How to Fix Broken Headphone Cables
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2014
- Like us and have a pile of broken earbuds and headphones? Learn the easy way to fix your broken headphone cable. You can go fancy connector-wise, but a simple Radioshack "1/8" Stereo Phone Plug" will do the trick.
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My left ear really enjoyed this video.
homerun443 same
+Bob Fisherman3 same
homerun443 my right ear
homerun443 mine too
homerun443 me too
The whole thing should have been filmed close up
David Lionel
I know right? Couldn't see shit in the beginning
Word!
This is a good video but they forgot to mention a fundamental point. When you strip your cables you will essentially be left with four wires (for a set of standard headphones without a mic). Before burning off the coating cut your red 'pair' a little bit shorter so that you know which is which. The two uncoloured wires are grounds and will eventually be soldered to the gold leg. It makes it easier to burn the grounds first so that you can twist them together ready to be soldered onto the gold leg. Then burn the coloured wires and then length of the wire will let you know which is red and which is green. I originally burnt my wires and twisted the red with its ground and did the same with the green and had little to no sound which is probably what a lot of people here are finding. Hope this helps 👍
thx
Nice catch!
Both sides of my headphones work again! Thank you, I soldered it myself and it worked. No more cutting out on the left side. First time soldering too.
oh wow, didn't realize it was this simple. I have a headset with a broken jack sitting in my drawer for over 4 years now. There was this white fiber type thing inside with the different wires. This video has inspired me to attempt to repair it once more!
Ignore the fiber, it will burn right off!
the fiber is a nylon or cotton reinforcement for the wires so that flexing the wire doesn't break it
@@lukeskywalker6755 Except that shit never seems to do anything other than get in the way of fixing broken wires or intimidating newbies away from trying to self-repair.
I watching this with no sound. Guess why.
LOL ME TOO
Idk, why?
me too dude i need to use my headphones BUT its broken
AIDS?
Same 😆
Wow. After all these years I stumble upon Patrick Norton again, yey! So happy that the TechTV crew is still kicking it strong on youtube!
Your tips and the fix worked like a charm, thank you both very much!
Every video. "Very easy to fix it." Totally
Nice work guys - easy to understand, good delivery, wise counsel.
Thanks for making this video. I followed it step by step and was able to successfully replace the jack on my headphones. Thanks!
Excellent vid, the first one I found on the subject that actually tells you which wires go to which terminal on the jack!
But it's very hard to solder such tiny wires. You need surgeon hands for this kinda work.
I just fixed my favourite earplugs with my first ever soldering. Thanks for the video :)
good job solder! ... i mean soldier! hahaha
@@Synthpoptroubadour😂
watching this in 2020 and watching him sneeze caused a "corona" scream in my head.
oh wow this comment brings me right back xd
Great Walk through! First time soldering and this definitely helped.
Love this, love the vibes. Thanks for the simple instructions. Subbed!
Guys, I, while living, have achieved greatness at fixing headphones. Advice: after soldering & testing, REINFORCE the place where wire attaches to the plug! How? Superglue/liquid cement. Those glues are runny when you squeeze them out of the tube, but after a few minutes become gooey and like spiderweb. USE that 'spiderweb'. Wrap it around the spot you soldered plus half an inch onto the wire (many layers, generously). Before that (before even soldering, put a spring from a pen onto the wire. Once first batch of 'spiderweb' solidifies, pull (screw) the pen spring onto the spot and add more spiderweb. Wait 24 hours for joint to become hard as a rock, slap some black insulating tape of shrink tubing on top - the end. You get headphone jack that NEVER breaks off.
zzzontag Can you help me in fixing my headset wire? I have no idea with the color codes.
Felmea Mercado u should test them using yr phone
Keep changing the spots of the wires till u hear good and correctly then solder them and add super glue and tape and u are all ready to go :D
Is that a challenge
the link to the jack doesnt work guys
Watch this video repairing skullcandy earphone: ruclips.net/video/AQs2_FZvtBo/видео.html
You guys need more subscribers! Thanks for the info. Great stuff!!
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
The burned enamel residue and, if you burn for a long time, the copper oxide are very good insulators AND very good at preventing solder adhesion.
It's therefore best to GENTLY use some fine grit sandpaper to remove it. Either press the wires gently onto the sandpaper and drag OR fold the sandpaper over the wires and pull. Try to rotate the wires between swipes to expose as much copper as possible. Be gentle!
The tip about using a lighter to burn the coatings is very useful, thank you. I just cut a different cable with a good jack and tied the wires together - no soldering :)
is this patched?
Nice one guys. I love the disclaimers thrown in. Very funny...
Thanks! I had a cable/soldering lose inside my k701 and didn't know how to take them apart so I could fix them. Thanks to your video I have yet again working headphones.
Thank you for the lighter tip! All smooth sailing from there.
Gday. Why is it 99% of ALL headphone repair videos lacking the wiring information to connect the wires on the EAR BUDS , they all spend time at the end that connects to the source, but no video shows the wires from each ear bud, espically for studio headphones
because that's much more complicated
@@guineapig55555 Which is exactly why there should be more videos on it. No one needs a bunch of videos on simple shit. That's like looking up videos on math an having 10,000 on addition and two on calculus. We don't need this many videos on the same simple thing.
@@pavmx703 Totally agree. I'm looking for resources on how to wire up a total cable replacement for headphones, and where to buy the parts to do so. Really would like to do an all-around upgrade the quality of the cables from stock/oem.
its easier than to replace the jack
you just replace the cable up to the speakers
each speakers is marked with - +
brown its the ground
and red is R
green L
really helped when I was trying to repair my earphone jack, thumbs up!
Very good and easy. You can take it to the next level with shrink tubes before soldering or moulding into tiny amount of hotglue.
I an watching this with broken headphones so I couldn't hear no shit.
I am hearing this from only left ear :(
+Saad same
+Saad me too im hearing this on my left ear
lol
me too. lol
What soldering iron model do you recommend?
Or, at least, what minimum wattage?
And I notice you use a tip with a fine point instead of a flat head -- does that help keep the tip hotter?
Also, do you use solder with or without lead in it? I know the non-leaded kind is safer/healthier, but for the life of me, I cannot get it to melt and work, so I just resort to the leaded kind. What do you use?
I would love it if you guys would do a short vid just on soldering and soldering irons (I did not see in your video list but I might be blind).
Thanks for the tip today! I am running out to my Radio Shack (the last one remaining in my area before they go the way of the carrier pidgeon) to pick up a 1/8" jack and do it!
non-leaded seems to need more heat. I modify airsoft toys so I've got a bit of experience when the leaded wasn't available, I too had a bunch of problems getting it both to get hot enough to melt and stay that hot long enough to get whatever I was doing done.
Thank you! I just ordered 5 trrs connectors to fix my broken headphoneS! Great channel
For those that have the Steel Series Arctis with their proprietary cable and random disconnects, audio only on one side or phone adapter not working without fiddling with the cable you can take a hammer and tap lightly the tip of the male connector (not the jack, their weird usb like cable) so that when you insert it in the female connector the metal housing pushes the contacts properly. This is how I fixed mine.
I tried this and went from sound coming from my left ear to no sound at all. Thanks guys.
Thanks! I was trying to fix my headphones and removing the wax from the cables was the thing I was missing. This really helped
Well done video. Thanks guys.
Have you ever replaced the in-ear/bud piece? I need to take the buds from one set and attach them to the cord for another set. I'm assuming this is possible as I believe the internal wiring is all the same.
Lol, my headphones broke and I cant hear the video.
sorry, i cant hear ur comment
Sorry what ? I'm blind
@Polite Gordon Ramsay then why are you here for a Headphone fixing video?😑
Watch this video repairing skullcandy earphone: ruclips.net/video/AQs2_FZvtBo/видео.html
I can save millions with this
Awesome. Very helpful! Would love to see a video of you guys repurposing a cheap amplifier for a helmet. Currently working on this for a Halloween costume.
As far as standards, I was repairing my headphones with a 3.5mm connector that had some pre-cut wire on it. (The headphones had a short cable that I didn't want to make any shorter.) The headphones had red, white, and green and the replacement connector had red white and black. I ended up doing some research to see what wires did what depending on the wiring scheme.
How the fuck am i supposed to hear when my headphones are broken?
RUclips CC option
Dominik dont USE URE HEADPHONE IDIOT
Dominik take the headphones *out*
How else is watching this with one side headphones 😂
Thank the heavens I found this! I just got new headphone yesterday, good ones too, and they are already broken. I'm gonna do this soon so I can get back to what I was going to do.
It would be helpful if you labeled your video to include the word jack since you actually fix the jack and not the cable. I happened to come across this, thank God, as it was just what I needed. Great instruction, very detailed and easy to follow.
Next vid project... How to REINFORCE your headphones so they withstand this kind of breakage :P
Plasti dip the area of the cord that has the most wear, made my phone charger last months longer
TheOutdoorsGeek What's plasti dip? :)
Hassan Selim Plasti Dip is a rubbery coating, people use it for everything from tool handles to custom cars. www.plastidip.com/
patrick norton oh I know that thing, I just didn't know it had a special name (I thought it was just "rubber" :D), and I didn't know you could easily apply it on something at your home/garage, I thought it was a very industrial process, interesting :)
(also thanks for being awesome and replying to me :D)
Buy good headphones. It's better buy 200 dollar headphones once per 5 years than 20 dollar headphones every month.
Excellent!!! I get through so many headphones due to this problem! All you need to do now is pronounce soldering correctly :P
Our British coworker is convinced that we pronounce it that way just to mess with him.
DIY Tryin Sol-Der-Ing sounds so odd compared to Sah-der-ing, lol.
patrick norton Do you guys also spell in wrong? :D
English English that is all :P
But Britain came first they are right
Thanks guys - gonna give this a shot. Now have - count them - 3 broken headphones and I'LL BE DAMNED IF I'LL BUY ANOTHER SET UNTIL I FIX AT LEAST ONE OF THESE!
This is what I was in search of. Thanks a ton.
One time I was fixing my good old Philips she9000 then I finished soldering I realized I didn't put the plug cover on the cable before.
ALL OF MY HATE.
So funny and annoying at the same time
Right after I threw away my broken headphones, I see this.
I chanced upon this video. Excellent presentation! Keep going guys!
Thanks im gonna do this this week end, plus entertaining banter liked and subbed
This COULD be a good video but MY HEADPHONES ARE BROKEN SO I CANT HEAR!
Aaron Gould unplug them
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Sorry :(. But it's how we get paid to make videos.
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MyWillyboi Thanks!
+MyWillyboi hey don't think it has anything to with a "RUclips policy". Curators can choose to monetize their content with ads, and therefore earn money.
+MyWillyboi USE AN ADBLOCKER!! Unless you're on mobile because that's too much work for watching a 30-second ad.
You guys are great!
Thanks for the video
Super helpful and super simple for a first video.
How the fuck am I supposed to do ALL of that myself?!
I don't have those tool at all to fix my cheap $5 head phones
Daphneamy360 Then buy new headphones bum
or buy tools bum
or dont buy $5 dollar headphones and they wont break bum
+jacobb really? i bought ones that cost 149e. and guess why im here
MAX-TastiC cause you take shitty care of your headphones bum
Thanks to you, I finally repaired my 1984 Sony MDR-70 headphones ! Works like a charm :-)
I gave you a like for teaching me to burn the headphone cable! That's gold!
I would prefer watching what they are doing, not who they are
i cant hear anything IF MY HEADPHONES DOESNT WORK
The joke is funny no matter how many times you all keep posting it.
Do you look up how to fix a broken cell phone screen while surfing on your broken cell phone ?
Besides who the fuck doesn't have some speakers ?
*C a p t i o n s*
This video was the first thing that popped up when I search to figure out why one of my wires looked so weird. Fire solved it, thanks!
Great job guys just subscribed great content keep the videos coming
I inhaled... what now? do I hold it in?... please respond quick :)
Uhhh...are u alive?!
I know im 3 years late but if youre still holding, dont worry it should come out of your ass
@@shawnkay5462 i mean he hasnt responded yet..
Wtf am I doing here, I'm listening to this with my headphones
You guys may have saved my $100 studio headphones! I will be DIYing this when Radioshack opens ~Thanks :D
thanks a lot ,worked for me
i didn't know about the insulated coating :)
Or just buy a new headphones wire.. more expensive to get the equipment in the first place.
Sun Trail Not all headphones can do that..
What's the point of buying a new wire if the original wire is SOLDERED TO THE HEADPHONES in the first place.
You can't just rip it out and expect to find a 3,5mm jack underneath it. To fix non-modular headphones, you have to do some soldering.
*GREAT So I can go out today and spend $30 on a pair of good earbuds or I can go spend $15 on a cheap soldering iron $25 on a magnifying micro clamping contraption and $5-7 on pckge of jack input ends and spend an hour + swearing and cursing and burning my fingers😃*.
R Curtis this might be for those of us with $100+ headsets. In which case, yes, its a very cheap fix.
Justin Foreman Good Point
The tools would be used for future projects, hopefully.
Yeah, but you have those earbuds only until those break down too. You get one soldering kit and can use it to repair your headphones and whatever else countless times, only rarely needing to buy some new solder for a buck or two.
R Curtis 😂😂😂, the cooked smell of your flesh😂😂. I know man.
Man I’ve wiggled mine so much both ends are unwired and tapped up but hopefully this will help. I sooo am afraid 😱 to do the example your showing. I’ve been shocked one to many times. Thanks was helpful still.
I dont know how to THANK u
really i needed to know how to uncover that material which coating the 3 wires of the headphone but i connected them with something more easy it was a READY cable a ready plug(a 2 male Plug Cable) i cut one of them and used it with no need the soldering stuff
Currently as of age 15, I have destroyed and gone through 70 pairs of crappy headphones.
Blake.TV with the price of those headphones you could have bought one awesome pair of headphones :P
Dude you're 20 now, how weird is that?
Thanks! Helped a lot, headphones working like new :)
Thank you, that helps. Now to go pick up some solder and give it shot. Is it the same for the 3.5 L shaped plugs? The plastic housing doesn't look like it's threaded. If it is, it's beyond finger tight-I'll have to try the pliers on it. Thumbs up.
Great lesson! Thanks!
I'm going to try this on my KOSS PortaPros that I got two christmas' ago and use regularly.
That's an interesting soldering method. I remember from soldering projects as a kid that melting solder onto the tip if the iron and then rubbing it onto the connectors would have been bad form. If that because these connections are so small and delicate?
Thanks.. You helped me save my headphone.. Was planning for a new pair.... Thanks a million..
This is saving me a fortune, Thank you.
worked for me,thank you!
this is the first vid i watch from u guys and i really liked your video .. i dont even have broken headphones lol but nice clip
Thanks for give me more knowledge.
OMG I did forget the cover piece once (had to put it the wire first ) so glad I was not the only one.
Excellent video!
hey, this was the video that finally helped, thx
Lol. Plugging radio shack in the video. Love it
Killer! Im going to buy the supplies soonn
Many thanks for this insightful video. You say at around the 4:02 mark the various colors of the wires and where they go, you say the outer pin is red, which outer pin would that be? If I look down on my jack I have two 'outer' pins on the left and the right. Does the red go on my right hand side pin or my left hand side pin? To also be clear, I am using a four-pole TRRS audio/mic jack so I have four colored wires: red, green, blue, and gold. I am assuming the gold goes in the same place as yours, the green at the top as you say in the video and the red and blue? Many thanks in advance for whatever answer is given.
It would help if I could hear what your saying
+Brutus Magnus IKR xD Same
You're
+Brutus Magnus Even i cant hear anything so use captions
Why don't you just remove the earphones then you can hear better
+Brutus Magnus subtitles bruh..
what soldering tool do you recommend? thank you for the video.
That electronics magnifier with the clips, I just used mine like that yesterday! (was trying to fix a broken iphone 5s, i think its dead Jim, might have fried display because I didnt disconnect battery before working on it)
Very useful, thank you.
THANKS FOR HELPING ME TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM
thanks for advice Dr. Hofstadter
thanks for making this video! :)
WOW just found your channel. Are you doing this at a public access station your area. Great job you two. ____ Busters here you come.
My giant over-ear headphones with 50mm drivers had an inline mic, but all the headphone wires went through the mic's circuit board, and the wire for the left channel broke off the circuit board. After a few hours of trying to solder the tiniest wire to a circuit board, I gave up, desoldered all the wires, chucked the circuit board into my parts bin, and just directly soldered all the speaker wires to one another. It works wonderfully now! I did that 2 years ago and it is still holding up to this very day. however, by doing that, they don't have a mic anymore, but the mic was crap anyways so I didn't really care. Sadly, I might have to get new ones as the plastic diaphragm is starting to get crinkly and whenever I put it to max volume, I get terrible distortion as a result (it gets unbearably loud for me, and I always listen on medium volume). On medium volume though, it still works wonderfully. Also, they sound way better than beats and I got them for about 50 bucks 3-4 years ago. (if you are curious, the model # is JVC HA-MR55X). Ah, isn't diy fun?
Really helpful thanks
YOU SAVED MY LIFE THANK YOU😭😭😭
A very thank you for your 'fire' trick :)) I really appreciate :)) I just subscribed! :-)
well i dont have any resources to do this but happy to get the info