External speakers won't work

The only time I can listen to music is through my Bluetooth. The external speakers don't work on my 4s. I have to start playing the song and in the lower right hand corner of iTunes it give me the option to switch between my Bluetooth or Dock Connector. When the Bluetooth isn't connected I get nothing. I've looked at every setting possible and even compared the settings to my husbands 4s. What should I do?

Andrew Miller6...
Are you shure that you connected it to the "headphone port"?
That is the sound out port, as the other is an input port for a microphone.
Other than the obvious maybe it has some incompatable tip on the jack. Test it with a known good set of headphones.
...Ron

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