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4

Time Required

                          40 minutes

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  • Headphone Jack
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Introduction

Testing wire colors vs TRRS jack.

Trimming the wires.

Testing new TRRS jack vs contact point.

Tinning the contact points.

Soldering on the new jack.

What you need

Step 1

              Cut off the bad jack
  • Cut off the bad jack with 1 inch of wire. You need a bit of wire because you will need to test which color wire corresponds to which section on the jack. Every device uses different color wires, so testing your individual device will insure accurate first try connections.

Cut off the bad jack with 1 inch of wire. You need a bit of wire because you will need to test which color wire corresponds to which section on the jack. Every device uses different color wires, so testing your individual device will insure accurate first try connections.

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Step 2

              Trimming the wires
  • Trim the black wire cover back 1 inch to expose the 4 wires and nylon string inside. Red = mic = sleeve. Blue = right headphone = ring 1. White = left headphone = tip. Copper = ground = ring 2.

Trim the black wire cover back 1 inch to expose the 4 wires and nylon string inside. Red = mic = sleeve. Blue = right headphone = ring 1. White = left headphone = tip. Copper = ground = ring 2.

Step 3

              Trim small wires
  • Trim the small wires (red, blue, white) by burning the tips of the wires. Seperate each wire and burn them back about 1/4 inch. Then use a knife or razor to scrape the tips clean. The copper wire strands will be seperated and exposed already. Collect all the copper strands and twist them together.

Trim the small wires (red, blue, white) by burning the tips of the wires. Seperate each wire and burn them back about 1/4 inch. Then use a knife or razor to scrape the tips clean. The copper wire strands will be seperated and exposed already. Collect all the copper strands and twist them together.

Step 4

              Tin the exposed wire tips
  • Tin the wires by heating the wire with the soldering iron and applying the solder wire. Apply the soldering wire between the soldering wire and wire to get it started. Then continue to apply solder to the wire. Tin all 4 wires.
  • Tinning all connection points will help make soldering the wires to the contact points on the new jack easier.

Tin the wires by heating the wire with the soldering iron and applying the solder wire. Apply the soldering wire between the soldering wire and wire to get it started. Then continue to apply solder to the wire. Tin all 4 wires.

Tinning all connection points will help make soldering the wires to the contact points on the new jack easier.

Test your mic and sound and enjoy a job well done.

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Kodak Chino - Jul 15, 2017

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do you have any pictures?

Grant Donachie - Aug 22, 2017

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Thanks for the wiring guide - helped me out of a spot today :)