Comments on: iPhone 3GS remote control headphone mod

By: Andreas

Andreas — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:51:14 +0000

Jason, it’s possible however it might get a bit annoying to use because of the big “blob” of plugs it will create. It will also mean you get a very long cable if you plug normal length headphones into the apple one.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:46:34 +0000

Did you ever consider soldering a jack on the end to support different headphones? Or would it be too much of a mission to cut the headphones just above the remote and solder from there? I’ve cut up headphones before and it hasn’t been pretty. I don’t want to mess my only pair of apple ones up just to test this.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:34:56 +0000

I noticed the same thing. It’s not in use though, sine it goes from the remote to the earphone it’s not something the remote part needs, as it has absolutely no need to be wired to the earphone other than the sound wires. I’m guessing that the same wire would be found going from the plug to the remote and that it carries a signal there, but that the fact it’s also present the rest of the way is simply that they used cable from the same roll of cable to produce the thing.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:09 +0000

I might have missed something in your videos, but im trying the same thing and have found a 3rd wire on the remote wire. i suspect that the remote needs it to work. does anyone know where it goes?

By: Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:04:06 +0000

Yes, big headphones is no different

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:03:07 +0000

this is exactly what I’ll be trying to do soon. I have a pair of SkullCandy headphones on the way. they’re over-the-ear phones, though. not buds. I haven’t watched the tutorial yet, and maybe that’s my answer, but do you think a similar way could be done with bigger head phones?

By: Bill P

Bill P — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:25:05 +0000

So I was thinking about doing this with http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Turbine-High-Performance-In-Ear-Speakers/dp/B001LNO722 but I worry that the metal casing the buds come in would make this difficult to do. What do you think?

By: Andreas

Andreas — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:25:00 +0000

Yes and no. To make sure you don’t get messed up audio, you need to make sure that you wire it correctly relative to the other earbud. I’ll try to explain. If the ground channel is 1, left channel 2, and right channel 3, and the left IEM is wired 1-2 and the right 3-1 then you’ll either have to wire it 1-2 and 3-1 OR 2-1 and 1-2. In other words, you either have to switch both wires, or none, or the sound will get out of phase. Hope that makes sense.

By: joeby

joeby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:13:02 +0000

Nice Tutorial Andreas – I’m inspired to try it myself now.

Can you tell me if the polarity of the cables onto the drivers matters or can you attach them anyway (I don’t mean left or right ear but the wiring in each driver)?

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