From why one earpiece stops working. What if one headphone does not work? Repair tips, photos and video tutorials

In this article, I will tell you how to repair headphones or headset for a computer, or a mobile phone, we will look at the main breakdowns and ways to eliminate them.

The main breakdowns of headphones:

Repair of the headphone cliff

Wire breaking the most common cause of headphones output. To repair the wire we will need:

solder;
scalpel or nippers;
heat-shrink tubing;
termoklay;
thread.

First, it is necessary to determine the place in which there was a breakdown, since the outer braid of rubber may not have externally visible deformations. You can find the wiring break site by connecting the headphones to the sound source and bending the wire from the connector to the speakers find a place when the sound is bent in the headphones. Having determined the breakdown, cut out the area of \u200b\u200bthe wire, taking several centimeters before and after the breakdown site. Next, we clean the wire from the external insulation and we are brought out the wires. How to post the headphone wire is quite relevant. Now I will tell you how to do it high quality and quickly. To do this, we will need a plate, flux (for example, organic flux F-99), solder and soldering iron.

We apply a flux to the wire, lay the wire on a skip and press for a few seconds a soldering iron making them movements as if you paint the lacquer from the wires.

I climb all the wires, we put a thin heat shrink tube on each wire, we solder the wires, observing the color range and with the help of a lighter, or the soldering iron we sit the heat shrinking tube.

The shrink tube performs the role of the insulator and does not allow the closure of the wires between themselves. Now we need to ensure the strength of our connection. To do this, we fold the wires of the letter Z and with the help of the thread we make a bandage of our compound.

The last stage of repairing the wires of the headset wears a practical and aesthetic value. With the help of the soldering iron, we carefully applied the thermocons to our bandage, on the one hand the thermocons will not give a thread to operate on the other side will give a normal appearance to connect the wires. If you get a black thermoclay, you can not succeed on top of the bandage to wear a shrink tube of the corresponding diameter.

For a couple of words about the artistic modeling of a thermal oil, if you warm up the thermocons and moisten your fingers, it is possible to give it to it with your fingers to give it any shape. Irregularities can be made glossy with.

Earphone plug (connector)

Before fixing the plug, we need to carefully disassemble it, for this, carefully the scalpel make the casing along. The headphone breakdown (sample) can be divided into breakdowns associated with mechanical deformation:

a bang of the last link, as a rule, this link remains in the opposite part of the device and it can be removed only with a selection and tweezers for SMD installation. Such a breakdown is eliminated only by the replacement of the plug.
the turn of the first link (total) around its iszing is characterized by changing the sound to "metallic under water" and a decrease in volume. In this case, the repair is in the propagation of contact between the link and the petal of contact.

And not related to the mechanical deformation of the plug is a wire break at the base. It is treated with shortening the wires for a couple of centimeters above the breakdown and soldering into place in compliance with the color scheme.

If you cut the wire and do not know which where it was soldered, do not despair! With the help of a multimeter, it can be easily determined. We put the multimeter to measure the resistance measurement and alternately find 2 pairs of wires between which you will see an equal value (depending on the resistance of the winding of your speakers and lies as a rule within 16-100 ohms. We take from each pair of one wire, we are gossying together The wire we solder it to the first (most massive) link. The remaining wires solder to 2 and 3 link. You will probably have a question how to determine where the right channel is soldered and where the left can be set to connect the headphones to and running the sound setting alternately to click on the left and the right column. There is a second option: Run an audio player, for example, vintamp and adjust the balance comparing with the heard we conclude about the correctness of the channel connection.

Course of microphone

Capsule electret microphones are installed in the headsets. Inside the microphone there is an amplifier, which causes the need to comply with the polarity when connecting the microphone. Microphones are sensitive to the deformation of the membrane, so do not try to clean the hole in the microphone. Also, microphones are very sensitive to the effects of high temperatures, on this, the microphone is needed quickly and neatly. Before starting to solder, it is advisable to apply an organic flux to the contacts of the microphone, it will improve the heat transfer and the touch time by the soldering iron necessary for the implementation of a reliable soldering. You can only check the performance of the microphone only to replace it on another, or connect it to another obviously operating device. And yet it is possible to check the working microphone or not if you have an oscilloscope (or active speaker system) and the microcircuit of the operating amplifier (any), you can assemble a simple scheme (for example, an inverting amplifier with one polar power.

Do not forget that the microphone needs to be powered through the resistor, and the signal must be removed through a separator capacitor with a face value of 0.1 μF. This will clearly see the microphone works or not, stressed signal From the microphone will change the picture on the screen in the clock with your voice. If the oscilloscope is not, you can connect the circuit output to active acoustic systemIf the microphone is alive - it will get a meamafon.

Repair of the dynamics of the headset.

If the output power is exceeded, the speaker may exit, the winding wire burns out. The integrity of the dynamics winding is checked using a multimeter.

At the working speaker, the winding resistance will be equal to the winding resistance of the second dynamics + \\ - 10% as a rule, this value is 16-100 ohms. In case the sound in the dynamics is present, but he is with wheezing, this means that the winding of the Castle, but she, either drank from the membrane, or clings for a magnet. This may be a consequence of impact (displacement of the magnet), or the result of exceeding the power (boiling varnish in the winding and "hooks" of it about the magnet, as well as the separation of the part of the coil from the membrane). This requires accuracy. The coil to the membrane can be glued with a superclaud, it is possible to apply it using a toothpick or sharpened matches. In order to avoid jamming of the diffuser, do not connect the body of the dynamics and the membrane until the adhesive drying is completely drying. Accelerate the drying, you can put the speaker under the table lamp.

Repair of headphone volume control.

One of the weakest places of headphones is the volume control, subject to its frequent use. The volume control is a dual variable resistor consisting of 2 bands of resistive spraying and 2 sliders moving over the resistive layer surface when the wheel of the regulator is turned.

During operation, dust, which is the cause of poor contact between the slider and the resistive layer, falls on the surface of the resistive layer. This breakdown is manifested in the form of a cod when adjusting the volume level, or the disappearance of the signal in the headphones. The volume of volume control is to apply to the surface of the resistive graphite lubrication or technical vaseline. At the same time, reliable contact is restored and crackle disappears when the regulator is rotated.

Repair of the headphones (suspension on which speakers are attached).

The breakdown of the headphones is one of the most common. Some manufacturers that make a bet on the quality of their products have already brought to 0 the possibility of such a breakdown of their headsets. Instead of classic plastic arms, they use flexible metal spring suspensions coated with PVC layer or rubber. But we are talking about classical plastic suspension and the method of its repair.

In the photo we see that the handle is reversed in half. For its repair, we will need several slim metal plates, screws m2 or m3, epoxy 2-component glue and. First, we apply our plates to the arms and with the help of a marker, or a pencil make a mark: where we have to drill holes. Holes in arms and plates and tighten the design with screws. Please note that the metal plates are long enough and do not end immediately after the screw hole, it adds the reliability of the design during loads. Also pay attention to the 3rd plate, which is located on the back of the headphones. It is installed before pouring epoxy glue, and it is also designed to increase the strength of headphones and durability to the coming tests.

Repair of the mounting of the microphone.

Mounting the microphone (bar, "antenna") are usually made elastic and pretty hard to mechanical damageBut still you can break it. In the photo, we see as a result of falling the headset, a plastic base of the microphone fastening was damaged. Its function was adjusting the position of the microphone in the vertical plane. Naturally, the full functionality will not be restored, but reliably fix the microphone in one position is quite possible. To do this, we will need: drill, wire with a diameter of 0.6-0.8 (mm) and thermocons. By defining the optimal position of the microphone fastening, we plan places from which we will drill holes. Next, with the help of the wire, we tighten (stitch) in 3-4 points base mount and headphone housing. Wire from the inside of the headphone twist with the help of pliers. Next, we apply on top of the thermoclay, giving it a form we need with the help of fingers moistened with water. Next, you can take nail polish, or spray-paint and cover the place of repair.

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Sooner or later it happens with everyone - the favorite headphones break and stop playing, or hoarse and they periodically disappear. If headphones are inexpensive, they are easy to change to new, but if expensive and high-quality, and with finance problems, then you can try to fix them yourself.

So, we obtain the headphones themselves

First of all, it is necessary to determine the cause of the fault - this is either a wire break, or the malfunction of the very dynamics of the headset. You can determine the malfunction by symptoms. If the sound periodically disappears and appears, or if one "ear" does not play quite - most likely it is a wire break. If one of the headphones began to play quieter, or plays with hoarse - this is a malfunction of the speaker. However, sometimes a faulty speaker may also not play at all.

It is necessary to repair the headphones yourself only if the wire breaks. In the event of a malfunction, the dynamics is a glible case. However, the coupling of the coil of the speaker is warranty caseso if your headphones are still on warranty, then you should try to give them to service center For replacement.

If you are accurately confident that the headphone is guilty the wiring break is guilty, then this problem can be eliminated. If the sound disappears and appears periodically, find the break site is easiest way - turn on the player and start the fingers step by step, bend, bend and blending the wire along the entire length. In the place where the bending of the wire leads to the disappearance of the sound and is the desired "snot" (place of the cliff). Next, we need only cut a faulty piece and connect the ends with each other. In the event that the sound disappeared and does not appear at all, you can go random and try to cut off the end of the wire with the plug (most often the wire is clumsy near the plug). To check the remaining wires, it is convenient to use the multimeter in the resistance measurement mode. If the headphones are large, then the wires there usually have their own isolation. In this case, before checking, you must consider 2-3 mm insulation with a knife from each wire. If the headphones are pocket, then as insulation, the wires are usually covered with varnish and the knife is not so easy to scrape it, the lighter will help us - you just need to fall the ends of the wires and slightly decrease with a knife. After that, measuring the multimeter resistance between the wires you can understand whether we cut off the breakdown, or not yet. If you do not have a multimeter, and you are not going to retreat from the repair of headphones, you can take the usual finger or a mismatch battery for 1.5 volts. When it is connected to the ends of the wires, a light click should be distributed in thess.

After we cut off the damaged area of \u200b\u200bthe wire, we facilitate the task to make a plug to headphones. Usually there is a plug which is called 3.5 'mini jack. It can easily be found in stores selling radio-friendly goods. Another (possibly simpler option) - buy some cheap Chinese headphones are not more than 100 rubles and cut off a piece of wire with a plug from them. Next you just need to smack the wires and insulate them. If you know how to solder - smear them, it will be more reliable. For insulation, you can use the isolate, a heat shrink tube, well, or even the usual tape is even at worst.

If you have broken headphones with a microphone (that is, the headset) and you need to repair them, then the method of fixing in general is similar. The only moment that there will be more wiring.

For each music love, one of the most unpleasant days in life is the failure of headphones. They give the opportunity to listen to music anywhere and do not interfere with others. Therefore, the main task here is how to fix the headphones on your own that the melodies sound in them, as before.

Common causes of breakdown

The following causes of breakage are most often found:

Domestic damage. These include disruption of the integrity of the connectivity, contacts, the sudden deformation of the membrane or its gap.
External: a fracture or cable break, a headset or a connector broke away.
The failure of the internal components and the outer shell due to old age.
Careless access to accessory, his pollution dust, mud, small insects.
Permanent water entering the headphones.

To determine whether the headphones are truly failed, quite simply, turning the vision of the following signs:

Quiet sound or its absence.
Interrupting sound, its periodic disappearance.
Mechanical damage.
Full cable break or violation of his holistic shell.

If you want the breakdowns arise as close as possible, try to keep the headphones in clean, do not wear them in rainy weather, do not climb the wire, do not pull it sharply.

In addition, purchasing this accessory, make sure that its power and power of the main device is almost the same. In the event that this parameter is different, the sound will be distorted.

If one headphone does not work

We should not forget that the failure of the headphone may be provoked to too strong pollution.

Before panicing and throwing out, try to fix them. To do this, make a detailed inspection and determine the cause of the fault:

Look at the headphone plug, it is well inserted into a certain nest on the device.
In the device to which headphones are connected, may not be a suitable driver. Often everyone required drivers Are on a disk that comes complete with headphones. If it is not, you will have to independently find them on the Internet.
In detail inspect the cord. Perhaps in places of connection with a plug or headphones there are bends, fractures or gaps. Try to replace the damaged cord, putting a normal sound.
The problem can also be in the dynamics breakdown. If the headset is unsolved, the accessory will have to be thrown away. If you wish, fix it will have to pay a lot of money for a new speaker and its high-quality installation, because it is quite difficult to perform this operation in the home.

Leaving or broke the wire

After you have determined the presence of a damaged area, you must immediately begin repairing headphones

To determine the normal operating condition of the wire, you need to use the multimeter. Alternately applying it to each centimeter of the cable, you can define a damaged area. Then follow these steps:

With the help of a stationery knife or buds, carefully remove the insulation on a small segment of the wire. After that, cut it until the gap is detected.
Headphones usually consist of two wires connected to each other, so you have to carefully examine both of them.
When the break site is found, deploy the cable and look at the condition of the wires. The splitting leads to the fact that a certain element of the wires cut off from both sides of the cable, making the remaining pieces of the same. Otherwise, the accessory will not work and burn at the first opportunity.
If the damage is detected only on one wire, weigh it without cutting the rest.
The next stage of repair is to wear on the cable of the heat shrink tube (when the wires are soldered, it will perform a protective function for them).
Gently twist the wires of the same color. At the same time, try so that the connected places are not too thick, otherwise they will be much more difficult to hide under the heat shrink.
With the help of the soldering iron and the solder weigh each torn plot. After that, on a bare place, pull a piece of the rubber tube, which was worn on the cable earlier and heat it with a hairdryer for a dense skin plant.

How to fix the speaker

Repair of the dynamics - the most difficult operation when breakdown headphones

To repair the speaker, it will be necessary to correctly disassemble the headphone correctly. To do this, do the following:

Inspect the device and find the screws on it.
Using a crosswinter to unscrew them.
After disassembly, it is most often possible to detect the torn wires, which should be soldered to the internal contacts of the headphone. To understand how to properly perform this part of the repair, contact your instructions for help. Do not forget to ensure that the wires are on a short distance From each other and did not touch.
Buy a new speaker and attribute the accessory to the service center, where the master will hold the professional assembly of all components. If you want to do everything yourself, you need to act very carefully, so as not to break the speaker.
To install a new speaker, take the stationery knife and cut the rubber seal in a circle of the central cone.
The broken element pull out, and install a new speaker in its place, following the membrane remains the whole and not deformed.
When it turns out that the sealant was carved too much, proof speaker in a circle so that it was tightly sitting in the headphone.

Problems with plug

The plug is most often breaking with negligent access to accessory and dust and dirt getting into the connector

In the case when the cable is inspected over the entire length and is checked by a multimeter, and damage is not detected, the problem may be in the plug breakage. To repair it, you need to do the following:

Buy a new connector, fully corresponding to the old one.
Using scissors or nippers, cut the plug by retreating from it at least 3 mm, because most often the breakdown occurs in the cable connection site and the connector.
Torn cord. You will be one curtain wire (general) and two isolated (on the left and right headphones).
Apply a new connector to the cable. Unscrew the cap and spring, lower them on the cord. Additionally, you can wear a small heat shrink tube.
On a new plug, you will be three contacts. One of them will be noticeably more than others. Connect the curtain wire to it, after reading it, and press the tweezers. Solder soldering iron using tin solder.
Two other wires solder in the same way to two remaining contacts (by appearance And they do not differ magnitude). In the event that the data of the wires are incorrect, the headphones will be changed in places.
Make sure that all the soldering wires do not come into contact with each other, otherwise the headphones will not work.
When the soldering process is complete, screw the cover on the plug and secure the heat shrink.

Be sure to check the accessory after assembly. If it does not work again, it means that the repair was incorrectly implemented, or the problem was in the other.

Prayed Volume Control

If you have not noticed any damage, but we are sure that the problem in the volume controller, it is better to attribute headphones to the service

To check whether the accessory fails are really associated with the breakdown of the volume control, you need to disassemble it and inspect it in detail:

Using a screwdriver, unwind the device.
Between the two halves insert the knife and open the volume control.
Remove the board and look good it. If the torn wiring is discovered or several of them, with the help of the soldering iron, solder them into place, after reading and twisting the flushed wiring.

Often, the breakdown occurs due to the fact that the slider moving inside the switch is tightened too sharply. This leads to its rapid wear and torn wires from contacts. Check the execution of the soldering of all wires to the board can be using a multimeter.

Individual features of repair

There are some features of the repair inherent in more modified headphone models.

How to fix bluetooth headphones

Such headphones are quite difficult to repair yourself, it is better to contact a specialist

If the sound has become much worse than before, or disappeared completely, it is recommended to resort to the help of the service center. Deciding to repair at home, follow the instructions:

Remove the soft lining.
Using the stationery knife, carefully shove it under the device cover, let it easily and remove it, trying not to break the fasteners.
Thin dumplings, remove the fasteners that hold the speaker.
The failure of the Bluetooth headphones in most cases is explained by the cliff of wiring on the board (they can be easily soldered) and the failure of the battery. The battery in free access can be purchased on the Internet and replace at home.

Collecting headphones after repair, do not forget to return everything to the place in the sequence in which there was a disassembly.

Repair of headphones for computer, games, phone

The main problems of such accessories are:

Violation of the integrity of the wire.
Power breakage.
Dynamics failure.
Problems with microphone.
Breakdown of the headphones.
Failure in the volume of the volume control.

The solution to most of these problems has already been considered higher. As for the microphone repair, it is necessary to perform it quickly and very carefully, because the membrane is quite easy to deform.

If the arms broke down, they are trying to connect with a thermoclaim, scotch. Too serious breakdown has only one way out - the replacement of the mead new.

How to fix without a soldering iron

High-quality headphones repair is impossible without a soldering iron

Some people who are going to repair this accessory for the first time believe that repairs can be carried out without a soldering iron. However, this is not the case - the wires will be able to firmly and securely fix with the contacts only with it. If you do not have it, take the headphones to repair or buy new ones.

If you decide to fix the headphones yourself, learn the instructions that attached to them. Be sure to buy a soldering iron, because without it repair will not be able to do. In addition, do not forget that during the disassembly of some components this accessory You must write in detail or photograph, in what places they were. It will save you from possible problems During the assembly of repaired headphones.

According to modern headphones - both inserts, and invoice, and vacuum models - rarely you can predict their service life. Manufacturers can guarantee, but at any time it may happen that one of the headphones does not work; How to repair - depends on the nature of the breakdown.

The most frequent causes of problems

If consider different types The designs of "ears", then the most frequent types of problems with them are:

Cut wire. Cable leading to one of the speakers can be accidentally killed, break or grind. This is especially likely to try the cord often.
Dynamics membrane breakage. More often occurs in the overhead models, where the dynamics of larger size and are less protected by the case.
Power breakage. It happens if it is inactively bend it, pulling out from the player or phone.
Software with sound source (incorrect installed driver, incorrect setting exit)

Each of these cases should be considered separately.

Source Sound

Before thinking how to fix the headphones, if one does not work, it is worth checking them on another sound source. Connect them to another player, smartphone or amplifier. If on another device everything is correct, then look for a problem in your player. Most often such problems are:

Shifted balance. Sometimes, confusing the balance knob with the volume, the user turns it into one direction. Then, of course, the sound in one of the channels will be at zero.
Poor plug. Particularly often with stationary devices. Check the switch.
Open inside an amplifier or DAC. Then it is necessary to repair not headphones, but the sound source.

Relief wire

You can not always immediately determine that the cable to the left or right is damaged. The gap can be hidden under insulation, externally intact. The best way Determine the gap - try to try to try the cable over the entire length, from entering the speaker to the input plug. At the same time, the music should be turned on. If the problem is detected, there may be the following effects:

There is a sound that was previously absent
The sound disappears, before that the normally published
Crash and other side effects are heard

What to do if one headphone does not work because of the cliff, it is clear: you need to fasten the damaged cable again. We bring a brief instruction:

Prepare tools. You will need a soldering iron with perhaps more subtle stall, solder, flux, and a wooden or ceramic stand for work.
Cut the cable from two sides in a few millimeters to the breakdown.
Carefully clean the wire with a knife. In the cable, three wires are usually located; If the gap is above branching on the right and left channels, there may be two. Combined manufacturers provide them with insulation of different colors, which makes it easier to repair in such cases.
Raise the stripped ends of the wire to the soldering iron. To do this, put the cleaned end to the platform for work, apply a soldering iron flux to it, and after a few seconds, make a steel of the soldering iron gesture, similar to movement when cleaning from varnish. As a result, the wire should receive a kind of solid "tip", which improves conductivity.
Put on each wire slice of an insulating tube (Cambridge). Do the same with the cable as a whole.
Spread the wires, the color of isolation on which the same.
Protect spike places by moving an insulating tube on them. Lock the tube using a lighter, slightly sending. The resulting harness for reliability can be bent in the form of the letter Z and tie the thread, which will reduce the probability of re-rupture.
Do the same with the cable as a whole. From the aesthetic considerations, you can pick up an insulating tube of the appropriate color.

This method is suitable for any of the above types.

It happens that the wire has broken and inside the hull of one of the headphones. In this case, it is necessary to disassemble the case, which is simply enough with overhead models, but difficult with vacuum or inserts. Sometimes the disassembly method is obvious. In other cases, you may need consultation on the forums, where you probably have other users of this or similar model.

For disassembly, you may need a scalpel or just a sharp knife. If the body is glued, then it will have to clamp it in the vice so that the crack appears at the place of the adhesive. After repairing glued seams, it will be reopened.

Membrane damage

As a rule, this is the problem of large models that were often mechanically exposed. From the drops of the membrane dynamics can be deformed or crack. If you have determined that it is not a cable connection, then perhaps the problem is a membrane.

Alas, it is possible to fix it yourself can only light deformations in the form of concreteness. As a rule, there is enough easy pressing that the membrane restore the form. But if she cracked, headphones need to be repaired from professionals (if they are quite expensive). Budget models carry in service. No sense - new to buy easier and cheaper.

Plug plug

Another weak place of all audio systems is a plug. Careless movement - and the plug can break into the connector of your player or smartphone. It happens, it is because of this one headphone does not work; How to fix - only the replacement of the plug.

It is important to purchase the right model for replacement: for simple headphones it is a three-contact plug, for a headset - four-contact. Since u different manufacturers The flipping may differ, specify the specialized forums, which exactly the plug model is to buy for your headphones or headset and how to connect the wires. Although the latter can be viewed in the most affected plug. In general, this is done like this:

Cut the defective plug at a distance of 5-7 mm from the connection.
Remove the insulation from the cable as a whole about 1 cm
Each of the cable veins is removed with a 3-4 mm insulation using a stationery or ordinary knife. One of the wires in each housing should be covered with paint; Take it on the same 3-4 mm.
Twist those cables that are not covered with paint, in one.
Slide the plug and put on its housing to the wire before starting the soldering.
Squash the cable twisted from two to the central pin of the plug.
Sleep the wires covered with paint, to the contacts of the corresponding color.
When the solder cools, connect the headphones to the sound source to make sure that both channels work and the stereo effect is present. It is better to use specialized test records or music with a pronounced stereo (for example, Nirvana - Rape Me, Pink Floyd - One Of These Days)
If everything works correctly, then screw the plug housing to the connector.

We hope these instructions helped you understand what to do if one headphone does not work.

Just replacing cable

If you prefer high-quality sound and expensive players or smartphones with a dedicated DAC, then maybe good decision For you will be headphones with a replaceable wire. Today there are two main standard:

MMCX connector. It has a round shape with contact in the middle, reminding the miniature version of the television antenna plug. It is used by such manufacturers like Shure, Ibasso, Fio, Dunu, Tinaudio and others.
Biook connector. Looks like two pin contacts that are inserted into the headphone housing. Applied QKZ and other manufacturers from the budget segment.

This solution has many advantages:

Light replacement. Instead of long repairs you just buy new cable And connect your headphones to it.
Affordable price. Basic models of the replaceable cable are in online stores from 300 rubles.
Large selection of cables. There are ordinary models, options with a built-in microphone, with a Bluetooth receiver, as well as audiophile - from premium materials. You can also choose the design to taste yourself.

Cherry on the cake will be the opportunity to order alteration of any headphones under the MMCX standard, so that the cable becomes replaceable. However, this option is not from the cheapest and makes sense only for premium headphones.

If you find that on your headset, one earphone does not work or makes interference when playing, do not rush to carry it into the service center. Such a trouble can overtake both old and recently purchased products, but you can handle it yourself. Consider how you can fix the headphones if one of them works incorrectly or does not work at all.

In order not to make mistakes when repairing, it is necessary to study various recommendations, read on the forums of advice of professionals. Experts assure us that most of the breakdowns found different models Headphones are associated with such problems:

drivers on a computer or mobile device outdated or were incorrectly configured;
there was a breakdown of one of the wires as a result of a sharp jerk or impact, therefore, for example, the right earphone does not work;
cracked membrane On the dynamics due to frequent drops - one of the headphones does not work.

Driver Update

With the first option, all users could face - to eliminate this problem, nothing needs to be disassembled.

We go to the official website of the manufacturer. For example, if you have a Sennheiser headphones, then it is for this site and you need to go.
We find the driver for your headphone model and download them. It is worth mentioning that individual drivers for some single headphone, right or left, no in nature.
Installation process on stationary computer Or a laptop is not distinguished by complexity, it is necessary only to perform the prompts of the "installation wizard".
After rebooting the operational system drivers are activated.

If the above-described actions did not help eliminate the problem, it means that headphones should be explored for mechanical damage.

Search for a breakdown

When the problem is not in software, I will have to hardly work hard to find out why one of the speakers do not work with a good second.

Connect your headset to any sound source - suitable mobile phone or mp3 player, then start touch the wire with your fingers.
When in the speakers you heard crackling or characteristic noise - this place is the source of all negative problems.

Before starting work, prepare required tool: Mounting knife, soldering iron, tin, rosin, harsh threads and heat shrink tubes of different diameters, which in such cases there are much better than any powerful - this small set should be enough for repair.

How to solder wires

Finding a problem area, cutting off the wire slightly below it, clean the breakdown and whole wire from the braid. Then heated the soldering iron and gently solder both bare wires. Especially for those users who are first engaged in such a repairs, give a detailed algorithm of all actions with a soldering iron.

After stripping all the ends of the wire, you need to correctly employ Using the soldering iron. How to do it without errors? You will need:

wooden sharp smell (old kitchen board for cutting);
organic flux, for example, the F-99 brands, which can be bought at any store selling spare parts for radio amateurs;
ready solder in the form of tin wire with special additives in the hollow of the inside;
preheated to the optimal temperature soldering iron.

All consistent operations do neatly and without fuss and hurry, the hurry here can only harm.

To apply flux to the wire, put it on the board, add a soldering iron with a flux for a few seconds, then we make movements, as if we consider varnish from the surface of the wire. As a result, this picture is obtained:

Then 1, 2 and 3 (in some wires there are only two of them) wiring on the one hand we put in small segments shrink tubewhich will serve as an insulator between them. You need to solder wires, drive the tubes to the place of the spike, and with the help of a lighter to enhance them. The resulting isolated harness bend in the form of the Latin graders Z and we are tied by a harsh thread - it turns out this connection:

The heat shrinking tube is coming to the posted bandage and similar actions, as before, crimping - it turned out a aesthetically attractive connection that guarantees reliable insulation of the connected wires.

These tubes are produced by a different flaper, so you can choose them to any color. We specifically showed photos of the compound and in color, and in black design.

Observe near the headset

If one earphone does not work, the wire can be broken and inside the body of the product. What to do in this case? Repair options depend primarily from the product model.

High-quality headphones of well-known companies, for example, Sennheiser are fasten with screws or self-tapping screws.
Smaller products, for example, a laptop headset - on latches.
Droplets, liners that are inserted into the ear sink have an adhesive connection.

Initially, diagnosis is made to find out which of the headphones stopped working, then it is made disassembly. In the third embodiment, the disassembly must be carried out with a sharp knife or clamp the product in the vice: when squeezed, the crack goes at the place of gluing. The wire inside is tied to the node so that it is impossible to snatch. It is necessary to cut it around input inside, clean it, again tie the safety knot and solder the connection. Adjust adhesion - such actions are needed when only one earpiece works.

Other breakdowns

What you need to do if one of the headphones does not work, and the diagnosis of the wire has not confirmed that he broke? Need to check the speaker: perhaps marn membrane. It can be deformed - try to fix the concavity yourself, but you need to remember that it is temporary, and it will still have to change the product. If the membrane cracked is not subject to repair, it is necessary to purchase new headphones.

If one of the headphones does not work, then often problem in the gridwhich is scored by ear sulfur. Such malfunctions are characteristic only for products of closed acoustic performance of headphones. Disassemble the product for cleaning is sure to not soak the membrane with a flowing alcohol with sulfur particles. Broken parts are subject to replacement.

That's all the techniques that determine what to do if one of the headphones does not function.