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Sound not working - Windwolf55x5 - 11-24-2017
The audio on my freeplay zero all the sudden stopped working. It doesn't work with headphones and the speaker just makes this buzzing noise when turned up all the way.
RE: Sound not working - Flavor - 11-24-2017
The first thing to try is to unscrew the screws around the volume wheel. See if that helps at all. Sometimes, when there's extra pressure on the volume wheel, it can cause this sort of problem. Since not all shells are created equal, you may need to shave off a bit of plastic around the volume wheel if you can determine that it's causing the problem.
Also, we recently had a builder find that there was something inside of his headphone jack (like a tiny piece of plastic). It was wedged in a way where it caused problems both with speaker and headphone output.
If neither of those things help, then maybe it could be the solder points on the back of the Pi. Let me know.
RE: Sound not working - Flavor - 11-28-2017
Hey Windwolf55x5, were you able to get your audio working?
RE: Sound not working - Windwolf55x5 - 11-28-2017
(11-28-2017, 03:22 AM)Flavor Wrote: Hey Windwolf55x5, were you able to get your audio working?
No I wasn’t, I tried loosing the screws and even taking the whole thing apart, but I’m still getting only static.
RE: Sound not working - a-butta - 11-28-2017
(11-28-2017, 04:03 PM)Windwolf55x5 Wrote:(11-28-2017, 03:22 AM)Flavor Wrote: Hey Windwolf55x5, were you able to get your audio working?
No I wasn’t, I tried loosing the screws and even taking the whole thing apart, but I’m still getting only static.
Windwolf55x5
Does your headphone plug fully mate into the audio jack so it is fully flush with jack? Can you upload some photos of the back of the pi and the area of the audio jack?
RE: Sound not working - Flavor - 11-29-2017
(11-24-2017, 03:24 PM)Windwolf55x5 Wrote: The audio on my freeplay zero all the sudden stopped working. It doesn't work with headphones and the speaker just makes this buzzing noise when turned up all the way.
When you say "all of a sudden" what do you mean? Was it in the middle of playing a game?
Did you change any settings (like audio settings in particular)? Did you switch to HDMI audio, by any chance?
RE: Sound not working - Windwolf55x5 - 11-30-2017
(11-28-2017, 06:55 PM)a-butta Wrote:(11-28-2017, 04:03 PM)Windwolf55x5 Wrote:(11-28-2017, 03:22 AM)Flavor Wrote: Hey Windwolf55x5, were you able to get your audio working?
No I wasn’t, I tried loosing the screws and even taking the whole thing apart, but I’m still getting only static.
Windwolf55x5
Does your headphone plug fully mate into the audio jack so it is fully flush with jack? Can you upload some photos of the back of the pi and the area of the audio jack?
Sorry for the late reply, i’ve been really busy lately
The headphones do plug in all the way. I can see all the way through the headphone jack do there’s nothing in it.
RE: Sound not working - Windwolf55x5 - 11-30-2017
(11-29-2017, 01:07 AM)Flavor Wrote:It was working fine earlier that day, I turned it off after playing with it for a little bit. And then when I turned it back on later the sound wasn’t working. Now that I think about it I did let my little cousin play with it too that day, so he may have messed something up in the settings.(11-24-2017, 03:24 PM)Windwolf55x5 Wrote: The audio on my freeplay zero all the sudden stopped working. It doesn't work with headphones and the speaker just makes this buzzing noise when turned up all the way.
When you say "all of a sudden" what do you mean? Was it in the middle of playing a game?
Did you change any settings (like audio settings in particular)? Did you switch to HDMI audio, by any chance?
And now that you mention that, I think that may have been the problem. I went and switched it to auto and now it’s working again. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that earlier.
So thanks a lot for the help, and sorry for the slow reply
RE: Sound not working - Flavor - 12-01-2017
Oh, that's good news (in a funny way). I'm glad to hear that it's working fine again!