Hello,
My son had a portable dvd player. Just a cheap one and I know some would say it will be quicker and easier to buy a new one but the headphone socket stopped working.
I bought a new socket and removed the old one. I went to solder the replacement in, only to find that there is no track to solder to at one of the pins. I don't know if this is what caused the problem or whether I damaged it during my soldering.
I have done some Googling and it seems you can do repairs but the part has many names: some web sites call them "pass throughs" or "passthroughs", other web sites call them "vias", others ""through holes".
I have found international sellers selling these on ebay but no UK sellers, so is there another name for these in the UK? Not knowing what term to search for is half the problem.
Thanks, Stephen.