Losing sound in headphone j
Hiya,
My Zen Micro is just over yo and not used constantly. I thought my problem was with the headphones so I bought a new pair. When I stick the player into my pockets, the sound goes into just earphone; the pressure on the headphone jack whilst I walk affects the sound as if the jack is disconnecting from the player(hope that makes sense!). It's fine when I'm holding it in my hand. I bought the player to carry my music with me, which I now can't do as it keeps losing sound. Is there anyway of fixing this?
Cheers in advance
Shi'vers
This is a common problem with the Zen Micro. If you browse this forum you'll find a thread with 00 pages discussing this. The only way to fix it is to send it back to Creative to get it replaced, which can be costly if you're out of warranty and do not have an insurance on it. If this is the case, which I think it is as you've owned it for a year, and still like the Micro, I would recommend the MicroPhoto instead. It is almost identical but has a color screen and more storage but most importantly the quality problems with the original Micro (including this one) seem resolved, so you porbably won't get another Micro that also has this same liability.
I feel sorry for you, I've experienced this twice (though I bought it from a shop with a good warranty policy).
Cheers
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