On Feb 8, 7:51 pm, "mc" wrote:
"samos" wrote in message

...

If he never uses earphones, he may still need to clean the earphone jack
because it contains a switch to cut out the speaker, and if the switch
contacts get dirty, the speaker stops working.

the problem isn't that theres no sound coming from the speaker ... the
problem is that it is very very weak, no matter how loud the volume
thingie is turned up.

Right, just what you'd expect if those contacts are dirty, so that there is
a high resistance in series with the speaker.


so ... how would i clean those contact ... someone i think suggested
sticking a qtip into the hole where headphone jack goes ... shud the
qtip be dipped in alcohol or some other cleaning fluid?

so ... how would i clean those contact ... someone i think suggested
sticking a qtip into the hole where headphone jack goes ... shud the
qtip be dipped in alcohol or some other cleaning fluid?

If you have headphones, the first thing I would try is just plugging the
headphones in and unplugging them several times. If this helps, you're on
the right track and 1 drop of rubbing alcohol on the tip of the plug would
be the next move -- then plug it in and unplug it repeatedly. I don't think
a Q-tip stem would be particularly helpful since it wouldn't come in contact
with the contacts.

Next step would be to open up the radio and see if you can actually get to
the contacts.

If the headphone jack is the same as in the ICF-2010 (2001), then, sadly, it
is a unique item no longer available from Sony. With my ICF-2010, I worked
out a way to use a commercially available one, with circuit modifications.
Lacking an ICF-7600 service manual, I don't know what to advise, but the
problem is soluble.

That's assuming it is the headphone jack.