Just recently started a new job as a truck driver again and it requires me to be in contact with customers fairly often, I hate the feel of earbuds in my ear and with the truck running I sometimes cannot hear the speakerphone. So I picked up a set of headphones with a wand style mic. My issue is that there are 2 separate plugs ( one for earphones and one for mic) and our phones only have one socket, can I just purchase a 2 into 1 jack and make the headphones and mic function properly?
Technically yes. But you need to make sure the input on the adapter states microphone. Those type of headsets are for computers and telephones.
Something like this.
HTTX 3.5mm Male to Female Headset Splitter Adapter for Headphones With Two separate Headphone / Microphone plugs- 3.5mm 4 position Male to Dual 3 position Female Plugs M/F https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAVSPOY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_OHyFzbW9WK1PS
justin94 said:
Technically yes. But you need to make sure the input on the adapter states microphone. Those type of headsets are for computers and telephones.
Something like this.
HTTX 3.5mm Male to Female Headset Splitter Adapter for Headphones With Two separate Headphone / Microphone plugs- 3.5mm 4 position Male to Dual 3 position Female Plugs M/F https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HAVSPOY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_OHyFzbW9WK1PS
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Yes it does have indicators on it showing a microphone on one plug and a speaker on the other plug.
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Ok, the xda as a 4 pin jack, correct?
It has the ground, the in, and the out.
So, can we amplify the signal from the out to a speaker?
And can we switch a microphone at the in pin?
Thats just an ideia!
Thanks... Ricardo Gomes
i believe that making a converter which takes 1 stereo jack for sound out
and 1 mono jack for sound in is easy to do
if you cant find connectors you can always canabilize a working headset
and cut it's wires and solder them to a female stereo mini jack and a mono minijack
Rudegar said:
i believe that making a converter which takes 1 stereo jack for sound out
and 1 mono jack for sound in is easy to do
if you cant find connectors you can always canabilize a working headset
and cut it's wires and solder them to a female stereo mini jack and a mono minijack
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yes, I know, but how can i amplify the sound for the speaker?
If you want an external speaker for use in your car, which amplifies the sound from your XDA, you could consider to buy one of these:
http://www.arkon.com/CM530.html
Of course, it would not give you the satisfaction of making something on your own, and it can't be used other places than in your car.
you could use a car tape deck and just solver the wires from the pda on the place where the tape connects to it's amp it's all AUX signals
i have also seen a tape looking device with a minijack wire out of it if you convert the mini jack to the pda's strange jack it would also work
the tape looking device
http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/shop/_templates/item_main_Rio.asp?model=69&cat=16
it should work with other devices then the sonic blue rio but there are also others who makes them
Hi guys,
Wonder if one can just buy one of those car cassette adapters and a 3.5 to 2.5 mm pin adapter to use the car stereo system as an amplifier and play mp3 music?
Cheers
Vic
Yes, but I dont have cassete in my car, I have a radio with frontCD. What I want is just a system that conects to the jack on the xda to speak into a micro and listen in a speaker. I dont need to plug it to the sound car system.
Being a deaf old git (not totally but my hearing is not as good as I would like), I want to add a pair of apmlified speakers to the PDA so I can hear the voices in my Tom Tom on the Apline clearer since the socket is a 2.5 stero type plug does anyone know which is which on the connections please?
you should read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1526625#post1526625
I presume your referring to the Garmin 2.5mm to 3.5mm Jack Adaptor?
nice but not what I was really after
I have found a small set of speakers with a 3.5 jack on the end all that concerns me is the standard headset that comes with the IIi is headset and mic I presumed that a common return (usually the last outer connection and I imagine one of the terminals is for sound and one for mic if so it means only mono sound which is different to what I have been lead to believe just need to know which is the sound out connections on the plug so I can buy a 2.5 plug and wire them up.
The other thing I suppose is I could get a bluetooth headset if the sound from the Tom Tom comes over that but that is a unknown also
i was not talking about the post i made in that thread but more about the DIY stuff people were doing
more about the connector wiring here
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Connectors
that would have been exactly what I wanted only thing it wasn't for the Apline unfortunately
Audio connections on himilaya and alpine are identical.
then one of us is wrong as the connections shown are on a FOUR pin connector my Alpine has a working THREE pin connector
not sure about alpine but i had no probs using my old wallaby headset and cradle on alpines sibling called himalaya
Well I seem to be a blind old git because I just noticed there is a inset on the plug and it is a four connection job sorry guys I only recently got given this thing and a quick glace it looks like three connections but one is inset behind the shield
The 2.5mm connector on BOTH Alpine & Himalaya can accomodate either a stereo or a 4-pin 2.5mm connector.
If the PDA detects a 4-pin plug inserted, it assumes the standard wired earphones and mic are connected, and bypasses the internal mic and routes stereo audio to the earphones.
When a normally-wired 2.5mm stereo plug (or adapter to 3.5mm socket) is connected to the PDA, it just outputs stereo audio.
I use a small 2.5mm stereo plug to 3.5mm socket adapter (having shaved away some plastic to enable it to fit, the socket is inset slightly) - to connect up a standard set of ipod-type speakers to the PDA, and it works a treat.
In short, either obtain a small adaptor to standard 3.5mm socket adaptor or if you get a 2.5mm stereo plug that fits nicely (Maplins, Radio Spares etc) and you want to solder it up yourself, it follows the same wiring cnventions as it's bigger 3.5mm brother, so a wiring diagram is just a google away.
Joe
I already have a 2.5mm -> 3.5mm stereo adapter to connect my Mogul to my car stereo.
I want a 2.5mm (M) -> Splits two ways:
a) 3.5mm (F) stereo
b) 3.5mm (F) mic
If there isn't one commercially available, I should be able to make it. Any idea what the proper pinout is? And how do we get all signals down 3 wires? (Left+Right+Mic+Gnd+control button)
Any update on finding out how to conect a external speaker and mic to the 6800? I would like to have this type of setup in my car.
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Any update on finding out how to conect a external speaker and mic to the 6800? I would like to have this type of setup in my car.
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You can do a direct splice of the cables coming out if you want, but that requires a little bit on knowledge and a little bit of testing. Basically, you'd take the stock headset and cut off the earbuds and mic. You'd then splice the headphone fead and the mic feed into other lines that would run to your external speaker and mic. Other than that, I don't know of any attachments that do it. You could swing by radio shack and ask them.
I am also interested in doing this. My car has an aux input to the stereo and I would like to install some kind of mic setup so I can use it as a handsfree device. Bluetooth is way too unpredictable so I plan on doing it wired.
You will need a 4-conductor 2.5mm plug along with the Y-cable that came with the phone that has usb and 2.5mm jack.
anyone looking for this setup.. i have a cable i bought off ebay that has a miniusb,which allows you to have a charger plugged in, built in microphone and answer button, and a 3.5mm headphone jack, it works great in the car for hands free (car deck has aux in) , and also works great with my cigarette lighter fm transmitter. anyone looking for this , just type in m
I think i found a solution. I just bought an adapter like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2in1-USB-audio-...ryZ35211QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Hello
I have Jabra wired (not Bluetooth) headset with mic. It is very comfortable for my ears. But unfortunately it is 2.5mm, not 3.5mm. I bought 2.5->3.5 adapter off eBay and while it is fine with music, there is a problem - it does not send sound from Jabra's microphone back to HD2.
So people do not hear me at all, or hear me very bad, because basically they hear me from phone's mic, not Jabra's mic
I know that HD2 works fine, because mic works as expected with included HD2 headset.
Any suggestions ? Besides buying different 3.5mm headset or moving to BT ?
Does your headset and adapter have 4 pins?
I think you should use a 4-pin converter, cause the headset uses a additional pin to transfer the mic signal.
how would I know how many pins are there? It is rounded, do not see any pins :-(
Yes its rounded, but in 3 or 4 contacts separated.
Hello I bought a trrs adapter with headphones and Mic so I bought a 12 foot 3.5mm extension and plugged a 3.5mm Mic in and it seems to work for voice recognition as soon as I plug in. Also the headphones work fine on the trrs adapter.
What's a good app that can work so I can monitor the external Mic over the headphones?
Do I need a trrs 12' 3.5mm extension so the Mic will work? Because I know the Mic and extension work fine on a computers Mic plug...
I need an app to simply listen to the trrs external microphone over the headphones...
Thanks