29 minute video uploaded only a few minutes ago and there are already people hitting thumbs down, haters will be haters, Not me - I look forward to your videos

Sometimes when using earphones with included mic the jack can confuse the jack, especially in older devices. Try using headphones with two segments on the jack and not 3. Keep them coming Vince....

Doesn't seem to matter what you work on I still like watching all of your fix it videos. Keep up the amazing work and I will always keep watching.

Keep up the good videos I like when you switch it up doing radios and any kind of electronics makes it more enjoyable to watch.

It doesn't matter what you fix.......I will always watch it 👌

Yes! 29 minutes and 25 seconds of Vince! I wanted an early night, but that's not happening now!

Hi Vince, I was wondering why you weren't uploading much recently, so thanks. Because of being inspired by you I have recently repaired a Sony UBP X700 uhd Blu-ray player, and just today was replacing switches and faulty RGB LEDs in a razer blackwidow chroma. So thanks for the confidence to give things a go.

Ohhhh I never put any thought to the headphone plugs like that. Also thanks for keeping the regular uploads, even small ones like this are fun to watch, especially during these times. Best wishes for you and your family. Stay healthy.

I can honestly say, there's not one of your videos i haven't enjoyed. I'm slowly working my way back through the years 👍

Most people dont watch because it is a particular item Vince. Great fix

This is awesome. I love your philosophy that fix it for the fun of it and making youtube content and then selling it on or giving it away to family and friends. Keeps these items out of landfills and get them to have a good useful life especially if they were returned or breathe new life into items that are hard to get.

Loving the consistency buddy keep up the good work. 1 million incoming 😁😁😁

Love your videos. I really like your background music also. Unlike so many others on KZfaq who force me and I'll sure others to lower volume, because of playing heavy bass or the like.

Nice video Vince. I find these fixes just as enjoyable as X box/PlayStation video's

Hey Vince, great video. The 3 pins headphones jacked are more common than a 4 pins one. 4 pin is for an headphone with a mic or can be use for skipping tracks or so. So no bad design Vince

I'm a huge fan or your random fixes around the house I watch because we both work in a similar way and we tend to think the same thing when fault finding so its extra fun to guess what it might be then hear what you think (its usually the same) keep them coming ill keep watching for sure

You should have reflowed either side of the micro usb. I could see a crack in the solder. That would have given it additional strength too.

the reason the iPod worked with the 4-contact headphone cable was because it doesn't gave the sensing capability at all. it doesn't have speakers so it doesn't need to detect if headphones are connected before switching outputs, it just always powers the headphone jack (and doesn't need to turn off power to anything else). the radio would have 5 contacts (left, right, ground, and two which short together when the headphones are plugged in). the iPad would only have 3 (left, right, and ground). not saying the jack manufacturer shouldn't have accommodated for this by just moving the contacts though.

i like everything you fault find and fix! keep the videos coming

sir was looking for ur video for so long and ur great teacher bcoz u clarify the details of fault very clearly THANK YOU SIR APPRECIATE IT.....

Love those "John Lewis Radio" series.

This was very enjoyable to watch and also useful. Thank you!

Using 400°C on a board that small can rip pads. The "old" design irons have really low thermal mass, and suggest using a "new" style iron like the TS100 or KSGER T12 Station with heater & tip built-in. Otherwise, amazing video as always!

Hard to believe there are monsters out there who don’t enjoy a good fault finding episode! I highly anticipate each video you do!

Vince if you do any more future renovation projects and have more time on your hands then please film it for us. As long as it's not boring it should get the views.

Well now I understand my headphones better. Never know what you'll learn here. Thanks !

This is the same on older Mp3 players such as a Creative Zen. Well done on the diagnosis. keep up the good work.

400°C is "only"? I usually get worried at 350.

Vince, you should start up an auction of items you fixed and donate the money to charity. I bet you would have a lot of people bid on the items.

Love watching all you videos Vince, keep up the good work.look forward to the next one...

Come on Vince...you know that we are waiting for a PS4 or Xbox one repair. And make it one hour long so that it feels like watching a movie. Or better. Love your channel btw.

"...it has 2 faults. The first fault is it doesn't work" lol

Another one with the John Lewis logo coloured in with red sharpie 😂

The speaker cutoff in the jack socket is staggered so that when you plug headphones in the speakers don't cut in and out while you are inserting the jack. It will only cut the speaker when the jack plug is fully inserted. The iPod doesn't do this because it doesn't have a speaker to cut off...

Do not try plastic dip. Even if you get the right rubber surface. It is really hard to get in the right color and it react so on the old rubber it is one color and on plastic it is a nother. Thank you for a entertaining video!

Headphone port is not faulty. It is a 3 pin socket designed for a standard 3 pin 3.5 mm headphone plug. I have never come across a radio with a socket designed for a 4 pin plug. As to the USB power socket - the problem lies with the delicate connections of a surface mount component. Excess force by the user when inserting a USB plug easily pushes the socket off its tiny soldered pads. Your solution of glue behind the socket is good and manufacturers sometimes use this technique at the production stage.

Wonderfully done trying to fix video. Almost passed it twice because I thought it wasn't interesting but thought I would give it a watch. Looking forwards towards more

Been enjoying the Radio fixes Vince.

I learned something new 👍

Hopefully we could do a challenge video soon ! 😏 Good job lately Vince, showing huge improvements with every repair.

in the old days of chassis mount 3.5 sockets a ts would have 3 wires and a stereo / trs socket would have 5. in the simple case of a mono ts for example the ground / sleeve was 1 wire from sound out to socket then straight to speaker. the other positive output went to a trminal on the tip part of the socket, with a copper piece touching another piece which then went to the out terminal and ooff to the speaker. inserting the plug meant the tip interrupted this connection, and the signal flowed down the plugs tip instead and to the earphone. removal reversed the process. the trs was similar with 2 more terminals to facilitate the middle extra ring for second channel...

Good job mate

the three pole is the correct one... the four pole are designed with a mic.. and you do not use that on a radio... the 4 pole is for phones that need the Mic.

The ipod doesn't need this "extra" pin in the headphone plug because it doesn't have a speaker in order to detect if the headphones are plugged in. A lot of devices though, even in our days, are confused/don't play normally if you plug in a 4 segment headphone jack where you supposed to plug only headphones with 3 segments.

Hi Vince. New subscriber. Your videos are so addictive and useful have learn alot. You should do a collab with Techmoan has he often needs help getting some of his old audio equipment working.

"This video won't get that many views" gets an instant 1K views in just a few minutes. I'm editing this comment to clear a few things up KZfaq's been bugging out lately and not everyone's getting notifications, so to get 1K views in less than 20 minutes i believe it was when i first commented is actually pretty good.

Good evening to you sir from wellington Somerset

Nice video dude

Never forget to resolder the Blobs on the side of a connector. The right solder joint on the port (holding the port on the pcb) is cracked.

You are becoming a DAB hand with these broken radios. :)

Nice Video!

let's be honest, fault finding is extension of playing with things like Merkur building blocks (or lego or something). Its just one massive puzzle for us to solve, thats why it is appealing.

Love your videos, amazing so thank you so much

I always seem to wear out headphone jacks. I don't know why.

I hate it when they put those tiny micro-usb connectors on things that can use a bigger connector. They break all the time.

Love all your amazing content Vince.

Tip-Ring-Sleeve support on devices usually designs for using those with fewer but not with more than the device was designed to use. The Nano works with those TRRS headphones because it supports headsets. The Radio doesn't- it only works with TRS. You would see the same problem with the iPod if you used a dual Stereo headset that used a TRRRS connector.

Hi Vince love watching these videos. I have an offer if you see this and you are interested. I have a PSX desr 5000. It worked fine some sticky buttons so I decided to clean it I shouldn't have. Now it won't turn on and just flashes a green and red lights on the power button. Would love to see you work on it.

Just use a pair of earphones without a microphone! Do you need the microphone? I don't expect so... Thanks for the thought processes and no Fur Elize. Tchaikovsky and Grieg are much nicer!

yea those USB ports are lousy when they break....had the same problem on my Garmin GPS

hi iv got some bluetooth speakers that just stoped working if i pay for the post ther and back will you see if you can fix them if you can not its ok just bin them or spers ??? they still power on just no sound

great video

23:00 Inserting the plug disconnects the speaker ground contacts, not connect. The switch is at the end, not the beginning of the plug.Need just couple drop of iso inside.

Great job =D You tend to find cheap electronic devices go with the old 3 pin headphone standard still! It's a bit of wierd thing in general where some devices just go with 3 pin, some go with the 4 pin.

I have not been getting notifications of your videos for a long time i enjoy watching even if it is only Fault finding

There is nothing wrong with the earphone jack - It's designed for a 3-pole plug. So simply use the right plug to the right jack. "3,5 mm" says nothing ... can be mono/stereo/stereo with mic/stereo with control - you name it ;-)

Waltz of the flowers is my all time favourite tchick...chy...ty? Kovski ..piece of classical music. I applaud your choice. That is all

Nice job and very interesting and informative, thanks

That was 80 percent plastic by volume and the rest actual useful components XD. Great video though. Do you have any good sources for soldering? I wanna get into it. There's stuff like flux I don't quite understand.

I like them radios I wished they worked in the us

nice 1 your vids have got me through lockdown cheers

hi, matt really likes your channel!

I love tech.

Should have sent my ps2 tv to you. Stay safe and well and keep up the good work fella!

Good video

Yayyy I've been checking KZfaq daily every time I get a notification waiting for a mmv vid! Been so disappointed when its something else on the notification page 😩😂😂😂

On the micro USB port, I noticed that the solder connection near the lettering was cracked. Since micro USB has a ground pin, it won't affect function, but the connector is weakened mechanically and more prone to break the repaired connections.

I expect the reason why the iPod works with the mobile phone headphones is because it always outputs to the jack and doesn't actually try to detect whether there is anything plugged in or not - if it did then I bet you'd have seen the same problem. I've had several frustrations with things not liking the 4-pole headphones.

Nice! You mentioned TACKINESS - due to coating. What's Your method for removing it? - And Why does that stuff get that way? Coating should be Outlawed. =p

I learned something new, thanks!

Vince, I have an iPhone X that the speakers aren't working like they should, do you think it could just be a simple clean to fix?

Can I suggest investing in a TS100 digital soldering iron. I received mine today and it's absolutely amazing for the price 😁

Hi vince been watching your vids for a while now i know your not selling this radio but when you do where do where are they advertised as I have liked the look of some John Lewis dabs that you have repaired great job you have been doing carry on mate

i have a antique android tablet with a sort of the same configuration 3,5mm jack. he only accept stereo phones instead os stereo plus microphone. i think that's the problem there as well

What hot air station are you using? It's amazingly quiet.

hello mate you got my view

Its not a design fault its just not designed to take a mic...use the correct headphones and it will work fine

Love the content! Please keep going!

What multimeter do you use Vince?

Hi. You forgot to solder "ears" of the micro USB connector, that are broken - two big blobs of solder on both sides of connector. They hold it to the board.

The ipod does have a 4pin jack on it for using headphones that have an inline remote control

Are DAB radios still a thing in the UK?

10:34 Just because I want to LAMO LOL!

Nice

I have a car cd dvd flip out that needs a new ribbon cable as the it was fine but not it just comes up With a blank screen but when you move the ribbon cable it comes on what would you do as I’m not good at fixing that sort of thing but can’t find a shop that would in my town

Hey Vince my Nintendo switch won’t connect to my dock can you do a video on that

Would it be possible to change micro USB ports for usb c ports? As far as I am aware, type c is much more durable.

Normal stereo headphone jacks were never designed to work with four pole mobile phone jacks................................

Goes to the trouble to red pen the John Lewis logo on the front and then shows us the power rating on the back with John Lewis clearly stated on the sticker.

Why not Bridge the two Rings in the Radio, that's what the 3 Pin Version Plug makes anyway ?