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Headphone jack problem, what kind is it? And how do I convert it to 3.5mm?

post #1 of 8
1/26/11 at 11:16am
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Hi Guys, I've got a bit of a headache, and hoping someone can help me out.

 

 

I bought some earphones over on ebay, well, the Swedish equivalent of it anyway. And to my funny surprise, when I unboxed it, it didn't have a 3.5mm standard jack. Now before I ask for my cash back I thought, can I convert this freak of a jack to a normal 3.5mm jack easily? I have NO wiring experience at all and know nothing of these things. What sort of jack is it in the first place? Check the album will ya and let me know what I can do, buy a converter maybe?

 

When I opened the jack it seem to have a red, a black and a white cable. Perhaps like a standard 3.5mm jack, left, right and ground?

 

It's headphones like THESE by the way. 

 

Thanks all! 

 

Images here -> http://imgur.com/a/O9acx

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post #2 of 8
1/26/11 at 11:52am

Do you mean it's a 6.35mm TRS jack like the one shown in the thread you linked to?

 

You can easily buy an adapter for that. Go for one with a bit of cable between socket and jack to avoid doing damage to often fragile 3.5mm sockets. Like this one:

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/30cm-HQ-OFC-3-5mm-Jack-6-35mm-Socket-Adapter-Cable-/380294589676?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item588b52ecec#ht_1679wt_989

EDIT:

 

Sorry mate, didn't see the other link the first time.

 

What model phones are these?

 

Are you sure they are dynamic?

 

EDIT Again:

 

If they are dynamic that's probably a five pin XLR termination. You can get a cable like this:

 

http://www.studiospares.com/leads-xlr/xlr-5-pin-st-mini-jack-25-metres/invt/430010/?source=215_4

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post #3 of 8
1/26/11 at 12:00pm

Looks like a DIN 45327 plug, which briefly competed with 6.8mm TRS phone plugs as a standard headphone connector, primarily in the European market.

 

DIN 45327 -> 6.8mm phone adaptors are available, assuming that's what you've got. But yeah, I'd want to know what kind of headphones you've bought before I recommend rewiring things.

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post #4 of 8
1/26/11 at 12:01pm
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Originally Posted by ardgedee View Post

Looks like a DIN 45327 plug, which briefly competed with 6.8mm TRS phone plugs as a standard headphone connector, primarily in the European market.

 

DIN 45327 -> 6.8mm phone adaptors are available, assuming that's what you've got. But yeah, I'd want to know what kind of headphones you've bought before I recommend rewiring things.


That makes more sense, I didn't think it looked like a five pin XLR...

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post #5 of 8
1/26/11 at 12:03pm

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Edited by labrat - 9/16/11 at 2:29am
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post #6 of 8
1/26/11 at 12:15pm
Thread Starter 

I just had a brainstorm in the shower though. I have a broken pair of headphones (hence why I bought the new ones) why don't I just cut the 3.5mm jack end of the broken one, cut of the 5 pin connector of the new one, expose the cables in them and wire/tape up the left sound channel from my "new" headphones to the 3.5mm jack of the old one and etc with right and ground. Shouldn't that work perfectly? Yea I should solder each cable together but don't have a soldering iron right now.

 

  • Edit, with picture off internet: Cut them off like THIS. I mean presumably they are exactly the same cables (3 cables) just joined em together :-)
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post #7 of 8
1/27/11 at 4:52pm



 

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Originally Posted by labrat View Post


You need something like this:

 

http://www.custom-cable.co.uk/headphone-spares/sennheiser-en/adapters/product-30179.html

 

or this:

 

http://www.headphone.com/accessories/adaptors/grado-quarter-to-eighth-inch-plug-adapter.php


You obviously didn't look at the photos. The opposite of this would work (5 pin DIN female to 3.5MM Male):

 

http://it.bestshopping.com/prezzi/Vivanco-Adattatore-DIN-45327-5P-Jack-3.5-M-F-stereo.sku=45327%7C.html

 

but the best bet is simply to chop the end off and solder on a new connector. You CAN chop wires and do the 'twist' thing but the connection's not going to be very durable. Soldering on a plug is VERY easy to do.

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post #8 of 8
1/28/11 at 1:24am

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Edited by labrat - 9/16/11 at 2:40am
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