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When I first turn on my iPod I get a severe buzzing sound out of the headphones and the music is very difficult to make out. Then within a minute or two when the unit warms up, both the buzzing and the music slowly fades away until the unit makes no sound at all. The same thing happens when I connect the unit to a docking station. Any ideas ? Thanks in advance.
Need to do some diagnostics. Put it in the refrigerator for an hour then plug it back in and tell me the results.
Somehow my original post on this question and his response were deleted. I had him put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. When he tried it later the problem was gone but then returned in about a minute. I explained about the motherboard solder connections. Ben- thanks for the up-vote on that
Hi, when the sound fades on the headphone jack and the dock connector, i would suggest that the logic board is damaged. You can open the iPod an disconnect the headphone jack, if the sound fades as well, its quite clear that the logic board is damaged.
Try connecting it to a dock that can play music from (iHome, Apple Universal Dock, Ect.) And see if the music is still messed up. If it isn’t, then the headphone jack/hold switch assembly is probably bad.
