TS3474 My earphone jack seems to have a short in it.

The music only partially comes through. If I pinch the ipod near the sleep button, it plays well. Does anyone else have this problem? I took it to a local Apple store twice, and co one could figure it out. I reset the ipod and that didn't work.
Thank you
Mike

Apple will only replace your iPod with a refurbished iPod. If not under warranty, here is the price.
Apple - Support - iPod - Repair pricing
There are third-party places that will be less expensive if not under warranty. If you are capible you can alsways replace the jack yourself. Hee is one company that will either replace the jack or sell you a replacement jack with instructions.
http://www.irepair.com/ipod-touch-parts.html

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
And... See Acoustic-speaker/microphone/receiver
Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802
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HI,
Robert96 wrote:
The second Earphone jack will not work, but I get static when I plug my earphones into it. The other jack works ok. I need help in fixing it. My DV6000 is only one month old.
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