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G1zm0:
i cut the ends of a pair of head phones, one has a blue and gold wire ( like bits of thread)
the other green and gold,
the gold ones will be ground and the other 2 l and r
will these be ok since they are like thread?
also woud wire work?
Zebidee:
Yes , the 'gold' wires (actually copper or copper alloy) are ground. The threads surround the other wires to reduce electrical interference. Twist the exposed threads together to make a wire.
The blue and green ones should be left and right. The only real reservation I have about saying this is that some cheap headphones only put a single channel (usually the left one) through to both speakers. Other than hooking it up and using your ears, The only way to be 100% sure is to use a multimeter and check connectivity with the jack plug sleeve connections, as shown in this pic from Franco B's post:
You can buy a cheap digital multimeter from a hardware store for about $10-15. Use the diode test function ( symbol looks like this: ->| )
G1zm0:
i tryed using meter. it tryed to do a continuity test but it didnt beep, thats why i was unsure of these type of wire, can ordinary wire be used?
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: G1zm0 on June 20, 2008, 05:07:42 am ---i tryed using meter. it tryed to do a continuity test but it didnt beep, thats why i was unsure of these type of wire, can ordinary wire be used?
--- End quote ---
Not sure what you mean. If you aren't getting any beeps at all, then you are probably aren't using your multimeter correctly
There is a guide to using multimeters posted here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=68787.0
G1zm0:
i swapped it out for another jack, that one must have been crap, and beeping ok
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