Splicing in a second Headphone.

[koda6966]

Okay so, for whatever reason the headphone hole thing on my MP3 player stopped working, this is the third one I've had this happen to so I don't feel like buying another. To fix it, I was thinking about opening it and soldering in a new one that I could cut off a dual headset adapter ($3.00) then having it hang out of the mp3 player via a hole cut in the casing.

Do you think it would work?

Don't buy Sandisk Sansa's.

 

[Chris.S.]

Yup, that should work just fine. Might look a little rough but shuold work. Just make sure you do the connections properly, fine guage wires like that are a bit of a pain to work with.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

if theres space inside the housing, tie a knot in the wire before it exits the case. that way tugging on the wire will put tension on the knot and the case rather then your soldered connections.

 

[koda6966]

if theres space inside the housing, tie a knot in the wire before it exits the case. that way tugging on the wire will put tension on the knot and the case rather then your soldered connections.

I didn't think of that! I was just going to super glue it to the housing and have the hole be slightly smaller than the cord.

Thanks!

 

[koda6966]

Not possible on this Sansa. Theres no place to solder it too and I can't seem to get the headphone port off from the chip thing. (Its not really a chip, just a mass of digital odds and ends, including chips.)

I got mad at it, jambed a screw driver backwards through the port, and threw it against a wall.

Then I put it all back together and the other ear works. I'm in shock.

 

[BlackBII]

If all else failes, get a BFH

Lol, glad it works for you now.

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

it sounds like the headphone jack is soldered directly to the breadboard...it can be a bitch to remove a component like this unless you have 3 different soldering irons and about 9 hands. i would take my DVOM and back-probe the phone jack and see where it connects on the pc board, then solder my leads onto there....effectivly bypassing the jack altogether. of coarse you'll have to drill a new hole in the case for your wires to exit.

i did a similar project not too long ago and took a few pics which might help illistrate what i mean:

the big silver box on the far end is a set of USB plugs. i just wanted the 5v output from this thing, but couldnt remove those plugs due to them being soldered in a million different points:

so after flipping it over and identifying which contacts inside the plugs went where, i soldered in my 5v+ and 5v- leads (wires near the top of the pic):

the wires near the bottom are my 12v input leads.