I managed to break a wire that connects to my laptop speakers.
These are my speakers.
Basically, I broke off the tip of a wire. The tip is still inside my "R" speaker input thing. I have been unable to dig it out.
Is there any reasonable way for me to fix this problem?
Pictures:
The one on the left is the broken wire. The one on the right is how it should look.
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This is where it broke off at.
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Cut a plug off of something else and splice it?
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So you ripped the center connector of an RCA plug out? And its still in the jack? Well you can always buy a new RCA plug and jack and replace both. Replacing the RCA plug is easy, but it might be easier to get some tweezers and get the piece out of the plug. You can get a new RCA plug from partsexpress.com
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AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's
RCA plugs are easy to come by. If you don't have extra cables around that you can cannibalize, Radio Shack has them.
Break the cotton tip off a Q-Tip, or use a stiff piece of wire, wrap some transparent tape, sticky side out, tightly around this tool, carefully slide it in against the side of the plug and pull the broken plug tip out. -
I guess I should have added that in the OP! -
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ha wow thats weird. i never saw that problem before. were you bending the jack sideways a lot?
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Oh yeah, I was referring to re-terminating the cable with a RCA plug(the technical term for the part that broke). Like others have said you can cannibalize a different cable but that looks un-professional. And Radioshack is ridiculously over priced IMO.
Repairing a speaker cable?
Discussion in 'Accessories' started by JustOneQuestion, Jan 1, 2009.