[1000mp] strange speaker problem

[Mark Shaum]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
> Here's the problem. When I pull the headphone plug out of the MP,
there is no sound coming
> out of the SP8.
> Not EVERY time, but most of the time.

The 1/8 inch front panel headphone jack on my 1997 vintage MP also
developed this symptom a while back.  The jack includes contacts that
serve to mute the external speaker connection when a headphone plug is
inserted.

My quick fix was to switch to the 1/4 inch headphone jack which did not
have this symptom.  A bit of DeOxit applied to the 1/8 inch jack
contacts later took care of the issue with the 1/8 inch headphone jack.

Mark K9TR