Creative Zen Sound Problem

C so I turned on my zen today and one side of my headphones aren't working. I thought my headphones were broken at first but i got out my other one's and they didnt work either. I plugge dthem both into the computer and they worked. Anyone know what's wrong with my zen?

Hi sergemyster8,
So when you tried the new headphones, one side also did not work or no sound at all? It's possible that you have a hardware problem. Perhaps contacts inside in the headphone jack is broken. Try wiggling the headphone jack and see if that makes a difference.

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