DIY Mike how to solder a mini-plug

In this video DIY Mike shows you a close-up view of how to solder a Neutrik 3.5mm mini-plug for his litz braid ipod to aux. input cable. Check out our website at www.diymike.com and thanks for watching.

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[danthepilotman]

Is it pretty much the same of the 3.5mm socket too?

I've got a wire that's got only 2 parts to it - a white part housing some strands of wire (with loads of other wire around it inside the grey outer plastic wire) and a red part with the same amount.

Do you just have to match the Red to Red and white to white? Red one side, White the other then the extra stuff underneath?

Sorry if this makes no sense... I've tried to find other tutorials online - and none have been as good or as friendly!

[DIYChrisMike]

Dan,

I need some more info. Do you have a cable w/1 red & 1 white wire surrounded by a lot of braided wires? If so, the most logical application is red=right channel positive, white=left channel positive and braided wires=left and right ground (negative.) Not sure what you are connecting to. Send me some more info. and I'll try to help.

Thanks for watching,

Mike

[ghostdog85]

very nice tutorial!! thanks for this... but isnt the tip the left channel and the middle ring the right?!

[DIYChrisMike]

Ghostdog,

You're right! I just watched the video and realized that I mixed them up on camera. Thanks for pointing this out. I'll make the correction and thanks for watching.

[indoful]

Thank you, nice video. This helped me very much. Lol i was mixing up which was right channel and left channel. Its actually the opposite of what i thought lol. Once i get my cables and plugs, i'm gonna make an interconnect and im gonna recable my ksc75, k81, and ath sj3 just for fun.

[DIYChrisMike]

You're welcome. Glad my video helped and thanks for watching. - DIY Mike

[SoCalLucky13]

Your the man!

[ruffdj]

Oh my good, you make soldering look so easy.

[nevino11]

my headphones broke so i did this i soldered the wires on but for some reason the left bud is quieter than the right and the right is now louder than when i first got them i have re soldered a couple times do u have any idea what is wrong?

[martinjwoodward]

Thank you kindly for this. What may seem totally simple to you is not to many others.

Cheers, Martin

[zeemonkeyman1]

@krisvirgin thats not a stupid question

[MrReggie53]

Would this be the same for a camera with microphone 3.5mm jack

[krisvirgin]

This might be a stupid question: Why would you need a 2nd. ground wired together. Wouldn't just a single ground work? Just 3 wires total?

[mondalaci]

@notreallydaedalus I consider your advice the advice of the day if not the week or the month! Will definitely give it a try, thanks.

[notreallydaedalus]

@mondalaci I've heard some people use a hot glue gun to help keep the solder joints from coming lose and to keep the wires from touching.

[mondalaci]

I HATE soldering audio jacks. It's an epic struggle on the long run because wire will touch each other by time. I wonder whether there's a modified version which prevents this pain.