Headphone socket on Quattro

[RedRockNv]

I bought a used Quattro off ebay it arrived today. I plugged in my Black Widow headphones and noticed the sound cutting in and out. I jiggled the plug and it feels like it isn't going in all the way. I looked in the hole expecting to find some little piece of crud or whatever in the way. There was nothing but there was a mark on the bottom of the hole where plainly the previous jack had been rubbing. It appears the hole isn't deep enough. Could be the reason I got such a good deal on it. Anyone else with this problem? I am thinking about drilling a pinch deeper to relieve it and see what happens.

 

[JCPinCt]

I wouldn't stick a drill in the hole as at the bottom end of a audio plug is a metal tang which is spring steel and it has to push against the tip of your earphone plug to make contact. If you stick a drill in there you will likely wipe out this plug and then no earphones at all. Sounds like you got a loose wire or the bottom tang which I just mentioned needs to be bent to make a more solid contact with the phone plug. I would take the case off the Quattro and put the phone plug in and wiggle the plug to see where the contact isn't solid. But don't drill, you could hurt some of the other circutry or wiring behind the plug. The only other thing would be corrosion of the plug which isn't likely, but possible. Then it would be better to replace the plug which can be bought at a local electronic parts store for a couple dollars.

 

[RedRockNv]

I must be just stupid. I had the detector on a counter assembling it and looking at it. As I was playing with the plug I was making the whole thing rock since the head was relatively close to the faucet maybe 12 to 15 inches I think it was just nulling. The bottom of the plug hole is just blue plastic. A surprise to me. So sorry for the first post had a brain fart I guess.

 

[JCPinCt]

Well that makes it easy and easy is better. Good huntin.