It worked! To the people saying just buy a new pair: This was my first time ever taking apart a pair of headphones or using a soldering iron and it took about 45 minutes going very slowly. Most people already have pliers and I didn't have wire strippers so I used wire cutters. In total I only had to buy a soldering iron and some solder which were $25 total. Paying $25 and spending 45 minutes fixing them is a lot better than spending $150 on a new pair. Plus now I have everything I need so the next time I need to fix a pair I am good to go.
RichsMethods how do you prevent this from happening. since i watched this video ive broken 3 headphones because of this. and since i am an audiophile, i dont want to do this every time my 300 dollar headphones get bent. so how do you prevent it, are there protectors or anything because its getting really anoying
Kevin Tang Pretty much just baby your headphones as much as possible. I keep mine in a case when I'm not using them. I NEVER wrap them tightly. Usually I just fold the wire gently and place in a small zippered case. Try to prevent pulling on the cord, and always grasp them at the plug.
Kevin Tang Some things you might want to try 1 Wrap some insulating tape to stiffen the wire-pin junction to prevent bending 2 Avoid bending at this point 4 when soldering, a spot of flux at the contact point helps, otherwise tinning before is ideal. 5 bending the earth terminal away helps in soldering the 2 signal wires; 6 If you get down to soldering you could add a heat shrink sleeve at the wire jack junction
try this model. philips she3590. it has been working for me for close to a year up until i lost it 2 days ago. without hesitation, i bought another one in a different color. it's cheap (around 10 bucks) and it sounds good, and it lasts for a very long time. hope i helped. :)
i feel your pain bro :( the time i bought an original headset it last 5 months than a year so when i bought a 2nd original headset(i have a fake head set so when it broke i tried to fix the wires from the plug to the earphones but i works too!)i taped the plug with some electrical tape ( i made it look not obvious because it's emberassing) and glued it (super glue.... why not?!?) and it lasted 2 years because i lost it but it's worth the time though..
Its really cheap for this stuff, I'm fixing mine right now and I did not even spend a single dollar on a new pair. Anyways your name explains why you decided to buy a new pair, you failure.
this is by far the most common headphone malfunction. Im surprised they havent invented some sort of solution for this to never happen.. they should use reinforced wires or some kind of super protection at the end of the wire/jack on all headphone / earbud devices.
Vojtěch Konderla true but some 3rd company should have come out with a product to make the area where the jack meets the wire stronger. What i will be doing in the future is wrapping that entire area with black electrical tape until its nice and strong and protected because im SO sick of this happening , ive gone through a dozen or so because of this problem since the early 90s
fire is faster to remove the coating btw also, you can do a continuity test with a multimeter, the tip of the headphones left, next is right, and the last part is ground. if it's a combo jack it's left right ground and mic, if your multimeter doesn't have a continuity test, you can test resistance and it's the same thing as continuity test, if you get a resistance = a circuit loop is closed. That's how you test what part is which.
+Nickolie-psn Newell I got these awesome philips earphones SHQ3200 they last a long time and the wire is underlayed with kevlar but I just killed mine with water otherwise the best ones I've got so far
+1XbatistaX1 Rocknexus is correct. However, the reason the sound is lower in the one ear is because you have short in your wire. If you feel up to it, I'd replace your plug.
I have now fixed plug shorts in a cable of my computer speakers! Your guide worked equally well. Now I am enjoying sound without buying new speakers :)
Dude a plug is like 99c or less I have a wire stripper but normal strippers work better and soldering gun costs like 15 for a whole kit including shoulder sucker, stand, 2 strimmers, 2 spear wires, shoulder gun cleaner, sharp teasers, screw driver, 6 different screw bits
+PoisonousAvacado Hehe, i don't have these but if you got these i think you would try to repair them : www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/sennheiser-sennheiser-game-zero-gaming-headset-with-microphone-gamezerow-white-gamezerow/10391579.aspx?path=1a6cd72aad6e6232c8fda9d03ea0adb1en02&lang=fr-ca&pcname=&sku=10391579
Thank you! i had it all covered EXCEPT for the step where you removed the color coating of the wires. That i didn't know and was the problem with my attempts to reapir my old headphones
Dude, you soldering game really sucks. You don't "just dab it on." Best method: After the soldering iron is hot, hold the tip of the iron to the connection point for a few seconds, then carefully touch the solder wire right where the iron and your wire meets the connector. You WILL get a nice little bead of solder the first time, everytime, and you won't have mess of droplets on your work surface, and you'll have much less solder on the tip of your iron.
The plug finally went out on my pair of AKGs recently after eleven years of use. I'd gotten so used to them in all that time that even though I bought a new pair of the same, they just didn't sound right for mixing. I'm glad to find out I can just fix my old pair then.
Thanks very much for your video, it was informative and really easy to understand. Now I can go ahead and fix my two favorite sets of head phones, the tip about using the hot glue gun to secure the wires into the casing was great. Thanks again, Fredrick
Great video. The replacement plug end can be used over and over. I just fixed an expensive headphone with a plug I bought online from china and it works perfectly. Sure the initial investment of purchasing a soldering kit is a pain but it will work for repairing kids toys and many other items. Make sure you have some flux paste to get the solder to flow onto the parts. Also make sure the soldered wire doesnt touch the screw on cover or it will short and you will only get sound from one earphone. Electrical tape wrapped around outside will separate from cover. Thanks Rich
Good job on the video. Just to let you know that the area that you put the hot glue on is an area that you can crimp those ends together to keep the wire in place. Great job on the vid!
Hmmm- I need to get a pair to see how they work. If there is a distortion in the sound with bluetooth headphones, then there might be something wrong with the plug that goes into the device. What type of plug is it? In other words, is it on an iPhone (lightning plug), USB, or headphone plug?
so your saying it's wireless? that happened to me too, when its connected to my laptop its clear and loud but if I use my Nokia C1 its literally too much distortion. For my case, its the Bluetooth that causes that because my C1 has only a version of 1.0 but laptop has a bluetooth 4.0. the bluetooth connection also affects when your too far from your device...
I f***** it up and wired it the wrong way round. Now the sound that should be going through my left ear is going through my right ear and vice-versa. 😭
Whats wrong with that? "Now the sound that should be going through my left ear is going through my right ear and vice-versa" PLS. I REALLY WANT TO KNOW... ASAP...
*Ascends from the top of the comment section wearing white robe* Everyone. Stop your commenting. I Have come. Im the common sense dude who no one agrees with. Listen, Spend 100 to 150 dollars on a pair of headphones. Its the last headphones u will ever need in your life. you will eventually break so many headphones that u will be paying 150 dollars! Do it! *Descends into hated and unseen comments*
Great video. I thought I knew how to rewire headphones and could never get them to work (I didn't know those little green and red wires had enamel on them). Loved the guy's suggestion to burn off the enamel. Thanks, Rich. You rule!
dEigo Of course you can do this.... why wouldn't you. People will always be making more excuses to not learn something new. Irrational logic is at work with some people. I'm an American by nationality, and I find these videos extremely helpful and incredibly informative. Agree with you, but their is still hope....
Thank you! This helped so much and now my headphones are working again. Your tutorial was awesomely easy to follow and steps were very clear. Only con is that sometimes the camera is a little out of focus, but everything else is amazing! Thanks. :)
Great Video My Brother use to fix my ear phones all the time but unfortunate he passed away. Instead of a housing he would make a mold out of some kind of hard putty for the jack.
Thank you very much, my headphones dont wear out, the wires just break, I think that this wire weakness is built in, so that you have to buy new ones, but cant claim on the guarantee. any way I now have a few hours work trying to to get my nice earphones working again.some were expensive, and well worth doing the repair. and also its very satisfying to repair things with your hands. many regards Colin. UK.
+1 on using hot glue for holding it all together (I'm a bit more generous on it though). I also try to get replacement plugs with sleeves that fit nice and tidy on the cable, and in the case where the cable is either smaller or too big to use the sleeve I put on one or more layers of cable shrink wrap (staged when more than one) which gives a more professional finish and prevent the cable from over-bending at the plug.
I went through the pairs of bose ear buds in 9 months, I was pissed when bose wouldn't replace or repair. finally I still have them, now I can fix them, good thing i saved the last pair.
Great tutorial :) The jack is the most vulnerable area . This is the spot that gets broken most of the time. Unfortunately, the jacks on the market are very poor quality and will decrease the sound quality significantly if you choose to replace the original with those.
I've got about 10 pairs of headphones waiting to be repaired. Gonna have a session on it. Totally worth the time and money. Maybe you silly haters can just borrow someone else's tools for the job, or repair all your mates headphones with the gear you buy, making yourself useful in your community, saving electrical landfill, and getting one over The Man with your rad fixer skillz? Thanks Rich for the vid.
Nice video, sometimes it's just fun to fix stuff. Most people already have all these tools and it's a cost effective repair. Others have no useful skills and just bitch about people on youtube trying to help others! Keep up the good work!
great tutorial, may I add a few tips: 1. Dont strip back enamel, just solder right over it, it will penetrate the enamel insulation with no problem. 2. Use some nail clippers (or dedicated mini side cutters) to clean up solder and excess wires. much cleaner than scissors. 3.When soldering, the solder will wick toward the heat so its best to heat the base then add the wire and solder on top, it will wick through the wire to the base and wont create a cold solder joint, and use flux when you can, it keeps the solder from rolling right off chrome plating. 4. The jack has a crimp on the end, use it! Crimp the cable with pliers or a crimper (the ones shown have a weird U shaped press, thats the crimper) its better than hot glue and youll be able to R&R that jack again in 6 months when they fail again. They always seem to break right at the jack base so always start looking there. Those that say buy new ones should consider that some of these ear buds cost up to $1000, (google Shure SE846) and tossing them due to an open is out of the question.
duuuude! the step that helped me was to grind the fu***** cover of the green and red cables!!! I spent all morning and I didnt notice those covers. thanks
Tank you very much :) Fixed all my headphones now :D I was told that it is not doable and I was buying new headphones each time.. I regret that I was so ignorant not to search the UA-cam for the fix....
Thank you man, i hope that it works with my senheiser headphones, cuz they cost me around 120$ and i have the same problem like you. and the problem is i cant give the headphones back cuz i lost the bill and the packaging of the headphones. So i hope it works, thanks 4 this vid
i have the same brand but mine is the one that controls the volume up and down/stop and play/handsfree earbuds..awesome bose earbuds and i love them!Can u help me how to fix the loose wire from the right side (where the controls are located )it got pulled when i dropped my cellphone with the earbuds(duh)still attached to my cellphone.I wonder if you could help me or make a video for this problem?please and thanks...your videos are really easy to understand and not boring!more power to you!thanks!
Hey Rich, Thanks for the great tutorial bro ! Worked great while I was trying to fix my Phillips SHE7000/10 6months old though,now working great. Somehow my Creative earphones EP 630 that are 4 months old aren't working, The thing is I feared while doing it with those bc they r really delicate. Somehow I did it, It went wrong for 3times and the wire was very short now, So I used silly iball HEADPHONES'S wire with its jack. They're working now, But the bass is focused more at the right side, And the high frequency sounds are I can hear more from the right, The left just gives low freq sounds, And the volume is all unbalanced now, My Creative ear phone have the same wires as the Sony ones u used in the DIY tutorial u made help me fix this issue if u can plz I bought the same new ones but I want to fix the issue and learn ! Thank you !
I was going to watch this video because my headphones aren't working. Then, I remembered my headphones don't work. So I can't watch the video... I'm an idiot xD
Pro tip: Instead of sanding off the enamel of the signal wires, melt it off using a lighter or torch. Good video btw, well made and instructions were clear.
It worked! To the people saying just buy a new pair: This was my first time ever taking apart a pair of headphones or using a soldering iron and it took about 45 minutes going very slowly. Most people already have pliers and I didn't have wire strippers so I used wire cutters. In total I only had to buy a soldering iron and some solder which were $25 total. Paying $25 and spending 45 minutes fixing them is a lot better than spending $150 on a new pair. Plus now I have everything I need so the next time I need to fix a pair I am good to go.
25 dollars I buy in India soldering iron in 2 dollars
@@My2690 rs 100 soldering iron is very poorly built and dangerous (no grounding) please use atleast a grounded soldering iron
Yikes... I bought a headphone for rs 100 (significamtly less than 2 dollars)
Your video has no sound! Oh wait...
lol. :)
***** It's 130 now damn i wish i was livin in mericAAAaaaaa!
RichsMethods
how do you prevent this from happening. since i watched this video ive broken 3 headphones because of this. and since i am an audiophile, i dont want to do this every time my 300 dollar headphones get bent. so how do you prevent it, are there protectors or anything because its getting really anoying
Kevin Tang Pretty much just baby your headphones as much as possible. I keep mine in a case when I'm not using them. I NEVER wrap them tightly. Usually I just fold the wire gently and place in a small zippered case. Try to prevent pulling on the cord, and always grasp them at the plug.
Kevin Tang
Some things you might want to try
1 Wrap some insulating tape to stiffen the wire-pin junction to prevent bending
2 Avoid bending at this point
4 when soldering, a spot of flux at the contact point helps, otherwise tinning before is ideal.
5 bending the earth terminal away helps in soldering the 2 signal wires;
6 If you get down to soldering you could add a heat shrink sleeve at the wire jack junction
Listening to this with no sound
lol
Then why is there Listening in your comment
same bro
I ate your cereal while you read this because I can be
Same
I'm watching this only using one headset my left side broke
saame with me. it happens with every earphones of mine. 😭😭
Sander thats right.
Same but on my right bud 😭
me too XD
+Sass Quack So our right ear is enjoying the video, poor left ear :'(
earphones hate me, everytime I wear one, the other side always doesnt work -_-
I know! They can be a pain.
feel my gaming headphone is having this prob
try this model. philips she3590. it has been working for me for close to a year up until i lost it 2 days ago. without hesitation, i bought another one in a different color. it's cheap (around 10 bucks) and it sounds good, and it lasts for a very long time. hope i helped. :)
i feel your pain bro :(
the time i bought an original headset it last 5 months than a year
so when i bought a 2nd original headset(i have a fake head set so when it broke i tried to fix the wires from the plug to the earphones but i works too!)i taped the plug with some electrical tape ( i made it look not obvious because it's emberassing) and glued it (super glue.... why not?!?) and it lasted 2 years because i lost it but it's worth the time though..
Maybe you can only hear from one ear lol
Ain't nobody got time for that
i have time
no you don't.
+liberty Hatcher when you buy 80 dolars earphones,you have the time...
+IMNOTA EXACTLY
***** the garranty is maybe finished this is only one year of garranty...
By the time you've spent the money buying the stuff you need, you could just buy a new pair
Its really cheap for this stuff, I'm fixing mine right now and I did not even spend a single dollar on a new pair. Anyways your name explains why you decided to buy a new pair, you failure.
alegumball lol
yeah for some reason I think it would be cheaper just to fix my $130 speakers lol
Ryan R Yeah, its best to do so.
aj brown I don't know, i dont even own beats.
You just made humanity a bigger favour than you'll probably ever know...
this is by far the most common headphone malfunction. Im surprised they havent invented some sort of solution for this to never happen.. they should use reinforced wires or some kind of super protection at the end of the wire/jack on all headphone / earbud devices.
:D why should they? Think about it. The more broken headphones are there the more people will buy new one. So they will have more profit.
Vojtěch Konderla
true but some 3rd company should have come out with a product to make the area where the jack meets the wire stronger. What i will be doing in the future is wrapping that entire area with black electrical tape until its nice and strong and protected because im SO sick of this happening , ive gone through a dozen or so because of this problem since the early 90s
akuma4u I agree.
Exactly! Its so annoying!
akuma4u I've gone through at least a dozen in the last year alone.
all youl need is the empire state building three gold stacks a piece of silk a house a duaghter and a bugatti
you forgot that you also need 6 mil
_2000 titans._
+Velox *1911
+Levi “リヴァイ・アッカーマン” Ackerman lmao and three abnormals
and a cow
fire is faster to remove the coating btw
also, you can do a continuity test with a multimeter, the tip of the headphones left, next is right, and the last part is ground. if it's a combo jack it's left right ground and mic, if your multimeter doesn't have a continuity test, you can test resistance and it's the same thing as continuity test, if you get a resistance = a circuit loop is closed. That's how you test what part is which.
i think i'll just buy a new pair!!
Mesut Ozil Oh no!
That's not nice! He worked hard for this!
Mesut Ozil That's like saying my car ran out of gas, I'm gonna buy another one.
Hala Drak what you can't compare five dollar earphones to a car yeah they're very similar
Tamia Robinson Lol, I'm not comparing them, I'm comparing the situation.
Thumbs up if your listening to this with one ear.
I couldn't hear a thing in this video
same i had to position my earphone string -_-
😂
Omg same 😂😂
+Sedewie put the cc on
lmaoo
cc
What I'm tired of is that it keeps happening with every pair I get an the fixes are more expensive than just ordering a new pair.
That means get a new pair
If you know what hot topic is then they have amazing sound and are really cheap
LOL ME TO!
+Nickolie-psn Newell I got these awesome philips earphones SHQ3200 they last a long time and the wire is underlayed with kevlar but I just killed mine with water otherwise the best ones I've got so far
Crusader Nikolai ikr
BRO I WANNA TELL YOU THAT YOUR A LEGEND !!!!! YOU JUST SHOWED ME HOW EARPHONES ARE MADE AND YOUR A REAL PRO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
I think I am just gonna buy a new one..
Why bother watching
My headphones are unbalanced. It gives more sound than the other one.
Anyway I can fix this?
***** Thanks man, I´ll have a look into it.
+1XbatistaX1 Rocknexus is correct. However, the reason the sound is lower in the one ear is because you have short in your wire. If you feel up to it, I'd replace your plug.
+rocknexus My left ear bud it working but not my right one...can you help me?
+RichsMethods Even I have the same problem what should I do I didn't understood of u don't mind can u make a video?
+Dot On The Face My one side is louder then the other headphone can u Plz make a video?
I like your voice, you made this video very well!
+lilmiszblondexd Thanks! I'm glad to help out.
I have now fixed plug shorts in a cable of my computer speakers! Your guide worked equally well. Now I am enjoying sound without buying new speakers :)
I'm wearing my headphones they won't work so I can't hear him
kitchen tips
Hybrid Dimension then unplug the headphones and u will hear him 😐
Stereo phone plug = $2-3
+ Wire strippers = $8
+ Soldering gun = $10
+ WASTING TIME
No thanks. I'm just gonna buy a new pair.
Rached ITS THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Yeah but in long term you know how to fix Electronics and you can fix any head phones you want now
Dude a plug is like 99c or less I have a wire stripper but normal strippers work better and soldering gun costs like 15 for a whole kit including shoulder sucker, stand, 2 strimmers, 2 spear wires, shoulder gun cleaner, sharp teasers, screw driver, 6 different screw bits
Rached your lazy person!
With all this equipment you can just buy another pair of headphones lmao
+PoisonousAvacado but this is fun
+PoisonousAvacado Hehe, i don't have these but if you got these i think you would try to repair them : www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/sennheiser-sennheiser-game-zero-gaming-headset-with-microphone-gamezerow-white-gamezerow/10391579.aspx?path=1a6cd72aad6e6232c8fda9d03ea0adb1en02&lang=fr-ca&pcname=&sku=10391579
+PoisonousAvacado Right but Where is the challenge in doing that?
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dono2000 I would definitely buy a new pair in your case, that is some poor quality headset
Thank you! i had it all covered EXCEPT for the step where you removed the color coating of the wires. That i didn't know and was the problem with my attempts to reapir my old headphones
This saved me about 100 dollars
Awesome!
Dude, you soldering game really sucks. You don't "just dab it on." Best method: After the soldering iron is hot, hold the tip of the iron to the connection point for a few seconds, then carefully touch the solder wire right where the iron and your wire meets the connector. You WILL get a nice little bead of solder the first time, everytime, and you won't have mess of droplets on your work surface, and you'll have much less solder on the tip of your iron.
nightmanx62 Lol dab it on. LOOKATMYDAB.
I once attended a seminar by Kester solder and the presenter started with " Solder is not conductive glue " He is right .
Wire strippers? I used my teeth...
You can, just watch you don't damage your teeth.
Teeth? I used my pet shark to bite the insulation off
Vijay Contractor lol
The plug finally went out on my pair of AKGs recently after eleven years of use. I'd gotten so used to them in all that time that even though I bought a new pair of the same, they just didn't sound right for mixing. I'm glad to find out I can just fix my old pair then.
I need to spend about $20 to fix my $10 headphones? New headphones it is
jorge herrera 10$ headphones? They aren't very good right?
Make a written version? Couldnt hear anything.
Turn your volume up.
Kooballyflootzet tried that
Rods Ahed I could hear him just fine. Are you using a phone speaker?
Are you using broken headphones to watch a video about how to fix headphones?
Rods Ahed subtitles idiot
Great video man
u just show me how headphones really work
Keep up the good work
PS. never mind about stupid ppl nd the comments lool
U r doing great
Thanks, what a great comment. Also, thanks for watching.
Thanks very much for your video, it was informative and really easy to understand.
Now I can go ahead and fix my two favorite sets of head phones, the tip about using the hot glue gun to secure the wires into the casing was great. Thanks again,
Fredrick
Thanks for the comment! Glad to help out. It's fun saving money.
On mine, one side is working. and the other does not work regardless of twisting.
Yeah, I just happened to not have any of the stuff you just mentioned. Joy.
Nice! Good luck.
Oh I didn't realize you typed "not" sorry about that.
Well, you'll have to get get them if you want it fixed.
Or have a neighbor who happens to have it, if you're the lucky kind.
Rani Johansen
Indeed I will.
awesome i like the way u used that glue gun..
Thanks, ha.
Great video. The replacement plug end can be used over and over. I just fixed an expensive headphone with a plug I bought online from china and it works perfectly. Sure the initial investment of purchasing a soldering kit is a pain but it will work for repairing kids toys and many other items. Make sure you have some flux paste to get the solder to flow onto the parts. Also make sure the soldered wire doesnt touch the screw on cover or it will short and you will only get sound from one earphone. Electrical tape wrapped around outside will separate from cover. Thanks Rich
I brought new ones they broke on the second day
They're probably from dollarrama or dollartree
Where can I get a 'soddering' gun?
bigbangman99 its a soldering iron, and soldering wire
In the US, or you could buy a soldering iron in the UK which is similar XD
Rich can i ask you something
what
Good job on the video. Just to let you know that the area that you put the hot glue on is an area that you can crimp those ends together to keep the wire in place. Great job on the vid!
Thanks, I figured this out later. I show crimping the wire in my newer videos. Thanks again for watching!
What if it happens on bluetooth headphones?
Hmmm- I need to get a pair to see how they work. If there is a distortion in the sound with bluetooth headphones, then there might be something wrong with the plug that goes into the device. What type of plug is it? In other words, is it on an iPhone (lightning plug), USB, or headphone plug?
RichsMethods No its wireless Bluetooth syncs with the phone so it doesn't have hookups
so your saying it's wireless? that happened to me too, when its connected to my laptop its clear and loud but if I use my Nokia C1 its literally too much distortion. For my case, its the Bluetooth that causes that because my C1 has only a version of 1.0 but laptop has a bluetooth 4.0. the bluetooth connection also affects when your too far from your device...
I f***** it up and wired it the wrong way round. Now the sound that should be going through my left ear is going through my right ear and vice-versa. 😭
So close! Almost there.
Whats wrong with that? "Now the sound that should be going through my left ear is going through my right ear and vice-versa" PLS. I REALLY WANT TO KNOW... ASAP...
To clarify, you would probably need to switch the red and green wires. So disconnect both, switch them, and resolder.
***** love it.. I probably would have done that
Lol
eh cheaper to just buy new headphones
Not if you have a Bose headphones
+Litopen FX I have apple earphones it's broke
theres a way to fix that that is common just look up how to fix turtle beach right ear has no sound ok ;)
Hey thanks, your tip with the sandpaper did it for me, i first tried to burn the enamel off but that was a mess and soldering was quite impossible
Or you can just get a new pair of headphones for less money u just spent on tools
If you listen to music through $10 headphones, you're not really listening to music.
TobiasMakesNoise hey man if I paid $99 do you think I should repair them?
Junior Collantes easily
fuck .. that ..just buy new ones..
*Ascends from the top of the comment section wearing white robe* Everyone. Stop your commenting. I Have come. Im the common sense dude who no one agrees with. Listen, Spend 100 to 150 dollars on a pair of headphones. Its the last headphones u will ever need in your life. you will eventually break so many headphones that u will be paying 150 dollars! Do it! *Descends into hated and unseen comments*
Callumissenpai Oh what and not allow you to have an Epic View into My oh so creative mind? I Think Not!
Great video. I thought I knew how to rewire headphones and could never get them to work (I didn't know those little green and red wires had enamel on them). Loved the guy's suggestion to burn off the enamel. Thanks, Rich. You rule!
I might as well get my engineering degree while I'm at it
Dj cow led You should get a brain, while you are at it too.
Literally the simplest instructions and so basic. I wish degrees were this easy!
No one can do this.Best solution buy a new pair.
True
+Milos1989 i just did it too dear its easy do some practice. dnt give up.
Are North American retarded? how the fuck you can't do this shit. I've seen so many comments like this.
dEigo Of course you can do this.... why wouldn't you. People will always be making more excuses to not learn something new. Irrational logic is at work with some people. I'm an American by nationality, and I find these videos extremely helpful and incredibly informative. Agree with you, but their is still hope....
you can just go and buy new earbuds for 15 bucks instead of buying $25 worth of tools to fix a piece of junk
My bose in ears cost 120 bucks
i have beats earphones HOW?
Alyssa Covarrubias then your unlucky
would you rather buy loads more of those and spoil every one of it or buy those "junk" and fix your earpiece for good?
Most of people have such equipment at home. The soldering iron may be helpful in other areas, so you could consider buying it.
Thank you! This helped so much and now my headphones are working again. Your tutorial was awesomely easy to follow and steps were very clear. Only con is that sometimes the camera is a little out of focus, but everything else is amazing! Thanks. :)
aint nobody has time for this😧
Jahmirra Phillips or you can learn to be patient
Or buy new headphones
Yeah
what if they cost like $100?
+Richard Kim buy knock offs
Great Video My Brother use to fix my ear phones all the time but unfortunate he passed away. Instead of a housing he would make a mold out of some kind of hard putty for the jack.
Watching in 2018 this is a good quality video for 6 years ago
Thank you very much, my headphones dont wear out, the wires just break, I think that this wire weakness is built in, so that you have to buy new ones, but cant claim on the guarantee. any way I now have a few hours work trying to to get my nice earphones working again.some were expensive, and well worth doing the repair. and also its very satisfying to repair things with your hands.
many regards Colin. UK.
+1 on using hot glue for holding it all together (I'm a bit more generous on it though). I also try to get replacement plugs with sleeves that fit nice and tidy on the cable, and in the case where the cable is either smaller or too big to use the sleeve I put on one or more layers of cable shrink wrap (staged when more than one) which gives a more professional finish and prevent the cable from over-bending at the plug.
That was a great tutorial. Thank you so much!
I have 2 Skullcandy Headphones which are not working. I'm going to fix them using this tutorial.
MusicForLivin That's awesome! Thanks for the compliment.
The first 16 seconds of this video would make the best vine ever! Lmao
I went through the pairs of bose ear buds in 9 months, I was pissed when bose wouldn't replace or repair. finally I still have them, now I can fix them, good thing i saved the last pair.
Great tutorial :) The jack is the most vulnerable area . This is the spot that gets broken most of the time.
Unfortunately, the jacks on the market are very poor quality and will decrease the sound quality significantly if you choose to replace the original with those.
I just watched this while I was fixing mine.
I knew what I was doing but having a voice in the background helped.
so thanks for speaking I guess. :)
How do you fix it?
I love you
Good technical advice and demonstration. I going to fix mine (head phones) now instead of throwing them away.
+Alvertos B.P. That's awesome! Thanks for watching. I'm hoping to make new content soon.
what a coincidence when I opened this video both of my ear buds are working now ur magical
thx brandon rogers is this what you do when you dont upload the funny videos you do
Yesterday I needed learn something like that. The tutor I found on Vis-a-Vis (mobile app), saved me. Thank you for great video ))
Just fixed my headphones and they are working as new! Thank you!
I can hear music but not voices!! You know how to fix it? Appreciate your effort.
I've got about 10 pairs of headphones waiting to be repaired. Gonna have a session on it. Totally worth the time and money. Maybe you silly haters can just borrow someone else's tools for the job, or repair all your mates headphones with the gear you buy, making yourself useful in your community, saving electrical landfill, and getting one over The Man with your rad fixer skillz? Thanks Rich for the vid.
I came here becoz my headphones are broken and you explain this tut with ur mouth ..thanq sooo much
I bought mine from hot topic for 3 bucks and sound AMAZING! It's so clear so I would just get some new ones....but that's my preference
Nice video, sometimes it's just fun to fix stuff. Most people already have all these tools and it's a cost effective repair. Others have no useful skills and just bitch about people on youtube trying to help others! Keep up the good work!
Thanks Adam. Happy New Year.
plus I always put a small piece of heat shrink tubing over shaft of the plug just helps to keep things from touching and shorting out
great tutorial, may I add a few tips:
1. Dont strip back enamel, just solder right over it, it will penetrate the enamel insulation with no problem.
2. Use some nail clippers (or dedicated mini side cutters) to clean up solder and excess wires. much cleaner than scissors.
3.When soldering, the solder will wick toward the heat so its best to heat the base then add the wire and solder on top, it will wick through the wire to the base and wont create a cold solder joint, and use flux when you can, it keeps the solder from rolling right off chrome plating.
4. The jack has a crimp on the end, use it! Crimp the cable with pliers or a crimper (the ones shown have a weird U shaped press, thats the crimper) its better than hot glue and youll be able to R&R that jack again in 6 months when they fail again.
They always seem to break right at the jack base so always start looking there. Those that say buy new ones should consider that some of these ear buds cost up to $1000, (google Shure SE846) and tossing them due to an open is out of the question.
I did what you showed us and IT WORKED! Thanks!
Thank you very much. I followed and got the benefit. Now i want to revisit all those headphones that i have thrown out.
duuuude! the step that helped me was to grind the fu***** cover of the green and red cables!!! I spent all morning and I didnt notice those covers. thanks
I didn't watch the video the whole way yet, but I already thumbed it up for that wire pun he threw in there. Lol
Tank you very much :) Fixed all my headphones now :D I was told that it is not doable and I was buying new headphones each time.. I regret that I was so ignorant not to search the UA-cam for the fix....
Thank you man, i hope that it works with my senheiser headphones, cuz they cost me around 120$ and i have the same problem like you. and the problem is i cant give the headphones back cuz i lost the bill and the packaging of the headphones. So i hope it works, thanks 4 this vid
Awesome-!!!!!!! Thank you! Can't wait to try this. You explain everything so clearly.
Thanks a lot .. My left one just stopped working when i twisted the wire.. I'll buy the piece first thing tomorrow
i have the same brand but mine is the one that controls the volume up and down/stop and play/handsfree earbuds..awesome bose earbuds and i love them!Can u help me how to fix the loose wire from the right side (where the controls are located )it got pulled when i dropped my cellphone with the earbuds(duh)still attached to my cellphone.I wonder if you could help me or make a video for this problem?please and thanks...your videos are really easy to understand and not boring!more power to you!thanks!
thank you brother,i may learned again a new additional knowledge for today coming from you.Keep up the good essence of u you tube...from phils
Or you can remove the color of the wire using a lighter, works quicker.
as you were talking about twisting the end and the sound swapped out i figured out i could do the same...
Thank you!! I repaired my headphone with your support!
Very instructive video. Thanks for posting. You've helped me save my very pricy TDK headphones. Thanks-a-lot!
You're welcome!
On my Logitech speakers, the red wire needed to be soldered onto the inner connector and the white on the outer (for Left/Right to be correct).
Hey Rich,
Thanks for the great tutorial bro !
Worked great while I was trying to fix my Phillips SHE7000/10 6months old though,now working great.
Somehow my Creative earphones EP 630 that are 4 months old aren't working,
The thing is I feared while doing it with those bc they r really delicate.
Somehow I did it,
It went wrong for 3times and the wire was very short now,
So I used silly iball HEADPHONES'S wire with its jack.
They're working now,
But the bass is focused more at the right side,
And the high frequency sounds are I can hear more from the right,
The left just gives low freq sounds,
And the volume is all unbalanced now,
My Creative ear phone have the same wires as the Sony ones u used in the DIY tutorial u made help me fix this issue if u can plz
I bought the same new ones but I want to fix the issue and learn !
Thank you !
Gonna try doing this on my hyper cloud gaming headphones no way I'm spending that much on another pair again
Nice one dude. I hope it will work for my Bose earphones!
I really would love it if you'd repair the headphones pictured in the preview window.
I was going to watch this video because my headphones aren't working. Then, I remembered my headphones don't work. So I can't watch the video... I'm an idiot xD
why dont you watch it without head phones
How about when the wire around the earphones themselves are the sensitive ones?
0:04 lol the cat wants a tail hug
Thanks for the video! Very informative, and will save me 80 bucks for new Bose headphones!
Pro tip: Instead of sanding off the enamel of the signal wires, melt it off using a lighter or torch. Good video btw, well made and instructions were clear.
Thanks for the tip. I did this in my subsequent headphone videos.