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Plugging one of these in breaks a physical contact that routes the audio to the "device" plugged in. Until you remove it, there's nothing in this world that will make the shitbox spew it's noise.
Why not just snap it off inside? Or is that illegal?
Well, then it becomes damaging something that doesn't belong to you.
Those jacks are usually just attached to the board with solder pins, and the jack itself itself isn't designed to hold the plug with such force that you could shear it off - you'd probably break the jack first.
You could cut the plug portion off the body and jam that in, or even superglue it, but I guarantee you most people aren't smart enough to figure out why something like this happened and will spend a decent amount of time (and perhaps a service call) trying to fix it.
I had a universal remote to shut down BET when the student union became rap music central.
or you just use a short nail
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It'll most likely break the audio jack. Cut the backshell off at the base of the pins, then just use the tip of your key to push it all the way in, leaving nothing exposed which could be grasped to help remove it from the hole
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Changing source should do it. On anything made past 1994. Wouldn't it?
The audio output for all sources is routed through the speakers unless you have something plugged in to the line level outputs (the ones you'd use for connection to an external amp) and have the speakers turned off.
For a television in a waiting room where the unit is just blathering out of the built-in speakers, this should take care of it. However, do larger televisions like what's in use today even have headphone outputs?
However, do larger televisions like what's in use today even have headphone outputs?
Some do but it depends on price point, manufacturer, and model.
Possibly, but then the user is gonna have to hook up the audio to the new source as well.
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