seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU (Scott Seligman) (06/20/91)
Could someone explain how standard and mini stereo plugs are wired
when used for headphones? I'll go way out on a limb here and
hypothesize that the shell is common, but which of the ring and
tip correspond to the left and right channels?
tnx,
Scott Seligman
Internet: seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU
UUCP: {decwrl,uunet,sun}!cs.stanford.edu!seligmanbrendan@otc.otca.oz (Brendan Jones) (06/21/91)
in article <1991Jun19.204344.19095@neon.Stanford.EDU>, seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU (Scott Seligman) says: > Could someone explain how standard and mini stereo plugs are wired > when used for headphones? I'll go way out on a limb here and > hypothesize that the shell is common, but which of the ring and > tip correspond to the left and right channels? Well, the mini plugs I've seen (and wired up) go like this: SHELL - Ground (common) RING - Right TIP - Left The easiest way to remember this is the Ring is Right. Cheers, -- Brendan Jones | ACSnet: brendan@otc.otca.oz.au | What does R&D Contractor | UUCP: {uunet,mcvax}!otc.otca.oz.au!brendan | your Services R&D | Phone: (02)2873128 Fax: (02)2873299 | company |||| OTC || | Snail: GPO Box 7000 Sydney 2001, AUSTRALIA | export?
alan_c@cix.compulink.co.uk (Alan Chapman) (06/21/91)
In-Reply-To: <1991Jun19.204344.19095@neon.Stanford.EDU> seligman@CS.Stanford.E- DU (Scott Seligman) seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU (Scott Seligman) writes: > hypothesize that the shell is common, but which of the ring and > tip correspond to the left and right channels? We always wire ours up: tip: left ring: right shell: common Alan Chapman. Audio Developments Ltd.
chaplin@keinstr.uucp (chaplin) (06/25/91)
In article <1991Jun19.204344.19095@neon.Stanford.EDU> seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU (Scott Seligman) writes: >Could someone explain how standard and mini stereo plugs are wired >when used for headphones? I'll go way out on a limb here and >hypothesize that the shell is common, but which of the ring and >tip correspond to the left and right channels? > >tnx, >Scott Seligman > >Internet: seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU >UUCP: {decwrl,uunet,sun}!cs.stanford.edu!seligman I figured it out once, but that was at home and this is at work. It's really very simple to determine. Just put a set of headphones on and connect one terminal of a 1.5V battery to one of the three conductors on the headphone plug (do I need to say "use a piece of wire"?). Touch the other terminal of the battery to one of the other plug conductors and see if you hear anything. Repeat the test on all the combinations of plug conductors and you can deduce the wiring scheme. -- Roger Chaplin / Instruments Division Engineering / "Though I'd been lost now I chaplin@keinstr.uucp / CI$: 76307,3506 / felt I was found when He #include <disclaimer.h> / looked at me with His #include "disclaimer.h" /* cover all bases */ / forgiving eyes." - Michael Card