Ipod is ruining my headphones

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Ipod is ruining my headphones

At first i thought that i had worn out my headphones because the right side of my headphones was no longer working but now I just bought a brand new pair of sony headphones that cost me 50 dollars and they are also having no sound come out of the right side. I tried a different pair of headphones on the ipod and they work just fine on it but how can my new ones just stop working completely like that? I tried them on my computer headphone jack and they don't work there either. Is this an ipod problem or just a coincidence of headphone problems? If i press the right side of the heaphones they work for a little bit.

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Posted on Jul 11, 2007 12:06 PM

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joeab

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Jul 11, 2007 1:35 PM in response to Mich11128

Id say coincidence, because if you hear sound from your ipod its probily ok,

no matter what people say, unless you use an amp most equipment is set up not to cause any damage to peripherals

id say take the headphones back, and get them replaced

joe

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Jul 11, 2007 2:35 PM in response to joeab

thanks i was mostly paranoid becuase I'd seen several forums talking about headphone problems on 5th generation ipods, they said that the right side of their headphones had just stopped working and that the same would happen with any other pair they would buy. But I'll return and exchange them tomorrow hopefully that will be the end of my problem, by any chance do you know if the shure headphones are worth the $99? I figure if I'm gonna keep having these types of problems i should just get better headphones. also if this keeps happening does apple repair this type of problem?

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joeab

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Jul 11, 2007 2:37 PM in response to Mich11128

What id do, to make sure, because even though its more likley the headys, you should get a very cheap pair, do you have poundland in america (spose it would be dollar land?)) if you do get a realy cheap pair, if they are ok and dont break, then get a good pair

If it is the ipod, and its fairly new, send it back to apple

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Mich11128 Author

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Jul 11, 2007 2:41 PM in response to joeab

thanks I just found an old pair and I'll be using those to test it out, as for the whole apple repairing my ipod, I just figured out that I have a warranty with best buy and they'll replace my ipod with a new one. Got lucky this time i suppose. appreciate the feedback though.

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zay zay

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Jul 11, 2007 5:59 PM in response to Mich11128

I am having trouble with my ipod. I am not getting sound from the right side. I have tried other peoples headphones and experiencing the same problem. Is it my ipod or the headphones. Please help

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zay zay

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Jul 11, 2007 6:07 PM in response to Mich11128

my headphones work in my computer but not on my ipod please someone help me what should I do. Help Help Help

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zay zay

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Jul 11, 2007 6:09 PM in response to Mich11128

what should i do about my headphone problems please help me. I don't know what do. The headphones work better on my computer than on my ipod.

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joeab

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Jul 12, 2007 8:03 AM in response to zay zay

Ok, its probily the connection to the ipod's mainboard, try wiggling the headphones socket when its pluged in, then see if it works.

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Jul 12, 2007 8:59 AM in response to Mich11128

ok sooooo i just sent my THIRD ipod away because of this problem. but its not my headphones. my headphones continue to work fine in everything. and i just actually bought a new pair of the same headphones a couple weeks ago. i have the silver sony ones, not exactly cheap. the first two ipods were free of charge but now its been more than 6 months so apple is making me pay shipping which is like $40! im super ****** but relieved to hear im not the only one having this problem. i was planning to go to the Apple store and ask them how i can prevent this from happening in the future. so weird that its always the right ear.

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