guitarplaya2000 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Today in church before service, I inserted my Sony headphones with 1/4 jack into the phones input so I can do a quick refresh of the morning songs. After I had the music down, I pulled out the headphone jack and to my dismay, I saw that the headphone plug was missing the tip. When I looked inside of the jack on the HD500x, the tip was still inside of it. My heart sank!! Do I have to undo the bottom of the Pod in order to gain access to the plug and pop the tip out? Or can I just unscrew phone plug from the back and pull it out to gain access to the tip from there? I've attached a photo illustrating the tip is comfortably residing inside my HD500x. HELP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBD_123 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 You'll have to take the bottom off the unit. If you unscrew the external nut securing the headphone jack socket the body of the socket will fall into the unit and boring. Just be careful and take pix with your phone as you go if you think you will have trouble remembering the way things go back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 You may be lucky and it may be a screw in tip. Plug in the rest of the headphone jack and try to screw it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarplaya2000 Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 You'll have to take the bottom off the unit. If you unscrew the external nut securing the headphone jack socket the body of the socket will fall into the unit and boring. Just be careful and take pix with your phone as you go if you think you will have trouble remembering the way things go back together. Thank you, that did it! Removing the bottom wasn't as bad as I thought. But trying pull the tip was quite challenging, but I eventually extracted it. The pedal is working normally as if nothing happened. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Thank you, that did it! Removing the bottom wasn't as bad as I thought. But trying pull the tip was quite challenging, but I eventually extracted it. The pedal is working normally as if nothing happened. :) Score! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarplaya2000 Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 You may be lucky and it may be a screw in tip. Plug in the rest of the headphone jack and try to screw it in. Thanks Pianoguyy for your suggestion - that was the first that I tried when it happened. I was disappointed because it wasn't even the screw on type; it was held on with a flat piece of metal that ran through the center of the plug. Everything is manufactured on the 'cheap' now days. Again, thank you for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBD_123 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Sony ain't what it used to be :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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