KIDS! Gotta check this out

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bfunk13

Minister of Fire
Sep 11, 2008
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Wyoming
For about 6 months i could not figure out what was wrong with my home stereo, i tried several times and nothing, i figured the receiver may have quit and had been looking online for new ones. So, today i tried again, one last time, made sure every cord was connected right even tried the radio, hmm no sound. Somehow i spotted a red dot
inside the headphone jack. First thing i thought was LIGHT BRIGHT. I knew something foreign was in the jack as it was inside about 1/4"and fit perfectly, so i heated up a pin and sunk it into the unknown object. Well my first thought was right. frickin' light bright piece. Kids! I would have thought it had to be metal to go to headphones, nope! The stereo now works great.
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hahaha! good stuff. Great idea on the extraction, too. Reminds me of the pop tart I found in the VCR. that was not pretty
 
hahahaha on the poptart
 
Hehheh . . . thanks for the laugh . . . at your expense of course . . . no harm, no foul though, right?
 
no, i should have figured it was something like that.
 
That is good bfunk. Thanks. Are you still able to hold that dog on your lap? Try it and have someone take a picture of him up there. Then share it with us! ;lol
 
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LOL, well kind of.
It's all i can do to pick him up now.
 

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LOL, well kind of.
All i can do to pick him up now.

;lolGotta love that dog man. Thanks for sharing that. Do you work overtime to feed him?
 
Funny you ask, just last night the wife says "we are almost out of dog food again" I was in shock as i just bought 30lbs.
We are feeding this Taste of the Wild brand that is far from cheap. Oh well, he is totally worth it.
 
Hey. I was feeding the same food. And I feel the same way about food quality. Then I found another brand at TSC that has almost exactly the same ingredients, same fat content, and same protien content. I believe it is 4health, which is a TSC brand probably. But it is almost identical. It is the Lamb and rice mix they sell. It is now saving me about $26/month if I remember the numbers right. I just mixed it in a little at a time and gradually increased the new stuff over a two week period. They are now on the new stuff and no problem with their systems. Well, they are still a couple of nut jobs, but I mean their digestive systems.
 
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Very cool, thanks for the link.
I may try it!
One HUGE benefit to using good food is less waste if you know what i mean.
 
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how curious. I wouldn't think a light bright piece would be able to trick the TRS into bypassing the speaker outs....you learn something new everyday here.

well done.
 
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Me either!
And what would make you look clear into the headphone jack, is why i never caught it before i suppose.
Just happened to see it for some reason. Currently playing away. Sounds great, as i remember.
 
Me either!
And what would make you look clear into the headphone jack, is why i never caught it before i suppose.
Just happened to see it for some reason. Currently playing away. Sounds great, as i remember.

my receiver sits on the bottom of my system. I'd have to lie on my stomach to look into the phone jack....I'd have found the sucker...after I chopped it in half with a machete....
 
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In some jacks the insertion of the headphones pushes in a switch that activates the headphone jack and kills the external speaker...not just the presence of metal giving continuity to the headphone speaker wire. I only know this because I had one get stuck on me before.

Cool dog.
 
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You blame the kids, but I think the dog did it :)
 
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I'm so glad to see that there is someone else out there that still listens to a home stereo system! Bought mine overseas while in the Navy. Still works great. 99 lbs. thinks its time to get rid of it....And by the way-great fix!
 
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85% of my music listening is through the computer and itunes, usually with headphones on so i don't disturb the rest of the household.
But, when doing chores or cooking, nothing better than cranking up the old vinyl on a real stereo.
 
This made me lol. Gotta love em
 
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