[Shpoon]

So my pair of ER6-I's finally bit the dust. Actually, I'm just dumb

I had my zune in my pocket and leaned over, crushing the mini-plug and now the right channel does not work.

So, a couple questions:

1. Is it possible to fix this, ie put a new mini-plug on? I don't know what the wires inside the cord are like..(coated, or other annoyances)
2. Any suggestions on a mini-plug easily available in Canada (vancouver).
3. The wire itself has become sun bleached and a really gross yellow-white colour. Not to mention the wire is thin to begin with. Is it actually possible to completely change over the wire?

Thanks in advance

 

[GreatDane]

I think I've seen where someone completely recabled a ER6 but it can't be easy. You could splice in a new end at the plug. I did this a couple months ago after I stupidly believed it was a short at the plug when it was really my failing 1G shuffle jack.

I used a cable from cheap earbud, very carefully stripped and soldered them and used heat shrink tube over top.

 

[jsmithepa]

U can put in a replacement jack from Radio Shack but is isn't mini at all, in fact gargantually huge by comparison. So to kill 2 birds with 1 stone, just find an old phones laying around, cut the entire cable including the plug and solder it on the er6i. I use iPod stocks myself, cheap@eBay, my fav. Replaced my own cable twice already and it's soft-as-butter as day#1.

Here's the Instruction.


p.s.: ppl attempting this fix should own an ultra-fine tip iron, and an ohmeter to verify your work (close to 16 ohms) before close up.

 

[GreatDane]

That's what I remember seeing, thanks for the link jsmithepa. I don't know if my hands are that steady...but maybe next time I'll give it a try.

 

[Shpoon]

Thanks so much!

Now the issue is finding heatshrink + wires. I also don't have soldering tools here (away from home) so I'll have to ask an electrical engineer or wait a month...

 

[rawrster]

or you could use this as an excuse to upgrade ^^

 

[ChroniCali]

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Originally Posted by rawrster /img/forum/go_quote.gif or you could use this as an excuse to upgrade ^^

x2

This actually happened to my ER6i's as well, I guess just a weak mini plug. But yea it became I only get sound when i moved the mini plug around. Got it fixed by an electrical engineer though.

So good luck finding yours.

 

[jsmithepa]

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Originally Posted by ChroniCali /img/forum/go_quote.gif Got it fixed by an electrical engineer though.

Nah, all u need is a hobbyist, or the Geek-of-the-Block.

 

[Shpoon]

Quote:

Originally Posted by rawrster /img/forum/go_quote.gif or you could use this as an excuse to upgrade ^^

Don't have that kind of money. I really like these headphones for what they are tbh.

Noob question...which wires do I solder to which points? I'm going to be using ipod headphone cables, but how do I know which goes where?

 

[jsmithepa]

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Originally Posted by Shpoon /img/forum/go_quote.gif Noob question...which wires do I solder to which points? I'm going to be using ipod headphone cables, but how do I know which goes where?

Each channel has a pair of wires, color coded.

The ground wire, common to both channels will have the same color wire. The other is typically blue and red for left and right.