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Dodgy Controller Headset Jack?

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  • 03-09-2012 9:13pm
    #1
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi lads,

    Just wondering if any of you have had this problem before?

    Basically a few months ago the headset I got that came with the Xbox seemed to stop working. I could rarely hear people talking and they could only really hear a hissing noise coming from me, sometimes hearing my voice, and often hearing nothing at all. I just put this down to the headset being old and used quite often so thought nothing of it.

    However, I recently bought a Turtle Beach headset and the same thing seems to be happening. The person on the other end reported the same thing as above and I couldn't hear him at all even with everything turned up very high etc.

    I'm now presuming that this is something to do with the headphone jack on the controller, as when I pull the jack that connects into the controller halfway out and wiggle it around a bit I can sometimes hear the other person talking for a split second and they same the same for me.

    So has anyone else had this problem before? Is the only solution to buy a new controller (which I would gladly do if it meant I got to use this Turtle Beach headset properly :pac:)? Or is there anything else that can be done to fix it, short of getting a screwdriver and taking the controller apart?

    Thanks all :)


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    mcgovern
    Registered Users Posts: 4,267 ✭✭✭mcgovern


    I don't have a fix, but it does happen. The lads complained about an echo coming from my mike, went through 3 of them and that didn't fix it. New joypad did. With Tritton's/Turtle Beaches, I get static/hissing off that joypad still.


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    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    mcgovern wrote: »
    I don't have a fix, but it does happen. The lads complained about an echo coming from my mike, went through 3 of them and that didn't fix it. New joypad did. With Tritton's/Turtle Beaches, I get static/hissing off that joypad still.

    Thats a grounding loop, change the usb port it's connected to from front to back or back to front, that might solve it.


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