First class RUclips education. This was great information, well edited and concise with pleasant music playing in the background without being overbearing. Well done guys and thanks heaps.
Good video. Here's a Pro tip -Wet Sponges (as shown in the video) are good for the casual user, but if you are planning to use your solder iron a lot I recommend not using a wet sponge and instead use a dry wire sponge (like the ones Hakko makes). This type of dry sponge makes your iron tips last much longer because you are allowing the iron tip to stay at a stable operating temp instead of sudden intermittent shocks of cool water which have an effect of annealing the metal and changing it's ability to transfer heat over time. Also a wire sponge creates less fumes and doesn't have the solder vapor coming out for you to inhale.
Your video is by far the most informative one that I have found on this subject. Other videos I've watched were sloppy, had annoying music, and moved too quickly through the process. Some didn't even identify which prongs went to the tip, ring, and sleeve. I give your video an A+ for a first class job! Please continue to enlighten us with more instructional videos. This is the way you do it folks.
Fantastic video. I've soldered and desoldered components on PCBs before but I needed the method for these plugs and this is excellent. With all the equipment, it's costing me much more to do one plug than buying a new cable, but I'm doing it anyway because I want to have fixed it myself instead of being a helpless, skill-less consumer of disposable resources. Ordinary people can do a lot.
7 years ago but still made me chuckle :D "helpless skill-less consumer of disposable resources" - that comes on my "What are your expectations" page what i DONT want as an employee lol
These hair like wires are covered with enamel and most of the time have a string entangled into them. Don't remove the string (it will make the wire even weaken and impossible to work with). Just tin the wires as they are (the string will melt from the heat and the wire will get tinned before melting). Then tin the connector. Then touch the wire to the connector and touch it with the soldering iron.
Thank you so much. It was so hard to find something to show me the poles/leads of the jack. I was able to fix a set of computer speakers thanks to you.
THANKS, GUYS! Well done, informative, helpful, brief, good pictures... An amateur like me fixed such a connector, which saved an old set of small speakers from going into the trash. :-) NOTE: My el-cheapo speaker wires consisted of only a few tiny strands, with one white-sheathed and one naked set of strands on the left half, and one red-sheathed and one naked set of strands on the right half. I had to carefully strip the white and red sheaths before tinning them and attaching them to their respective posts. I combined the two naked strands and attached them to the ground post.
Because the wires were so thin and frail, I had to chop off the end and start over several times before I got it right. I lost probably a foot off the cable. :-)
Great tutorial! I worked for Stantek and they made forklift harnesses with LADD and Kometsu 24 pin/socket connectors (males and female terminals) so I did a lot of stripping and using wire cutters during my day. People should know these things like conduit, heatshrink, or sleeving. There's so many ways to improve technology by using donor parts and knowing how to solder with a little bit of electrical knowledge of circuitry. I use a fluke to test different jumper connections (alligator clips) and take apart electronic toys to replace blown capacitors or to add transistors/resistors. By the way, what would happen if you added a 10k resister into that or transducer with a diode? Ha!
Miles better than most of the "how to fix your headphone cable" video's helped me fix my £100 TDK headphones, only thing left out is how to tell left channel,l right channel and earth apart, Generally red is always right channel as far I can tell
I saw a comment about a CB external speaker. Besides troubleshooting the basics (inserting the plug all the way into the jack, checking for a breaks inside the wire by wiggling the cable, or checking with another speaker) I can think of two possibilities. First, the speaker has a Tip Ring Sleeve or three connections and I've seen CBs work with only a Tip Sleeve or two connections on the 3.5mm jack. Second, it could be a bad plug on the CB, since the internal speaker is connected through the external speaker jack, so that when you insert an external speaker it interrupts the signal to the internal speaker as to allow the maximum volume (and matching impedance). Sometimes the jack gets bent inside and doesn't fully connect. A repair technician would open the CB and put jumper cables on the jack from the inside solder pins to bypass the jack. There are a lot of CB repair techs at truck stops. Thanks for watching.
So been watching a few videos and none including this had info on which wire was left a which was right. and which was the microphone wire. I understand your cable doesn't have a mic but I feel it would be good to explain that to the lesser informed and newbies like myself.
Thank you for saving me buying another 250 dollar pair of Sennheiser headphones , im a bit of an audiophile and can tell when the third violin is out in an orchestra. Music is life and you just helped me in my efforts to explain to my wife why the expense was crucial to my mental health.... lol and nothing against Sennheiser they're a premier product my (someone strong) toddler got a hold of my head phones in my room (she scorns child safety products such as child doorknobs, toilet locks and the like. Anyways she loves music too god bless her, but when she was trying to steal my headphones she ripped them sideways out so half the jack bent sideways tearing the wires from the jack.
Hello, Just watched your video the cable that I am going to use has 3 strands, 1 red,1 blue,1 white, can you please tell me in what order they go on to the jack plug as the colour of the wires are different from the ones in your video. I never thought of using a crocodile clip as a heat sink,good call. Thank you. Stay Safe.
You will need to use the continuity testers on your voltmeter to find which color goes to its respective Tip Ring (Ring) Sleeve. Then reference what device you are connecting to Pin Out. Example: PlayStation has a different pin out than XBox/Apple.
Good video thank you- I'm trying this in the next couple of days. I thought that transparent plastic sleeve was heat shrink and would require heating, is it not? Thanks.
follow the microphone wire guide. 2 is hot, 3 is not, 1 is ground. Don't allow the pins to get too hot otherwise the plastic will deform and the connector pins will not make good contact.
+musicaman68 The pellets are just molten solder that has cooled. Spraying a mist of water on a flat surface has the same result, but much smaller pellets. If you are getting pellets on the connector leads of the jack you're adding too much solder. Some people like pooling solder on a connection, then use a solder sucker to remove the excess solder. The wires won't solder to the jack if you don't have the right amount of heat, not enough heat and the solder won't melt and/or the solder won't soak into the jack. You should heat up the jack lead with the solder iron then bring the solder to the jack lead. Also the wires won't solder to the jack if the jack is hot, the solder will melt so quickly that it will not soak to the connections, it will run off just like water. I hope this helps. Good luck. Soldering is a skill. It takes time to learn.
I have a one wire audio jack cable ,and i want to add an audio jack with cable already that has 3 wires to it, white red and yellow how do i solder it one to each other so i can use my headphone stereo mode? how was the original jack working with just one wire in both left right channels??
Can you make a video showing what your trying to accomplish and upload it to RUclips and send me the link? You’re talking about a TipRingSleeve ¼” to ¼”? just to guess, If your source is mono, using a stereo cable won’t make it stereo. Tip=signal RingSleeve=Return
@@DixonHill Thanks for reply, I teared more of the wire apart and it actually has 3 wires, One green, One red and One copper, the other one I have with the jack plug has 3 wires too, red white and yellow, but could not managed to link them correctly I guess, I linked red to red green to white and copper to yellow, I can only hear the right speaker after soldering those wires togheter.
try watching a movie. yes it matters. when someone is walking from left to right you hear it right to left. songs will sound different because you are used to the normal version as well.
No, but if you watch a movie with them and a car drives by, it will sound like the car came from the opposite direction. But for music it doesn't matter.
Dixon Hill if you are listening to modern songs that are mastered by 12 year old yes. but not for good songs. there are plenty of songs that make use of stereo to give a special experience. live recordings of orchestras as well. my recommendation is yosi horikawa's letter. you can hear clearly that he is writing a letter from left to right at the start of the song.
I agree wit you Nicomaki Dota 2 channel assignment does matter, I would hate having my left on my right, but it seems that doesn't matter to him, otherwise he would have fixed it already. Will he notice, probably not. That's why I gave the example of the movie.
Question: I am using Mogami W2893 which has Clear, Blue, Black and Red. If I want to make a TRS don't I only need ground and 2 wires? Which do I use and what do I do with the extra. Thank you.
You are correct you only need ground and 2 wires. As long as they are soldered/connected to the same contact on both ends it’s fine. Personally I would use the clear as ground (S), red as left (T), black as right (R), and snip the blue (which would be the mic or second R of the TRRS).
If your making a jumper cable like what we made, make sure the red cable is on the same tab on both connectors. If you replacing a connector, do a continuity check on your old connector if possible and match the wiring, otherwise you will have to temporarily hold the wire on the tab while you use a media player that has a left and right pan to check to be sure the correct side of the headphones are playing audio.
Great video, im wondering is the solder the same to those headset with 2 separated connector for mic(pink) and phone(green)..i mean is the scheme the same for the pink one? much love from brazil
Well yes, there is a tip a ring and a sleeve, the sleeve is normally ground, so without that sleeve, nothing will work. Now I'm imagining you you meant something different than the sleeve or ground. If your talking about the 4 pin phone headset connector (tip, ring, ring, sleeve) that extra ring is for a microphone, so you could get by without it. If your talking about a shield inside the cable, that would be helpful to keep cell phone interference out of your headset. I'm just guessing what you meant, let me know.
***** Yeah, Something like that, I have a cable that has a copper external shield between the isolation and the actual black and red cables, I just connected them into the long (ground) metal thingy in the jack and it worked nice. So I was just asking if what I did was correct. (my cable doesn't have a tinfoil shielding, just a bunch of small copper wires around the main B/R cables.
ok, i've got mini jack with upper and lower ends, not right and left like here. I suppose upper is for right channel and lower is for left channel? also, i have 2 pairs of headphones and attached both of them without soldering to see if they work. One works, the other does not make a sound. What may be wrong? Before the process both pairs did produce sound.
Hey, if my cable is a mono microphone output and I have a stereo jack, can I solder the cable to both channels simultaneously and have it working properly?
Arthur Winter yes, if you are using a trs connector, with a mono cable, your left and right on your connector would be sharing/splitting the same signal from the shielded wire in the cable, and the remaining bare outer copper strands of the cable would be the ground on the connector.
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I bought a hand made cable with a 3.5 mm Neutrik jack. Went bad after 1 year (there is visible dent in the 3.5 mm jack, not deep, but visible from normal usage).
I am want know about this type of headphones jack what group i will take plse tell on college campuses know about stereo headphones jack soldring plse tell what group sir..
If I understand you correctly, If you are on a college campus, the group to take your headset cable to to get it fixed would be the IT department, electronics class, manufacturing repair, or video broadcast. Or go to a hardware store and purchase your own solder iron kit.
@@DixonHill thank you sir and plse you take class for these headphones learning can we meet at Facebook you can teach me on face book my face book id prajin thank you sir you are a great person and God's gift🎁..
If the cable only has 3 wires,that means it doesn't support input, only left output, right output, and ground. Leave the connector for microphone/input bare and wire your L, R, and ground.
Learning. I'm having a hard time getting the wire/joint hot enough to melt the solder. I'm using a small amount of solder to enhance the transfer of heat, but still I can not touch the solder to the wire and have it melt. .032 dia light duty 60/40 rosin core.
could that jack be used one old external speaker to input TV (headphone) jack connector. speaker only has blk n red push clamp connectors.? thanks inadvance! larry
I have a pair of Sony pro headphones and the conductors are green, brass-colored and copper-colored, with no apparent insulation on them at all. How does that work?
As I've barely tried soldering before I'm a little scared to get it wrong. What would be the worst case scenario if I accidentaly short circuit the wires and try to use the cable with my music player, phone and things like that?
Rule #1 make your the cable is not connected to a device, if it is, unplug the power before soldering (no plasma balls). Now to your question. A typical TRRS phone earbuds use a button to control an assistant like Siri. They do this by shorting out two wires. You can always use a continuity meter to check if you have a short before you plug it in to your device. When you do plug in (preferable not on your expensive phone, maybe an old CD player) test it for a few seconds, if it doesn’t work unplug it. Then troubleshoot. I can’t say you won’t damage anything, but just be cautious and increase the volume slowly.
@Dixon Hill Hey, thanks for the uber informative video helped tons. I was too a send you an email or private message or something but I'm not hip to how you tube works like that so I guess I'll just ask here. I have a tip unlike the ones you used with0 holes only wings and bare access to the poles how do I do it on these?
+S.K. Achtwone Thanks for asking. The holes are nice and help hold the cables in place while you solder. Although they are not necessary. Tin the end of each wire then tin the wing, tin just means apply a thin layer of solder. Then sandwich the wire between the wing and your soldering iron. Hold the wire in place and remove the iron. Once the solder has cooled it will hold on to the wire and you have a good solder. Out of curiosity where did you get the tip?
I would solder(-) the trimmed end resistor(w) in where you would put the wire (=), then add a long shrink wrap(…) that will cover everything after it cools, then solder(-) the resistor to the wire(~], and use the shrink wrap as support. ………… =-w-~ …………
hola amigo como le va ? te hago una consulta tengo un problema . le quiero instalar un 3.5 mm jack HEMBRA para mi amplificador tiene radio y conexión vía bluetooth y no tiene entrada de auriculares tu sabes como es la configuración para poder instalarlo ? e buscado un video que me hable de ese tema y no lo hay, y tampoco fotos que muestre bien el armado o el diagrama no lo veo . ya agote mis recurso, por eso te pido esta ayuda ,,,, yo quiero separa el audio del parlante con el auricular yo se que el 3.5 mm jack HEMBRA cumple como un interruptor cuando conecta el auricular
Si yo no sé que en lo que necesita . Pongo el enlace para el transmisor y el receptor. www.mcmelectronics.com/product/555-16066 www.mcmelectronics.com/product/555-16071
For a beginner...I was completely lost at 2:44 to 2:56. I wouldn't know which is the left or right channel or ground..even if the jack is propped. So i'm assuming the tip has to point to the right in order to figure that out. I like to think that it would've been easier to distinguish by the color of the cord ( I thought they have some universal color code)
You need to use a multi meter. The tip of the jack is left channel so place one lead of the meter on the tip and touch the wires coming out and test for continuity. Which ever gives you a reading is the left channel wire. If you have an analog meter you need to use a 9v battery. Connect the tip (left) to the + side of the battery pole then do the same as before. Which ever wire is showing continuity is the left channel. The meter should beep when a connection presents itself. As the video states 3.5 mm plugs are universal ..the tip is left the ring is right and the base (sleeve) is ground. Great video btw thanks guise
How long do you need to hold the iron on a braided wire until hot enough to melt the solder that is touching the wire (for tinning)? How long needed to hold the iron on the terminal to heat the solder that is touching the terminal-to-wire joint? In each case, I hold it there for what seems like minutes (maybe it’s only a minute?) while I feel the solder hot between my fingers, and the wire hot between my fingers, but the solder ain’t melting? How can the solder I’m holding be so hot that it hurts my fingers a bit, while the heat at the point where the solder is touching the wire or terminal that the iron is heating is not hot enough to melt the solder????
The correct answer is, until it melts the solder, you may need a different solder iron to quickly get the solder molten, but short enough to keep the circuit board from warming up and de soldering a different component. You need a hotter, more expensive, more wattage iron. Which also means you need to be more careful with how much heat you apply. Also if you're tip is burnt, looks rusted, instead of shiny, you need a new tip. Don't burn up your next one by leaving the iron on for a long time.
Thanks for your answer, Dixon! How long would one expect the iron be held on the wire, and on the terminal, as I mentioned in the comment, in order to melt the solder? Is a whole minute (or minuteS) not uncommon? And is it not uncommon to feel the solder heat up between fingers to almost too hot to hold, without it actually melts an inch or two away at the point where the heated element (braided wire or terminal) is touching the solder? Tip doesn't look rusted or burnt, it's shiny, as I've left it coated with solder,as per instructions I've seen online. Thanks again!
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This is the kind of thing we need more of. Clear, concise instructions on how to do a useful task! Thank you!
First class RUclips education. This was great information, well edited and concise with pleasant music playing in the background without being overbearing. Well done guys and thanks heaps.
Thanks for letting those other issue go, Bubba G all your videos are flawless, I couldn't find a single mistake.
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Good video. Here's a Pro tip -Wet Sponges (as shown in the video) are good for the casual user, but if you are planning to use your solder iron a lot I recommend not using a wet sponge and instead use a dry wire sponge (like the ones Hakko makes). This type of dry sponge makes your iron tips last much longer because you are allowing the iron tip to stay at a stable operating temp instead of sudden intermittent shocks of cool water which have an effect of annealing the metal and changing it's ability to transfer heat over time. Also a wire sponge creates less fumes and doesn't have the solder vapor coming out for you to inhale.
Your video is by far the most informative one that I have found on this subject. Other videos I've watched were sloppy, had annoying music, and moved too quickly through the process. Some didn't even identify which prongs went to the tip, ring, and sleeve. I give your video an A+ for a first class job! Please continue to enlighten us with more instructional videos. This is the way you do it folks.
Fantastic video. I've soldered and desoldered components on PCBs before but I needed the method for these plugs and this is excellent. With all the equipment, it's costing me much more to do one plug than buying a new cable, but I'm doing it anyway because I want to have fixed it myself instead of being a helpless, skill-less consumer of disposable resources. Ordinary people can do a lot.
7 years ago but still made me chuckle :D "helpless skill-less consumer of disposable resources" - that comes on my "What are your expectations" page what i DONT want as an employee lol
the most informative and easy mini jack replacement tutorial I found, thanks, will follow it as soon as I get the jack
Thanks, I've been trying to solder this plug for well over an hour, Your video showed me a number of things I was doing wrong. Back to the bench I go!
I do love a simple no frills straight to the point video. Thanks
Very clear instructions with high production values - loved it when you inhaled those toxic fumes!!!!!
WOW this is by far THE BEST how to solder/wire a jack video in the whole of youtube... i've searched.. THANKS a bunch!
I'm soldering for the first time and making a TRRS cable. This has been very helpful, so thank you!
This is a well presented tutorial. I liked the finishing touches too (Don't inhale smoke, and visual hrefs on the video iteself). Good work.
Hey! you make it look so easy with those big strong wires but the portable headsets of senheiser have wires like hair follicles
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These hair like wires are covered with enamel and most of the time have a string entangled into them. Don't remove the string (it will make the wire even weaken and impossible to work with). Just tin the wires as they are (the string will melt from the heat and the wire will get tinned before melting). Then tin the connector. Then touch the wire to the connector and touch it with the soldering iron.
change your wires, get better sound
Very good close ups!
Thank you so much. It was so hard to find something to show me the poles/leads of the jack.
I was able to fix a set of computer speakers thanks to you.
You’re welcome.
listening to your tutorial with freshly fixed connector
thanks a lot
This was big help, thanks very much. Put it right to work tonight, repairing a 40+ year old speaker cable. It went perfectly.
This is how tutorials should be done. Thanks!
excellent tutorial mate, nice work
THANKS, GUYS! Well done, informative, helpful, brief, good pictures... An amateur like me fixed such a connector, which saved an old set of small speakers from going into the trash. :-)
NOTE: My el-cheapo speaker wires consisted of only a few tiny strands, with one white-sheathed and one naked set of strands on the left half, and one red-sheathed and one naked set of strands on the right half. I had to carefully strip the white and red sheaths before tinning them and attaching them to their respective posts. I combined the two naked strands and attached them to the ground post.
Because the wires were so thin and frail, I had to chop off the end and start over several times before I got it right. I lost probably a foot off the cable. :-)
Don't worry, we've all done that. good job on getting it working!
Thank you so much for this informative video - showing us the CORRECT WAY in which soldering should be done.
Great, short and easy tutorial.
Thanks.
Great tutorial! I worked for Stantek and they made forklift harnesses with LADD and Kometsu 24 pin/socket connectors (males and female terminals) so I did a lot of stripping and using wire cutters during my day. People should know these things like conduit, heatshrink, or sleeving. There's so many ways to improve technology by using donor parts and knowing how to solder with a little bit of electrical knowledge of circuitry. I use a fluke to test different jumper connections (alligator clips) and take apart electronic toys to replace blown capacitors or to add transistors/resistors. By the way, what would happen if you added a 10k resister into that or transducer with a diode? Ha!
Excellent video
Thanks very helpful tutorial ;) I'm going to work and must ending solder my headphones :) good job!
Miles better than most of the "how to fix your headphone cable" video's helped me fix my £100 TDK headphones, only thing left out is how to tell left channel,l right channel and earth apart,
Generally red is always right channel as far I can tell
Red-Right as you mentioned
Green-Left
Yellow/Gold/Brownish-Ground
Wow.. this is really helpful... who r in2020 November 😎
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That was great.
The hardest part is working out which is the ground wire.
Awesome video here!
Thanks! Very helpful. Glad people like you do this
Thank you, I feel confident in approaching a repair on my DPAs after viewing this :-)
Well presented and several really useful tips here. Thank you.
Very informative video. Thank you very much, I'm currently trying to do the detachable cable mod on my headphones.
Wow. Your explanation is amazing.
Congrats the best video about this subject
Awesome man .. got to learn some really kool tips ..thanks ..
Great video thanks 🙏
Thanks for great video
I saw a comment about a CB external speaker. Besides troubleshooting the basics (inserting the plug all the way into the jack, checking for a breaks inside the wire by wiggling the cable, or checking with another speaker) I can think of two possibilities. First, the speaker has a Tip Ring Sleeve or three connections and I've seen CBs work with only a Tip Sleeve or two connections on the 3.5mm jack. Second, it could be a bad plug on the CB, since the internal speaker is connected through the external speaker jack, so that when you insert an external speaker it interrupts the signal to the internal speaker as to allow the maximum volume (and matching impedance). Sometimes the jack gets bent inside and doesn't fully connect. A repair technician would open the CB and put jumper cables on the jack from the inside solder pins to bypass the jack. There are a lot of CB repair techs at truck stops. Thanks for watching.
Sir, very informational video...would like to ask could you plz show us how to make 3.5mm mic jack to micro usb and usb.
all the things you need here was explained.... thanks.
I cannot for the life of my find a jack like this, with the easy to solder tips. all I can find are the super tiny ones.
So been watching a few videos and none including this had info on which wire was left a which was right. and which was the microphone wire. I understand your cable doesn't have a mic but I feel it would be good to explain that to the lesser informed and newbies like myself.
2:44 maybe the problem is not those videos you've watched.. ;)
Thank you for saving me buying another 250 dollar pair of Sennheiser headphones , im a bit of an audiophile and can tell when the third violin is out in an orchestra. Music is life and you just helped me in my efforts to explain to my wife why the expense was crucial to my mental health.... lol and nothing against Sennheiser they're a premier product my (someone strong) toddler got a hold of my head phones in my room (she scorns child safety products such as child doorknobs, toilet locks and the like.
Anyways she loves music too god bless her, but when she was trying to steal my headphones she ripped them sideways out so half the jack bent sideways tearing the wires from the jack.
I also have sennheiser and my 3.5mm jack broken, as I see its common problem
It was useful. Thanks!
This guy's other job is a standup comedian... seriously funny !
Thx,, really helpful video...
Thanks man!
awesome video! i don't understand why you have so few subs..
Hello,
Just watched your video the cable that I am going to use has 3 strands, 1 red,1 blue,1 white, can you please tell me in what order they go on to the jack plug as the colour of the wires are different from the ones in your video. I never thought of using a crocodile clip as a heat sink,good call.
Thank you. Stay Safe.
You will need to use the continuity testers on your voltmeter to find which color goes to its respective Tip Ring (Ring) Sleeve. Then reference what device you are connecting to Pin Out. Example: PlayStation has a different pin out than XBox/Apple.
Can also use forceps, Vise grips, etc. Use needle nose pliers closed tight via a rubber band on the handles. Be creative.
instead of fuzzy close-ups a clear "DIAGRAM' would be a vast improvement.
Thank you!
Thanks man.. I know now how to solder
Nice! I'm going to make my own custom lengths.
Good video thank you- I'm trying this in the next couple of days. I thought that transparent plastic sleeve was heat shrink and would require heating, is it not? Thanks.
Thanks, it's really helpful.
What brand of solder wire did you use?it's great
Great vídeo! I cant understand why on The other vídeo you burn The colored wire? thanks!
To remove the white string and enamel
That cables pretty dope i like that spring idea do you sell cables or just teach
thank you
Very Helpful Video 5*****
Plz guide, how to connect mic wire to a 4 pole trrs jack to work on mobile phones.
Thank you very much !!! :D it was helpful
Grate video.
Nice Tutorial, But what if I had Cable with a microphone will that be any different ?
please reply
follow the microphone wire guide. 2 is hot, 3 is not, 1 is ground. Don't allow the pins to get too hot otherwise the plastic will deform and the connector pins will not make good contact.
Gee the wires they use now are so thin?
Do they get thinner every year?
Why do I get pellets when soldering? Also, why the wires would not solder to the 3.5mm jack? Thank you in advance.
+musicaman68 The pellets are just molten solder that has cooled. Spraying a mist of water on a flat surface has the same result, but much smaller pellets. If you are getting pellets on the connector leads of the jack you're adding too much solder. Some people like pooling solder on a connection, then use a solder sucker to remove the excess solder. The wires won't solder to the jack if you don't have the right amount of heat, not enough heat and the solder won't melt and/or the solder won't soak into the jack. You should heat up the jack lead with the solder iron then bring the solder to the jack lead. Also the wires won't solder to the jack if the jack is hot, the solder will melt so quickly that it will not soak to the connections, it will run off just like water. I hope this helps. Good luck. Soldering is a skill. It takes time to learn.
These wires are oldschool and easy to handle.
Try the newer thin flimsy coated wires. Very hard to solder
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I have a one wire audio jack cable ,and i want to add an audio jack with cable already that has 3 wires to it, white red and yellow how do i solder it one to each other so i can use my headphone stereo mode? how was the original jack working with just one wire in both left right channels??
Can you make a video showing what your trying to accomplish and upload it to RUclips and send me the link? You’re talking about a TipRingSleeve ¼” to ¼”? just to guess, If your source is mono, using a stereo cable won’t make it stereo. Tip=signal RingSleeve=Return
@@DixonHill Thanks for reply, I teared more of the wire apart and it actually has 3 wires, One green, One red and One copper, the other one I have with the jack plug has 3 wires too, red white and yellow, but could not managed to link them correctly I guess, I linked red to red green to white and copper to yellow, I can only hear the right speaker after soldering those wires togheter.
Good job Dixon.
-phil dixon
Thanks
My right and left channel wires were soldered backwards. Everything works. Does it really matter?
try watching a movie. yes it matters. when someone is walking from left to right you hear it right to left. songs will sound different because you are used to the normal version as well.
No, but if you watch a movie with them and a car drives by, it will sound like the car came from the opposite direction. But for music it doesn't matter.
Dixon Hill if you are listening to modern songs that are mastered by 12 year old yes. but not for good songs. there are plenty of songs that make use of stereo to give a special experience. live recordings of orchestras as well. my recommendation is yosi horikawa's letter. you can hear clearly that he is writing a letter from left to right at the start of the song.
I agree wit you Nicomaki Dota 2 channel assignment does matter, I would hate having my left on my right, but it seems that doesn't matter to him, otherwise he would have fixed it already. Will he notice, probably not. That's why I gave the example of the movie.
Dixon Hill it's a new experience haha.
Thanks !
Question: I am using Mogami W2893 which has Clear, Blue, Black and Red. If I want to make a TRS don't I only need ground and 2 wires? Which do I use and what do I do with the extra. Thank you.
You are correct you only need ground and 2 wires. As long as they are soldered/connected to the same contact on both ends it’s fine. Personally I would use the clear as ground (S), red as left (T), black as right (R), and snip the blue (which would be the mic or second R of the TRRS).
@@DixonHill thank you so much. I was looking like crazy for this answer online. This really helps. Take care.
Thanks for the video but I am still not sure which tag the red cable goes to, I don't want to connect reverse polarity, any help please.
If your making a jumper cable like what we made, make sure the red cable is on the same tab on both connectors. If you replacing a connector, do a continuity check on your old connector if possible and match the wiring, otherwise you will have to temporarily hold the wire on the tab while you use a media player that has a left and right pan to check to be sure the correct side of the headphones are playing audio.
Great video, im wondering is the solder the same to those headset with 2 separated connector for mic(pink) and phone(green)..i mean is the scheme the same for the pink one? much love from brazil
The green phone will be the same, but the pink will have a difference scheme.
Thanks, is there any risk on not using cables with ground connection?
Well yes, there is a tip a ring and a sleeve, the sleeve is normally ground, so without that sleeve, nothing will work. Now I'm imagining you you meant something different than the sleeve or ground. If your talking about the 4 pin phone headset connector (tip, ring, ring, sleeve) that extra ring is for a microphone, so you could get by without it. If your talking about a shield inside the cable, that would be helpful to keep cell phone interference out of your headset. I'm just guessing what you meant, let me know.
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Yeah, Something like that, I have a cable that has a copper external shield between the isolation and the actual black and red cables, I just connected them into the long (ground) metal thingy in the jack and it worked nice.
So I was just asking if what I did was correct. (my cable doesn't have a tinfoil shielding, just a bunch of small copper wires around the main B/R cables.
ok, i've got mini jack with upper and lower ends, not right and left like here. I suppose upper is for right channel and lower is for left channel?
also, i have 2 pairs of headphones and attached both of them without soldering to see if they work. One works, the other does not make a sound. What may be wrong? Before the process both pairs did produce sound.
If connecting a microphone, which lead do you suggest?
Are you connecting to a PlayStation, Xbox, PC, phone or other? Does it have a TRRS (four connections) or TRS (three connector)?
@@DixonHill other, it's for an instrument, and the three connector! Ty for helping me by the way!
you forgot to say the color positions on the aux
Hey, if my cable is a mono microphone output and I have a stereo jack, can I solder the cable to both channels simultaneously and have it working properly?
Arthur Winter yes, if you are using a trs connector, with a mono cable, your left and right on your connector would be sharing/splitting the same signal from the shielded wire in the cable, and the remaining bare outer copper strands of the cable would be the ground on the connector.
Cannot get the in-video links (2.07) to work and I want to see the one about smaller wires.
You're right, I can't get to the linked videos either,
Smaller: ruclips.net/video/WlRyQe-O5ME/видео.html
Larger: ruclips.net/video/QcQn7yY1_uI/видео.html
I bought a hand made cable with a 3.5 mm Neutrik jack.
Went bad after 1 year (there is visible dent in the 3.5 mm jack, not deep, but visible from normal usage).
I am want know about this type of headphones jack what group i will take plse tell on college campuses know about stereo headphones jack soldring plse tell what group sir..
If I understand you correctly, If you are on a college campus, the group to take your headset cable to to get it fixed would be the IT department, electronics class, manufacturing repair, or video broadcast. Or go to a hardware store and purchase your own solder iron kit.
@@DixonHill thank you sir and plse you take class for these headphones learning can we meet at Facebook you can teach me on face book my face book id prajin thank you sir you are a great person and God's gift🎁..
Hello, i would like to ask can i share your video on my webpage?
what if my cable..doesn't have a ground wire...how will this affect the connection...
If the cable only has 3 wires,that means it doesn't support input, only left output, right output, and ground. Leave the connector for microphone/input bare and wire your L, R, and ground.
i need help, mine had 5 cables inside, 2 red, 1 blue, 1 green and 1 brown
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Learning. I'm having a hard time getting the wire/joint hot enough to melt the solder. I'm using a small amount of solder to enhance the transfer of heat, but still I can not touch the solder to the wire and have it melt. .032 dia light duty 60/40 rosin core.
What flux r u using? Google "tinning' and that should help. Good luck m8
Thank you :)
could that jack be used one old external speaker to input TV (headphone) jack connector. speaker only has blk n red push clamp connectors.?
thanks inadvance!
larry
Yes!
I have a pair of Sony pro headphones and the conductors are green, brass-colored and copper-colored, with no apparent insulation on them at all. How does that work?
Click on the tiny wire part of the video, it's a thin clear insulated coating that is easily burned off.
Done! They work, but the right channel seems louder than the left.
hi, i replaced my desktop speaker 1/8" connector recently. but after i tested it sounded a little reverb than normal. maybe i mixed the wires?
As I've barely tried soldering before I'm a little scared to get it wrong. What would be the worst case scenario if I accidentaly short circuit the wires and try to use the cable with my music player, phone and things like that?
Rule #1 make your the cable is not connected to a device, if it is, unplug the power before soldering (no plasma balls). Now to your question. A typical TRRS phone earbuds use a button to control an assistant like Siri. They do this by shorting out two wires. You can always use a continuity meter to check if you have a short before you plug it in to your device. When you do plug in (preferable not on your expensive phone, maybe an old CD player) test it for a few seconds, if it doesn’t work unplug it. Then troubleshoot. I can’t say you won’t damage anything, but just be cautious and increase the volume slowly.
@@DixonHill Thank you for taking the time to answer me 🙏
@Dixon Hill Hey, thanks for the uber informative video helped tons. I was too a send you an email or private message or something but I'm not hip to how you tube works like that so I guess I'll just ask here.
I have a tip unlike the ones you used with0 holes only wings and bare access to the poles how do I do it on these?
+S.K. Achtwone Thanks for asking. The holes are nice and help hold the cables in place while you solder. Although they are not necessary. Tin the end of each wire then tin the wing, tin just means apply a thin layer of solder. Then sandwich the wire between the wing and your soldering iron. Hold the wire in place and remove the iron. Once the solder has cooled it will hold on to the wire and you have a good solder. Out of curiosity where did you get the tip?
+Dixon Hill Thanks 😎👍
How do i solder a 1/8 mini Jack with a resistor in circuit?
I would solder(-) the trimmed end resistor(w) in where you would put the wire (=), then add a long shrink wrap(…) that will cover everything after it cools, then solder(-) the resistor to the wire(~], and use the shrink wrap as support.
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Where are the links he referenced?!
RUclips decided long ago to stop allowing links. ruclips.net/video/WlRyQe-O5ME/видео.html ruclips.net/video/QcQn7yY1_uI/видео.html
My headphones have those tiny wires!, how do I solder those!!!?
same way once you have burned off the clear coating of each wire. Be sure to click on the link to tiny wires.
Thanks!
Anybody know any video about 3.5mm mass production soldering?
hola amigo como le va ?
te hago una consulta tengo un problema . le quiero instalar un 3.5 mm jack HEMBRA para mi amplificador tiene radio y conexión vía bluetooth y no tiene entrada de auriculares tu sabes como es la configuración para poder instalarlo ? e buscado un video que me hable de ese tema y no lo hay, y tampoco fotos que muestre bien el armado o el diagrama no lo veo . ya agote mis recurso, por eso te pido esta ayuda ,,,, yo quiero separa el audio del parlante con el auricular yo se que el 3.5 mm jack HEMBRA cumple como un interruptor cuando conecta el auricular
Si yo no sé que en lo que necesita . Pongo el enlace para el transmisor y el receptor. www.mcmelectronics.com/product/555-16066 www.mcmelectronics.com/product/555-16071
For a beginner...I was completely lost at 2:44 to 2:56. I wouldn't know which is the left or right channel or ground..even if the jack is propped. So i'm assuming the tip has to point to the right in order to figure that out. I like to think that it would've been easier to distinguish by the color of the cord ( I thought they have some universal color code)
You need to use a multi meter. The tip of the jack is left channel so place one lead of the meter on the tip and touch the wires coming out and test for continuity. Which ever gives you a reading is the left channel wire. If you have an analog meter you need to use a 9v battery. Connect the tip (left) to the + side of the battery pole then do the same as before. Which ever wire is showing continuity is the left channel. The meter should beep when a connection presents itself. As the video states 3.5 mm plugs are universal ..the tip is left the ring is right and the base (sleeve) is ground. Great video btw thanks guise
@@MrLucifuge1973 Some jacks have a tip, ring, ring, sleeve layout. for the microphone. do you know what is the universal layout for these jacks?
@@AimYTYT Yes. These are TRRS jacks.
Tip - Left audio channel
Ring - Right audio channel
Ring - Ground
Sleeve - Mic
Hey can you help I do not really under stand
How long do you need to hold the iron on a braided wire until hot enough to melt the solder that is touching the wire (for tinning)?
How long needed to hold the iron on the terminal to heat the solder that is touching the terminal-to-wire joint?
In each case, I hold it there for what seems like minutes (maybe it’s only a minute?) while I feel the solder hot between my fingers, and the wire hot between my fingers, but the solder ain’t melting?
How can the solder I’m holding be so hot that it hurts my fingers a bit, while the heat at the point where the solder is touching the wire or terminal that the iron is heating is not hot enough to melt the solder????
The correct answer is, until it melts the solder, you may need a different solder iron to quickly get the solder molten, but short enough to keep the circuit board from warming up and de soldering a different component. You need a hotter, more expensive, more wattage iron. Which also means you need to be more careful with how much heat you apply. Also if you're tip is burnt, looks rusted, instead of shiny, you need a new tip. Don't burn up your next one by leaving the iron on for a long time.
Thanks for your answer, Dixon!
How long would one expect the iron be held on the wire, and on the terminal, as I mentioned in the comment, in order to melt the solder? Is a whole minute (or minuteS) not uncommon? And is it not uncommon to feel the solder heat up between fingers to almost too hot to hold, without it actually melts an inch or two away at the point where the heated element (braided wire or terminal) is touching the solder?
Tip doesn't look rusted or burnt, it's shiny, as I've left it coated with solder,as per instructions I've seen online.
Thanks again!