10 replies to this topic

[smurfanders]

Hi,

have any of you guys found any decent replacement headphones for the SPL or better yet a 3,5mm adapter that goes into the utterly stupid usb-connector?


/A\nders

...can't wait for WM6

[jbourdon]

Had to do my own. not very complicated.
cut the original headphones.
solder a 3.5 jack from Maplin on it.
easy. works well. cheap.
only problem: the phone switches to headset by measuring low impedance of headphones. so it works with my headphones, but doesn't if I put a cable to my hifi...

[Midnight Cowboy]

I haven't found any in the UK yet, although ebay lists a couple if you don't mind paying to ship them from the US. Here's one for about a fiver all in:

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...VQQcmdZViewItem

[jbourdon]

bought 2 different ones before I made my own.
neither worked.

[marekaq]

Midnight Cowboy, on Mar 15 2007, 23:41, said:

I haven't found any in the UK yet, although ebay lists a couple if you don't mind paying to ship them from the US. Here's one for about a fiver all in:

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...VQQcmdZViewItem

I have a V3 headphone and it doesn't work for i.mate SPL . So don't buy nothing.

Edited by marekaq, 16 March 2007 - 10:40 AM.

[Midnight Cowboy]

Not being able to use proper headphones with it is a real pain. I bought this phone with the intention of using it as an mp3 player - but the phones that come with it (and so far, it seems, the only ones that are going to work) are utter rubbish.

Darn! I think I'm going to end up sticking with my trusty SPV C500...

[jbourdon]

Grr!

>Not being able to use proper headphones with it is a real pain

you can. I did it. I'ts cheap (99p connector at Maplin). just requires 10 min (cutting original cable, stripping insulator, soldering to new connector et voila ...

[marekaq]

jbourdon, on Mar 19 2007, 08:50, said:

Grr!

>Not being able to use proper headphones with it is a real pain

you can. I did it. I'ts cheap (99p connector at Maplin). just requires 10 min (cutting original cable, stripping insulator, soldering to new connector et voila ...

Can you post some pics or scheme for this mod? Thanks

[jbourdon]

marekaq, on Mar 21 2007, 20:21, said:

Can you post some pics or scheme for this mod? Thanks

here you are:
http://spl.fotopic.net/c1237139.html

RED wire goes to copper side of the connector
GREEN goes to steel side of the connector
Both ~grounds go o middle (underside of the connector)

Yes, I am a micro-electronics engineer, but it is so easy, just soldering skills.

Have fun

[marekaq]

jbourdon, on Mar 22 2007, 19:49, said:

here you are:
http://spl.fotopic.net/c1237139.html

RED wire goes to copper side of the connector
GREEN goes to steel side of the connector
Both ~grounds go o middle (underside of the connector)

Yes, I am a micro-electronics engineer, but it is so easy, just soldering skills.

Have fun

Great thank you, but I have another idea, because I don't want to destroy my original headphones.
I want to buy the motorola miniusb/jack 3.5 adaptor like this one:


or this one + jack


than I want to open the miniusb connector and cut & sold skills, but I dont know the SPL connectors.


Can you tell me something about this project?

Marco

[jbourdon]

marekaq, on Mar 27 2007, 14:12, said:

Great thank you, but I have another idea, because I don't want to destroy my original headphones.
I want to buy the motorola miniusb/jack 3.5 adaptor like this one:


or this one + jack


than I want to open the miniusb connector and cut & sold skills, but I dont know the SPL connectors.


Can you tell me something about this project?

Marco

shame, I had bought connectors for motorola AND HPC something,  but trashed them as they were useless.
one thing I can tell is official motoroal usb to phone cable charges the SPL fine. I'm doing this right now with a colleague's cable

yes, it is a valid solution.
just have to find which wire connects to which pin.
I could try to find out. what would be really cool, would be to make a connector that charges and allows headphones at the same time. but I doubt it is possible. (5pins: 1 common, maybe 2, 2headphones (left and right), 1 microphone)

I think my solution fits my needs better, I as I can make use of the microphone for calls too, rather than just listen to music.

If I had to do it without cutting my original headphones, I'd rather start from scratch. you may need to get thermoshrink sleeve to make it look ok-ish. the motorola connector doesn't have much lenght, it may make the process uneasy, + if you badword up ....