Repairing a 3rd Gen iPod Dock « modelrail.otenko

13Nov/180

Repairing a 3rd Gen iPod Dock

I've had this little beast for a very long time and thought my amplifier was playing up when the left channel started cutting in and out. A quick amount of cable-jiggling proved otherwise: the jack on the back of the iPod Dock was frail.

No amount of stickytape would keep the cable in contact with the socket, so I endeavoured to open the unit up. Turns out there's large tabs on the inside 'side' edges and smaller tabs along the longer edges.

The cracked solder joints were immediately obvious and a quick touch-up with the soldering iron brought the conductivity back from a crackling zero to 'awesome'. I really love easy fixes!