Fixed my Headphones...
Mar. 8th, 2023 07:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carlfoxmartenWhile the headphones I use the most are fully wireless BlueTooth ones, I started off with Sony's MDR-G45 (not the in-ear G45LP that came later, I gather) and used them a lot. I listened to a ton of music on my MP3 players through those!
Enough that I have at least two pairs right now, and both should have broken wires near the plug end by now. One is stored in a box for further experimentation (I'd wanted to convert them to pure BlueTooth at one point, but never quite figured out how at the time), and the other is hanging over my desk as a backup option for my gaming headset.
This latter pair definitely had a problem with its cable, as I'd tried to listen to something on my laptop, but its cable definitely caused problems.
It took me a while to figure out how to solder to the new plug (as there's no tabs like on older style plugs), but it's working again.
Slightly annoyingly, I have a whole bag full of four-contact 3.5mm headphone plugs, but appear to be entirely out of the three-contact ones. Much as I'd have loved to use a standard three-contact plug (due to it only being a pair of headphones with no microphone), as all I have are four-contact, I'd wanted to include both a microphone jack and a play/pause button. Because the option is there, of course.
I'd even found the information necessary to add up to three additional buttons for other functions, but didn't have the confidence to give that a try at the time.
But it works now, and I have ideas for how to add functionality for next time, so we'll see how long this repair lasts.
Enough that I have at least two pairs right now, and both should have broken wires near the plug end by now. One is stored in a box for further experimentation (I'd wanted to convert them to pure BlueTooth at one point, but never quite figured out how at the time), and the other is hanging over my desk as a backup option for my gaming headset.
This latter pair definitely had a problem with its cable, as I'd tried to listen to something on my laptop, but its cable definitely caused problems.
It took me a while to figure out how to solder to the new plug (as there's no tabs like on older style plugs), but it's working again.
Slightly annoyingly, I have a whole bag full of four-contact 3.5mm headphone plugs, but appear to be entirely out of the three-contact ones. Much as I'd have loved to use a standard three-contact plug (due to it only being a pair of headphones with no microphone), as all I have are four-contact, I'd wanted to include both a microphone jack and a play/pause button. Because the option is there, of course.
I'd even found the information necessary to add up to three additional buttons for other functions, but didn't have the confidence to give that a try at the time.
But it works now, and I have ideas for how to add functionality for next time, so we'll see how long this repair lasts.
