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Default Receiver Thinks Headphones Plugged in When they Aren't -- Fix?


I have an Onkyo receiver, which I use for playing audio from DVDs,
as well as music.
I regularly use headphones at night, and recently there has been a problem.
When the headphones are not plugged in, the audio will sometimes cut out from
the speakers. I'm quite sure the problem is the headphone jack, since
touching the jack with a finger will cause the audio to come back. (I don't
know enough about headphone jacks to know if this is due to mechanical
movement of the jack, or electrical conductivity of my finger).

Is there an easy fix for this? I thought maybe it was a loose solder
connection, but I would think that would have the opposite symptoms
(just disabling the headphone jack, not the symptoms described).

Thanks,


Andy Barss