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worked perfectly, after many failed ideas. used a skinny safety pin

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Just made an account to say cheers , worked like a charm !

That was brilliant... Worked perfectly... Thanks Alot

Thank you! Worked perfectly.

finally made some progress after seeing this tip.
just some notes id like to add.
i found safety pins work best, needles snaps too easy. get a decent size safety pin too. i used a small and a medium sized one and it wouldnt pull out. i had to go buy a larger size pin and it worked.
pull upwards. when i started pulling i thought leaning towards the metal barb/bend and pulling would be more effective.

my broken tip is still stuck in side the rca connector. i had some cheap crappy rca cables broken inside and the outside of the pin was made of metal and inside was plastic. anyone got some tips on getting the rest of the pin out?

Bought a LEd tv few months before...My kid recently pulled the TV table which had tv receiver connected to led via rca..the yellow point broke & we were unable to view TV for days...had an 1 yr int warranty,however as i lost my invoice dealer not ready to provide warranty service. after trying every thing..googled for help...ur solution works brilliantly...really amazing...Thank u so much..u made my day & saved me some bucks

You're an absolute legend!!! Lost one TV channel due to pins broken in the jack awhile back. Did it again today with the remaining channel T.T........ thought had to say goodbye to the TV. Thank you for this! Your trick worked like a charm!!! Now the TV has both channels back ^___^!!!

Simply AMAZING! Can't thank you enough!

Thanks a bunch for suggestion. My 3 year old son smashed the woofer of the home theater; broke both left and right RCA jacks. The two broken pins were completely inside, with no part exposed, hindering me to use a fine plier to pull them out. I thought of taking the set to the repair shop and shell out a good amount. But I came across this wonderful suggestion while searching for a possible solution and it worked like a charm. Few minutes and got both the pins removed....replaced with a new RCA cable...home theater working perfect again.

You saved me money and lots of frustration while dealing with the repair guy.

Thanks very much...worked just fine..just bought karaoke,everybody was having good time singing when this bad thing happened..broke one of the audio pin in the port but with this sure solution we got it out in no time..thanks again.
just wondering only the plastic part came out..what about the top metal coating ?
In my case the sound system still works fine.

It worked!!! Didn't know if I could do this, because I couldn't bend the safety pin as far as I wanted it to go. Tried it without heating it up. Didn't work. Heated it up like the instructions said. It worked!!! Thank you.

LOL! Broke off the composite cable tips off the Aux jack in my SUV. I figured I was going to take apart the center console just to replace the plugs. Instead, thank you for saving me time and aggravation!

Thank you so much it really work! I have a new LCD tv and while fixing the cable lines, i trip the tv and almost fell off the cabinet and grab the tv but broke the rca cable and left the pin inside.At first i tried using a super glue but it didnt work and makes the situation worse because the pin itself glued inside the tube. I freak out. Next day i googled and found something here might do the trick. Bend needle tip will be very good. The needle handle even went off and have to use a plier. Thank you million times!

thankyou cant believe it worked so well and quickly, im not very good with electrical goods so saved me payin someone.

Worked great!! I also just made an account to comment :) Took me a while to find a needle that I could bend the tip on (they tended to snap) but ended up finding a safety pin that did the job perfectly. Thanks!

Thank you so much for showing me how to save my TVs RCA video jack! You're a genius!

this actually worked normally nothing works for me but this did, by the way u can also use a small screwdriver and heat the tip of that 2 instead of a needle

Thought it was too good to be true, but gave it a try and was amazed at how well it worked. Thanks Google! Thanks instructables! Thanks genius guy who took the time to share!

i just made an account to comment. it worked great! i am amazed that you figured this out

Totally amazing. My son broke the xbox pin off in our tv and I had no idea how to get the pin out. I took the tv apart but that was a waste of time. I used the needle trick you gave and it worked great. The only thing is the first time I didn't leave the needle cool off long enough inside the tv socket the first time. But the second try worked great after leaving the needle cook off. I also didn't bend the end of the needle and it still worked. I cannot thank you enough. Thanks again. You saved me from buying a new tv.

hilarious.... never in my life have i taken the 5 seconds to "sign up" just to leave a comment... but for real.. thank you. lo

thank you so much for this trick.
i tried everything then i opened up the TV and now that i decided to electrocute myself , i thought why not Google it as well. then i found this very useful instructables
GOD BLESS YOU

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Like many of the other commentors, my son was the culprit. Thank you so much for the tip. You saved me a couple grand!

You, my friend, are a genius. Thank you. My toddler broke the RCA right into my 72" DLP. I was stumped and luckily I found this thread immediately. THANKS!!

thanks this really helped me out with my amp. i tried for 30 mins to take the jack off and it took 15 secs to do this. surprised me alot

WOW that worked GREAT!!!!!!! Thank you !!!!!!!!

I'm amazed! It worked!!! Thanks for posting your solution. You're a rockstar!

Thank you so so much! We were stymied as to what to do and tried everything we could think of. I finally stumbled on this and it worked. Whoo hoo!!

Saved a lot of hassle, like unscrewing a million screws :D.. lol
All I need now is just to change rca plugs. THANKS!

I love you! My 2 year old broke the cable in our Roku. Problem solved.

Huzzah!!!!!

your sir are awesome worked like a charm thanks for the tip

Thanks sooooo much!! Really works well!

Well, I tried the hot pin and it worked. Thank you thank you.
I made sure I got a needle for upholestry which was long as well. I threaded the needle with heavy duty button thread. Then heated it with a "Candle" lighter. I slowly inserted the needle into the PIN. Waited a good minute for it to cool. The heat conducted in the needle smoothly pirced the plastic pin inside the AV plug.
I then utilized the thread on the needle as leverage to pull so the needle would not slipp out of my fingers.

NEW TV SAVED!!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you

THIS IS AMAZING THANK YOU......AND MY DAUGHTER THANKS YOU!!!

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YES! YES! YES! After a year of worry about solving this issue, My flatscreen TV is SAVED!!!! Thank you thank you.

This method worked for me too!! I had to use a thicker needle, and used the eye end. I also used a thimbal to push it into the plastic far enough. This was a life saver for me and my son's Xbox is back in business!! Thanks a ton :O)

U r a Flippin Genious! :) :) :) My 3 1/2 yr old has the talent of breaking things by accident (I hope) and this one stumped me. I had the tv opened up and ready to take apart when I decided to try the good old World Wide Web and your fix was 1st that showed up. Thank you soooooo much.

like many others have said, you are an absolute life saver! you saved me a lot off money and time, and solved a problem i have been faced with for nearly a year now! many thanks!!!

I havent tried it yet, but i cant find another solution lol so im gonna try it out later, seems like its gonna work. My son is a bull in a china shop. he "accidentally" broke the video pin off in the brand new dvd player that i havent even had a month! i was about to throw it away or buy and adaptor or something. My dad, who is an electrician didnt even know how to fix it!! lol so thank you for this post, If it works, which im sure it will, you will have saved me some money and a headache lol

Thanks dude... this actually worked!!! I too became a member to say thank you.

My 83yr old Step-father broke of two RCA cable tips on his very expensive flat screen TV. He asked his grandson to see if he could fix it, Well the "Expert Grandson" told him that he was not a TV repair person and couldnt figure it out! I Googled the problem, I tried this application and within about 2 minutes I had both of them out!! This really, really works!!

Thank You 

thanks my brother loves you

You sir are a genius.  I was at a local thrift store and came across a nice Sony powered sub that was marked for $10 "as-is"  since the sub had this exact same issue with the rca jack.  So I looked up how to possibly fix something like this on my iPhone and came across this post.  So I decided for $10 I would give it a go.  I first tried with little needles from a sewing kit, but didn't work, then I saw a thick needle in the needle set and got the tip very hot.  The second it made contact with the plastic rca pin it sizzled up all around the needle; I waited a few seconds and then pulled out the needle followed by the pin along with it.  I hooked up the sub to my reciever and the sub worked great.  I registered just to make this post to say "THANK YOU" and that you are a genius; if you are still reading this post you made back in 2007.  LOL!

Brilliant Idea and wonderful/concise instructions.

Thank you. It worked like a charm. I signed up to say this.

dude, you are amazing... thanks so MUCH

That was awesome!  Worked like a charm!

wow this actually worked thank you :-)

I had to sign up to say it worked for me, too! Saved a brand new receiver. I used a candle to heat a safety pin. Only took about a minute. After pulling out the plastic core, the metal jacket was protruding from the hole slightly. My needle nose pliers are nigh-well useless, and at one point pushed it all the way in. I was able to pry it back out with one of the plier prongs and finally fish it out with my fingers. Thanks!

OOOOOh my god!!! You are a life saver!! My two year old broke the pin off in our tv, and we were starting to freak out a bit. Thank GOD for the internet, google, and YOU good sir!!

Boy was I scared when the male rca tip broke off in my pioneer cdj turntable...your method worked like a charm on getting a tip out. Thanks!!!

You are our hero! We were about ready to buy a new subwoofer when the RCA cable broke off in the jack. We took the unit apart and couldn't see any way to get the pin out. We stuck a hot needle in it (without bending the tip -- we weren't able to do that), and it pulled the pin right out. It left the metal sleeve, but we were able to work it out with a mini screwdriver until we could grab it with needlenose pliers. Thanks you!

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