http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/ [...] t_detai...
>
> maybe email the manufacturer support

Thank you for doing that search for me. I can assure you that I searched the
Net until reaching the point of frustration. The former of the links that
you pointed to is an unnecessarily expensive product (I saw ones that go
for GBP 20 on eBay), but the main issue (as in the case of HP) is
incompatibility with the Palm. Somebody in a forum suggested that it would
not be simple to get the HP sets to work with the Palm (the competition
doesn't help either). Is someone aware of a general Palm application that
is likely to work (i.e. communicate) with a variety of wireless headsets? I
dread the thought of buying and then spending many hours in vain trying to
work something out.

Many thanks,

Roy

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On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 07:57:51 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:

>On Saturday 20 August 2005 04:32, siyamak@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>
>> Roy Schestowitz skrev:
>>
>>> I own a Tungsten T unit and its headphones jack has become so bad as to
>>> be no longer usable at the moment. Moreover, the bad contacts in the
>>> affected component make it 'think' that headphones have been inserted
>>> and, therefore, the speakers do not receive a signal either.
>>>
>>> Changing the headphones jack component would be expensive. I already have
>>> a couple of SD cards on which I store media, so it would be a shame
>>> giving up on sound altogether. Would it be possible to divert sound to
>>> Bluetooth and pick up the signal using headphones? Is there any other way
>>> I can continue listening to sounds/music without buying a new unit?
>>>
>>> It's a bit of a long shot, but there you go...
>>>
>>> Many thanks for any suggestions,
>>>
>>> Roy
>>
>>
>> the headphone jacks seem to be easely damaged, i dropped mine when i
>> had the headphones in and i had about the same problem and a major
>> glitch i had to have the headphones in and press it down hard to get
>> any sound at all,, but someone in this forum sujested that it was a
>> matter of bent springs or something and that it would be possible to
>> fix it if you where good with that sort of stuff..
>>
>> I am not good with that sort of stuff and i had warranty so i just sent
>> it in, maybe you want to try that.
>
>I heard from somebody else (unless it was you) that reported the same issue.
>That headphones jack seems to be nothing but trouble. Unfortunately, I
>don't think I have a warrantee and the hassle/time involved just wouldn't
>be worth it. I looked at some wireless headsets, but I don't know if they
>come with software for the Palm. I would be glad to hear suggestions from
>someone who has experience with that.
>
>Roy


I asked about this some time ago and I was told that the bluetooth
setup in my Palm - a tungsten T3 - does not support audio out. Let me
know how you go on.

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On Monday 22 August 2005 22:49, me@here.com wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 07:57:51 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:
>
>>On Saturday 20 August 2005 04:32, siyamak@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> the headphone jacks seem to be easely damaged, i dropped mine when i
>>> had the headphones in and i had about the same problem and a major
>>> glitch i had to have the headphones in and press it down hard to get
>>> any sound at all,, but someone in this forum sujested that it was a
>>> matter of bent springs or something and that it would be possible to
>>> fix it if you where good with that sort of stuff..
>>>
>>> I am not good with that sort of stuff and i had warranty so i just sent
>>> it in, maybe you want to try that.
>>
>>I heard from somebody else (unless it was you) that reported the same
>>issue. That headphones jack seems to be nothing but trouble.
>>Unfortunately, I don't think I have a warrantee and the hassle/time
>>involved just wouldn't be worth it. I looked at some wireless headsets,
>>but I don't know if they come with software for the Palm. I would be glad
>>to hear suggestions from someone who has experience with that.
>>
>>Roy
>
>
> I asked about this some time ago and I was told that the bluetooth
> setup in my Palm - a tungsten T3 - does not support audio out. Let me
> know how you go on.

For the time being, I just use the built-in speakers when possible, but I
either need to press the headphones jack rather hard or use a paper clip. I
used to apply pressure the spring in that hole with the stylus, but this
meant that I could not easily feed data to my Palm while doing so. It's a
little frustrating overall because I have a perfectly functional PDA with
plenty of storage space. I just can't make full use of it.

Thanks for your useful answer. Now I at least know that Bluetooth has little
or no potential.

Roy

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