Sound only comes through one ear bud

Sound is now only coming through one ear bud. When I check the headphones with other devices, both ear buds have sound, so it must be the iPod. Has anyone experienced something similar.

It usually a likely indicator that your headphone jack is damaged and in need of replacement. You can have it serviced by Apple or a third party repair service for a little less.
B-rock

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Sound only comes through one headphone

I use my ipod with a belkin accessory in the car to play through my radio speakers and it plays fine, i havent used my ipod with headphones for a while and doesnt matter which headphones i use can only get one headphone to work and i know its not the headphones as they work fine on my husbands ipod, im wondering if its the jack that is damaged, if this is so, would it be cheaper to buy a new ipod than try to get it repaired?

It probably is the jack. You can check with http://www.iresq.com and see what they charge to replace a headphone jack (you can Google for other 3rd party repair sites), you can buy a headphone jack and replace it yourself (http://www.ifixit.com has videos on how to disassemble your iPod so you can see if you want to attempt this).
Or you can buy this:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA070G/D
and bypass the headphone jack.

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Transfer the movie from your iPad to your MacBook then. =)
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sound only plays in one ear. what is the repair cost/ time?

- Apple will exchange yu iPod for a refurbished one for:
Apple - Support - iPod - Repair pricing
If you make an appointment at a Genius Bar ina Apple store they should be abe lto do the exchange.
- Third-party places are less expensive. Here is one place. Google for more:
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Audio only coming through one ear

Hi, my fifth generation iPod only has audio coming through one ear, and I know that this is an issue with the audio port, and the contact points wearing out. I know it is not my headphones, but is there any way to clean the points, or to replace the audio port without buying a whole new iPod?

I believe I have the same problem with you guys but managed to get it solved.
Firstly, I noticed the sound only came out from Right side of the headphone. Moreover, it only came out at maximum level which I cannot turn volume down. When I tried, I could only either have maximum level volume or mute (when turn volume lower to minimum).
I tried taking the jack out half way.. and I had sound for both ears but still at max level.
Then I searched here and found the suggestion for basic steps of 5R.. Reset, Retry, Reinstall, Restore.. (only remember 4 out of 5 here)
Anyway, after my first try with 'Reset' -
1) toggle 'hold' button to on and off position then
2) hold both 'select' button and 'menu' button down at the same time for 6-10seconds.
After I turned my ipod on again, I have volume in both ears and I can certainly adjust volume level now. This solves the problem for me.
The only issue now is that I think I have louder volume on left ear than the right one this time but only slightly.
Hope this works for you guys.
Sitas (Thailand)

My 3gs has stopped playing through the speakers and when the headphones are plugged in only plays through one ear? it still ring when called and everything else seems fine, whats the problem? it seems like the phone thinks the earphones are always in?

my 3gs has stopped playing music through the speakers, they play with headphones but only through one ear. It seems the phone thinks the headphones are in all the time. The ringer still works when called and i have cleaned the headphone socket the best i can without damaging the phone! Any ideas?

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That's strange.
You should inky be getting audio from the headphones.
Make sure that they are plugged in all the way.
If they aren't, you will get both audio.
Turn up the volume on your ipad with the buttons.
where it shows the bell, it should say Headphones.

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I've tried multiple headphones/ear buds and I can only hear music out of one side. This is obviously an iPhone 4 issues considering the headphones don't work on it but work on other stuff.
Any ideas on how to get this fixed? I got this phone less than a month ago (no protection plan and I refuse to call Apple because they know nothing. I've gotten more help on THESE FORUMS than I have through their phone line.)

I refuse to call Apple because they know nothing.
Huh? Perhaps you just had a poor experience but I have always been very impressed with Apple Care on the phone. Just try to escalate to tier 2 and the engineers if the first person cannot resolve.
In terms of the issue, try blowing compressed air into the jack. It is possible the jack is faulty somehow so also stop into the genius bar, they might just swap it out for ya.
SM

I have iPhone 3GS, and everytime I go to listen to my music with my headphones the sound only goes to one ear and when I listen to music with the speakers at the bottom speaker the left speaker only works! Can someone PLEASE HELP ME?

My music only plays in my left ear when I'm wearing my headphones and when I'm listening to music without my headphones the music only comes out through the left speaker. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME,? YOUR HELP WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED.?

All iphone have one and only one speaker at the bottom.
Have you tried another set of earphones? Maybe they are the problem?
Have you made sure that the headphones are inserted all the way?

Sound only plays through one earphone

hey i'm new here so bear with me if i make any mistakes.
recently my 30GB ipod video started playing sound only through one earphone, i tried several different pairs but the problem was the same. i took it to my local apple shop and they said it can't be fixed, but you could have it replaced for £109, i'm a student i don't have £109!
he said i could get a radio remote, something like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-MA070G-C-Radio-Remote/dp/B000MTEER4/ref=pdbbs_sr4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1200145716&sr=8-4
i wasn't prepared to spend that much so just got a standard remote control with no radio function, however i didn't realise that this had to be connected through the headphone socket! what's the cheapest and most convenient way i can get sound going through both my headphones again? can i get a standard remote that just goes through the adapter at the bottom?
many thanks, jack
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I have the same problem! Im looking for anyway just to hear music out of both head phones, but I don't care which port I use. If anyone knows any ways I could soder(sp?) together a par of head phones with a iPod usb-thingy could you tell me how to?

Sound only works in one ear

My ipod just stopped playing in the left ear for no reason. I haven't dropped it or anything. It's not the headphones, I have tried the same headphones on other electronics and they play fine. I have tried multiple pairs of headphones and they all only play in one ear

its your audio jack...its happened to my ipod before...you can buy one for real cheap on ebay...they go for no more than 10 bucks...you have to install it yourself though...its not that hard just that theres alot of little screws

Sound only come out one earphone.

Hello,
The sound in my iPod only comes out the left speaker/headphone. If I jiggle the connection to the iPod a bit it will fix it but if I don't continue you to hold it it will go back to just coming of the left earphone/speaker. It is not the headphones because it does it on any headphones and in the car. Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.

You might want to send your iPod in for service (if your iPod is under warranty).
You can arrange an iPod service request online here:
iPod service
-Kylene

My sound only works through the ear phones with some apps....

With some apps (Games and books) I can only get sound on my IPAD 2 though the earphones...this just recently occured. With movies the sound goes through the speakers just fine. Is there some adjustment I can make so I can hear the games without using the ear phones?

Make sure that you haven't got notifications muted (which will affect most games, but not iPod or Videos apps, nor earphones). Depending on what you've got Settings > General > Use Side Switch To set to, notifications can either be muted by the switch on the right hand side of the iPad, or via the taskbar (the function that the switch isn't performing is on the task bar instead) : double-click the home button to bring up the task bar, slide the bar to the right, and it's the icon far left. There is more info about the switch and the task bar and the mute/rotation lock functions here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4085

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Hi, I have always been careful to not leave my headphones plugged in when I'm not using my iPod (classic), but yesterday for some reason no music will play through the right headphone. I have tried three different sets of headphones and it's the same will all of them so it has to be the iPod, is there an easy fix at all? if i have to have it fixed does anyone know how much it might cost?
Thanks, Lauren.

I don't think it's possible anymore. I'm mildly surprised you were able to keep podcasts in regular playlists this long - I thought this option disappeared back with iOS7.
I do share your pain. I've finally grown used to having the podcasts in a separate app, but I still don't like it.

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