External speaker problems.

So, i'm having trouble with my external speakers playing music. When my headphones are in, it plays the music and the volume slide bar shows up, but as soon as i take those out, it stops the music and the bar disappears. It won't play the music. Also, if you move the jack of the headphones just a tiny bit, the music stops and it acts as if I'd taken the headphones out. I don't know what's going on. I have the latest update available. Thanks.

Could be foreign debris in the port. Try blowing it out or using a vacuum and suck out the port. Or the switch inside the port maybe stuck. Try quickly plugging and unplugging the jack about 12 times? Any improvement? And it's normal for the music to stop when you disconnect the headphones. There could be a short in the port or headphones are damaged shorting out, Does it continue if you try a different pair of headphones? If it does you may need to replace the headphone port. Hope this helps, Good luck.

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