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Old April 23rd 04, 04:42 AM
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Default 1/8" plug to 3.5mm jack question

I know their supposed to be 'close enough' but actually it's driving me crazy.
An 1/8" plug is actually 3.175mm, ever so slightly smaller than 3.5mm

This causes headphones with a 1/8" plug to not fit snug enough into my Japanese
radio headphone jacks, which in turn causes the headphones to only work in one
ear unless you maintain slight pressure on the plug to make proper contact.

Anyone else have this prob? Any solutions? Did a Google search and there are
no 1/8" to 3.5mm adapters.

thanks

elfa

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Old April 23rd 04, 05:24 AM
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Quoth elfa in :

Any solutions?


I thought I saw one at Radio Shack a couple of weeks ago.

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Old April 23rd 04, 05:45 AM
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No.

"Tom Betz" wrote in message
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Quoth elfa in :

Any solutions?


I thought I saw one at Radio Shack a couple of weeks ago.

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these
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to it; who to disobey were against all proportion of subjection." - W.S.



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Old April 23rd 04, 08:52 AM
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I thought I saw one at Radio Shack a couple of weeks ago.

There are. I don't know the cat#.....but they are there. *YOU* better know
what to look for when you walk in and don't be afraid to start ripping packages
apart either to be sure.

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No.

You sure about the CW? I think there is. Could be wrong though.


~*~*Monitoring The AirWaves~*~
*****GO BEARCATS*****
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/394/398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
600ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Sloper
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~PancakeLoop*



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Old April 23rd 04, 09:13 AM
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A 3.5 mm plug is standard. You should be able to get this from most
electronic parts suppliers.

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"elfa" wrote in message
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I know their supposed to be 'close enough' but actually it's driving me
crazy.
An 1/8" plug is actually 3.175mm, ever so slightly smaller than 3.5mm

This causes headphones with a 1/8" plug to not fit snug enough into my
Japanese
radio headphone jacks, which in turn causes the headphones to only work in
one
ear unless you maintain slight pressure on the plug to make proper contact.

Anyone else have this prob? Any solutions? Did a Google search and there
are
no 1/8" to 3.5mm adapters.

thanks

elfa


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Old April 23rd 04, 09:46 AM
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In article , GO BEARCATS says...

I thought I saw one at Radio Shack a couple of weeks ago.


There are. I don't know the cat#.....but they are there. *YOU* better know
what to look for when you walk in and don't be afraid to start ripping packages
apart either to be sure.


Neither RS parts catalog nor their website catalog show any plug, jack, or
adapters with 3.5mm diameters.

elfa



~*~*Monitoring The AirWaves~*~
*****GO BEARCATS*****
Hammarlund HQ129X /Heathkit Q Multiplier
Hammarlund HQ140X
Multiple GE P-780's(GREAT BCB Radios)
RCA Victor *Strato- World*
RCA Victor RJC77W-K(Walnut Grain)
1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
Cathedral/ Ross#2311/Rhapsody-MultiBand
DX100/394/398/399/402
OMGS Transistor Eight/Realistic 12-1451
Henry Kloss Model One/Bell+Howell
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Alpha Delta DX Sloper 57ft.
600ft. 12AWG. (non-terminated)
120ft. 12 AWG Sloper
2 Radio Shack Loop Antennas
Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
30X30 DiamondLoop(six section 830pf Cap)
* Diamond Loop mounted to Lazy Susan TurnTable*
*21/2X2ft.FiveSpoked~Penta-Loop~ie;PancakeLoop


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Old April 23rd 04, 01:27 PM
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"Jerry G." wrote in message
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A 3.5 mm plug is standard. You should be able to get this from most
electronic parts suppliers.


Yes, but putting one on in place of the 1/8" plug molded on a set of 'phones
is tough. Curse the metric system! :

"PM"


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Old April 23rd 04, 03:44 PM
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You need therapy. 3.5mm is what the world outside of Radio Shack
calls 1/8". The tension of the contacts deal with any slop quite
nicely.

On 22 Apr 2004 19:42:49 -0700, elfa wrote:

I know their supposed to be 'close enough' but actually it's driving me crazy.
An 1/8" plug is actually 3.175mm, ever so slightly smaller than 3.5mm

This causes headphones with a 1/8" plug to not fit snug enough into my Japanese
radio headphone jacks, which in turn causes the headphones to only work in one
ear unless you maintain slight pressure on the plug to make proper contact.

Anyone else have this prob? Any solutions? Did a Google search and there are
no 1/8" to 3.5mm adapters.

thanks

elfa


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