Speaker phat no sound, but vumeter working

if I play cvlc test.mp3
I can see the vutmeter dancing colors. But no sound coming.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ i2cdetect -y 1
 0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --                         
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo i2cdetect -q 1
WARNING! This program can confuse your I2C bus, cause data loss and worse!
I will probe file /dev/i2c-1 using quick write commands.
I will probe address range 0x03-0x77.
Continue? [Y/n] y
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
50: -- -- -- -- 54 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --                         
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cvlc test.mp3

The VU meter is i2c, I think the DAC is i2s though. Speaker soldered up correctly? A picture of the back side of the phat may help.

That’s for replying.

Attached backside of speakers.

Soldering doesn’t look to bad. I might redo the one on the right as it is in the first picture. I’m assuming those are the correct pads on the speaker? I see what looks like 4 solder pads?

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I don’t get you. This is my first time soldering. What is 4 pad ? You meant on the top of speaker those 4 silvers I need to join them ?

A solder pad is the square spot on the board that you soldered the jumper wire too. They may also be round. From the picture you posted, on the speaker it looks like there are 4 solder points? Only two would be used and I would assume they would be the two you used. I couldn’t find a good picture of that speaker here on the site to compare with? No don’t join any of them together. Carefully resolder your wires / jumpers and if it still doesn’t work use the following link to contact Pimoroni via e-mail.
https://shop.pimoroni.com/pages/contact-us

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Hi, I found teh issue. It was my Zero PI Headers soldering, I did not do it right.

Soldering is an acquired skill, it takes some practice to get good at it.
Nice that you found the issue. Now you can enjoy your new bit of tech.
I should have posted this earlier, it shows what pins are used.

You can check the pinouts for many Hats and pHats there.

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