How to Replace Jack Plug on Headphones / Gaming Headset
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Hi, this video shows you how to replace the 3.5mm (1/8inch) jack on a gaming headset or headphones. The same process will work on 2.5mm jacks.
The video explains the plugs, shows how to test and verify the colour code and finally the fitting of the 3.5mm plug and then how to test including a microphone test,
Many thanks Vince
Definitely worth it. The skill set of soldering enables you to repair even create things rather than always spending money to buy new stuff.
Finally someone who made a video on turtle beach headphones, thank you mate.
And best of all, he even told us how we can confirm which wire goes where if we were working on more expensive headsets that use a different cord layout. Really detailed and I actually learned something.
Omg yes thanks
Thank you so much for a great video. You saved me a lot of money in the process. Repair for less than a fiver versus new headset for 50. Made my gamer son very happy .
did it work like it did before exactly?
@@renzoredegeld2978 dont ask jist fucking fix it you pussy!!!
@@stonedsavage7814 Learn to read dickhead he asked that a year ago. You ain't helping anyone
my left ear enjoyed this video o_o
DeliriousKit10 sameeee
Both ears... But only because I switched sites... :(
how many people have this prob?
@@MattMobb stereo here
Same
Finally, someone answered my questions. Thank you so much. I taught myself about these jacks because I needed them to get my job done at one point... however, I had no idea WHY I had to use them with specificity. Now I know.
Great video. For anyone wanting to do this without a soldering iron there are jacks with screws that don't require soldering, you simply screw the cables in place, they cost a bit more though.
I wish I knew before I bought exactly this one which is probably one of the worst lol.
I know this comment is old but could I get a link to one of these? I haven't seen anything like this at all while looking for new plugs
@@bigboxcats6950 i believe he means '4 Pole 3.5mm Screw Terminal'
Although you said you were doing the soldering for the first time. I watched the whole video with your beautiful English accent and wonderful video that covered everything. You are a great instructor and teacher. Thank you for a job well-done. I liked your video. You are a PRO.
Vince, your a legend! I was struggling to work out what went where. I just wanted to say, on the pair i've just fixed, the green and red twisted pair surrounded the white wire so I needed to separate them before soldering on the new jack.
Top man!
Dude, you just legit saved my bacon. Thanks so much for pointing it out!!
Caleb McAllister I made a little diagram for ifixit.
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My son is on his 3rd turtle beach headset now, the previous two have got the same bent jack that you mentioned where he's just yanked it out carelessly. Hoping he's finally learnt a lesson now but I'm going to have a crack at repairing the previous two, thanks for the upload.
I never knew the white wire was a cable, i thought it was plastic to hold the red/green wires that wrap on it. Thank you for giving me a bit of knowledge for soldering my headphones.
Top video, was just about to bin my headset and this popped up on a google search. I couldn't work out why I couldn't ring the wires to the plug until I watched your vid all the way through. Really helpful, many thanks!
bro this video is perfect, i legit forgot my green turtle beach headphones were on and i was gonna go do the laundry and i got up and bent my audio jack and couldnt hear out the right ear, legit same origin story as u lmao. this vid helped alot thank you so much
your 4 pole headset explanation was accurate, even though you said you are not sure.. This is a real channel no fancy haircut and green screen and american accent. This is a working man's and PC user and Gamer video and a diy enthusiasts video. Well explained as a normal personn instead of pretending to be some polished cnn type channel with greenscreen. Makes me miss England and my fellow Englishmen.
I have two sets of Hyper X II headsets and one of the jacks is loose another just got bent slightly. At 120 a pair now this will be invaluable! Thank you sir! (Thankfully I found a second pair at a thrift store for 8 bucks, my first pair I bought new. I recommend them as they have been through a lot over the years!)
Oh boy, should have watched your video first. Stupid me, I never considered 4 pole vs 3 pole vs 2 pole. Now I've got some worthless mono plugs! Off to the net I go. Anyway, thanks for putting these kinds of videos together. It's the imperfection that makes them different and all the better!
Great tutorial. I've ordered a four pole jack, but I think I'm going to splice in a new section of wire with a new jack on the end after watching this.
You’re the best person in the world and I hope you have nothing but good fortune in the future
I was going to buy new headphones and thanks to you I didn't even buy a new plug ! I soldered again on the original plug
Fantastic video man!!! I need to do this EXACT repair on a set of Turtle Beach headphones as well so I am VERY GRATEFUL for what you have done here!!! Thank you VERY MUCH!!!
What kind do you have. Did you fix them? I have the recon 200 (white). It has solid Red, (a green/red braided Around a White wire), and solid copper.
@@justrandom1259 Yeah, I fixed them. They belonged to a friend. I can't remember the wire colors but that video showed me what to do.
Hi. A short extension cable would prevent it from breaking again. Then it just jumps apart without damage. Very good video, thank you.
Oh my God I see this guy every day and ironically I really need his help oh my God thanks vince, and it was the exact headset
Pretty sure this is why high-end headphones don't have a cord permanently soldered to the headset. If the cord breaks, you just get another one.
Agreed... but sadly my headphones, which are pretty high-end, came out before they started doing that.
Sorry Nate, this poor parent doesn't just throw out $60 headphones.
Ed Smith Nathan meant if the cord breaks on high end headphones with a replaceable cable, you just get another cable.
@@avatarofdeath idot
@@AuroraTheAvali3735 same
Tks for this I had the same problem with my Samsung headphones I'm really glad I didn't chuck them away it will give me something for the weekend to work on 👍
Im subscibing this guy just fixed my headphones plus he said watford n i live 10 mins from watty
Hey Vince, I was able to repair two headsets so far, one Turtle Beach and one After Glow for my two nephews. What I did was go to the Dollar Tree store in the US and buy the $1 earbuds that have the microphone. It's a quick way to access a cable plug. On the Turtle B. one I just replaced the plug to volume section. On the After G. I replaced all wires. The wires are not as sturdy obviously but it get's them going. There are only 4 wires inside the earbuds but the extra wire on the gaming headphones was a ground.
Great idea thanks!
i love videos that pay attention to detail and i appreciate how you emphasis testing continuity with your solder drips on the new connector before soldering the wires to it.
i watched a few videos prior with more views and, though they had a soldering kit, they didnt use a volt meter to work smarter. i imagine that would create a lot of trial and error attempts.
also mapping the wires with the volt meter is one of those preparations that eliminate user error in connecting wrong ends - no guess work right? excellent video mate. thank you
thank you for the info. it really saved me for finding out where the different connections were on the jack. successfully reapaired my pair giving new use
Thanks man. Finally fixed mine. Didn't use the exact method as you showed but this video gave me the motivation to do it.
احسن شرح اتفرجت عليه لحد دلوقتي بس المشكلة مش عارف انفذ الشرح بسبب ان الادوات عندي ناقصة ومش عارف اظبط الالوان صح >_
Thanks for the video tutorial mate. It helped me a lot, I put on wrong location two of the cables, the sound was low and the microphone did not work. After this video all is perfect. Thanks a lot and great job.
Best repair vid on yt step by step
Smashing! you are a good tech and a good teacher. Thank you for the video. I liked your presentation. Great job!
Nearly pulled my hair out trying to solder those tiny wires... A few tips... Get those reverse tweezers clamps if you can... This was super annoying to do without wire shrink wrap so get some (heat shrink tubing)... Make sure to thread all parts you need on the wires before you solder them (shrink wrap, 3.5mm housing, and do it in the right order, DOH!)... Plan it out and have patience. I re-soldered them like 5 times. 🤦♀️🤣 I might have PTSD from that
Thanks for mapping out the wires by color. It worked great. I used Goop glue to encase the wires and anchor them and slid the plastic jacket over that. Seems to have worked.
Thanks! Burning the insulation off seems to keep one from breaking the small wires. Good idea! I saw one video for phone headsets that claims the wires are coated with an enamel that needs to be burned off as well to make a good solder connection.
This is the best video ive seen you know why? cuz i have the same headphones as you except mine are the white ones and i have the same problem!!!! subbed! cheers!
I have no experience with fixing electronics and this seems beyond what I am capable of, so I am going to try out something a little different. I bought a 3.5 mm male to male off of the Amazon. Instead of having to solder the wires to the headphone plug, I am going to cut the jack off of my headset along with the male to male, then connect the wires of the new jack to the wires in the old headset. Hopefully it works!
I am wondering if it would have been possible to make a knot before soldering the wires to the jack to prevent breaking the soldering job if someone pulled the cable instead of the plastic covering. Great tutorial!
So I'm thinking one of the solderless breakout screw terminals from Amazon might be the way to go now. Cut the end off, strip the cable, screw down, done. Like the video though, and attention to detail. Informative and educational.
Wow!my left ear really enjoyed this video..
This video was invaluable in inspiring and helping me repair my Turtle Beach 50P headset, I was just going to throw it out! Thank you!!
Very informative. Thank you. I knew how to solder the wires back on. My problem was that I couldn't find the Turtle Beach headset wire color coding diagram anywhere. So thank you very much. This video helped a lot with that. I was able to fix my $50 Turtle Beach headset with the jack from a dollar store pair of earbuds. Lol
This was so good and detailed. U mentioned everything u had to. A big thumbs up 👍👍👍👍
Exactly what I was looking for thank you buddy
Was just imagining it not working right at the end and you just launching it out of the window.
I bought a Amazon return box, this will be worth my time.
Appreciate for the close up shots mate
Crazy that the break point is all the same. I bought cheap replacement aux cables for my sennheiser game ones and they only lasted 3 months each, original lasted almost 6 years. I've had enough so I'm just gonna follow your guide and solder it myself. Finding genuine sennheiser game one aux cables are just too expensive. I really do hate 2.5mm 4 pole jacks now.
I'm going to be repairing those same exact headphones, will definitely be using this video to help me.
Also thank you so much, this is what I searched for!!!
Should have known my friend Vince would have a video on this..🙂😁
i can't use any of the information in this video as of right now, but I'm really glad this video exists because I want to get a nice pair of xbox 360 headphones with the separate chat and game volume dials, along with the mute button, and just replace the 2.5mm jack with a 3.5mm. For some goddamn reason everyone decided the Xbox One doesn't support separate volume controllers and there are no headsets that aren't for the 360 that have that kind of thing. I'm hoping if I just replace the 2.5mm jack with a 3.5mm then I'll magically be able to control chat volume and game volume individually on the One, but at the same time I'm sure that's just wishful thinking.
Thank you so much for the tutorial. It's a great lesson personally.
I like the way you do that soldering. thanks for sharing.
NathanBrutal mine fucking broke I’m so mad and the warranty doesn’t cover self damage
Darren L. Same
@@darrenl.5922 Don't most warranties not cover damage to a product made by the customer, accidental or not? I think warranties mainly cover faults in the product itself and not down to user error. For example if you had joycon drift on a Switch, and you had a warranty on them, you could send them in for repairs because it is an actual fault with the joycons and Nintendo is even facing a (class action I believe) law suit because of it, but say you cracked the plastic and it fell apart because you dropped it from high up. They wouldn't fix that because that'd be user error, not a product fault.
about to do this with my broken hyper x's... good lcuk to me i guess
helpful video. the original male plug broke into pieces on my speaker jack to the subwoofer. I'm checking with the manufacturer if they can send me a replacement plug or just a better solution. I may just get a whole new speaker set.. just feels bad wasting the rest of the hardware.
Very well spoken and clear, thank you
it's always fun to repair. good job.
Thank you my friend.
I had a different turtle beach headset but the wires coloring scheme was the same.
Gran video es verdad tu si sabes bro ahora ya se que hacer cuando mis headphones se desconpongan gracias bro :)
5:06 lmao he said a funny word
Fantastic, thank you from Nova Scotia Canada. Mystery solved!
YES! This is what I needed.
I just cut my razer jack. Oh, wait! I have no soldering iron. Damn son! Good vid! yo Imma do this later!
Troll King is it the same with razor? Before I permanently stop it from working?
Hot glue works i think
You've Just saved my headset... Thx a Lot.
Having a fan running might help with the smoke issue. A little liquid electrical tape or silicone adhesive caulk will improve where the cable comes out of the replacement jack. Dab it in with a toothpick if appearances matter to you.
very thorough and clear! great video!
My mic's Jack Broken 😟 How To Fix
BOYA BYM1
@@multifictionyt omg
luv ur vids man
Thank You will be repairing mine now.
Very good considering you just winged it instead of properly preparing.
Dude thx ur a legend and its clear and not shitty
Thanks your vid was great help. I repaired a different brand of headphones but the idea was the same !
audio no probs, but mic... red and green is clear, but i have a red/green and gold one left.
when you said 'hey cortana' and cortana came up on your laptop for some reason mine cortana also opened...😂
you shouldnt even have cortana, it spies on you.
@@porky-yv8hh its his choice, cry about it 🤡
Nice video. Thanks for the walkthrough, it really helped.
Once again another great video thank you.
thanks for uploading, very helpful
and another thing, if the areas for the left and right ear are accidentaly soldered together, it is ok, they will still work (unless u want stereo, just look up what it is if u dont know)
great video, i have some headphones with the same problem, now i can fix them, dont worry i have the tools for the job
Whats the mini laptop called?
love this video by the way, I was blanking on how to tell what wire solders where. THANK you.
same as you, I have a solder and multi-meter but I barely have make scenarios to use them on.
www.neowin.net/news/hands-on-and-first-impressions-of-the-gpd-pocket-mini-laptop/
Ok, my 15$ headset is not worth this effort. Great job BTW.
that little computer is sooo cute!
My Astro 10 Headset is acting wierd yesterday it was perfectly fine but then the audio started cutting in and out and the jack that plugs into the headset everytime I move it around I hear noise than it goes away so I just hear silence unless I hold ot in a position. Can you please help if you know whats wrong?
Bruh same the metal part of my astro 10 wire just broke just buy another cable on Ebay
i have to same headset and you saved me 50dollers
you should have put heat shrink on the end of the boot to give a finished look to the area where the cable meets the boot.
I was looking for a video on how to replace a jack coincidentally it’s the exact same headset and issue! I wonder if turtle bay have had this issue from other customers?
Great video there.
But let me add this... Don't use the glue directly on the outer part cos it makes the wire/cable break on subsequent twisting and bending. It's better to use the glue on the inner/lower part, not at angle like that.
bro the knowledge and experience is better than just buying.
Same thing happened to me! Just bought a pair of replacement jacks. Wish me luck
Then what happened?
Great detailed work my friend !
I like your video explaining how to replace the jack plug but what also caught my eye was the small notebook you had on the table. Do you know what make and model is that small notebook...
Its a GPD and they aint cheap.
I literally did the exact same thing you did. my problem is that I can hear things through both ears but I have to keep turning the jack like I am finding a radio station. I got the same headset but I got it practically new but since someone bought it and used it for about a week and didn't want it so got the mic for about $20. I know how to solder but, I do not own one personally to do this repair.
Probably shorting to ground, the housing or across channels (left and right). Shrink wrap the wire to the terminal with this stuff www.amazon.com/Industrial-Heat-shrink-Tubing/b?ie=UTF8&node=700782011. Wrap all the mini wires with Etape to help reinforce them
"I know how to solder but, I do not own one personally to do this repair."
Bro that's literally a mood, I'm the exact same way. Considering going to a hardware store so I can find an el cheapo in case I need to do one of these repairs.
Quick question to anyone who knows anything about this, my plug got torn off and is now stuck inside the port in which it was plugged in, so using a multimeter isn't really an option for me, my question is, is it possible to just do a visual inspection (because only half of the plug is torn off and stuck in the port, the bottom part is not) to figure out which color goes where ?
thanks
Thanks Bro, I just fixed my Headsets
That was a brilliant video, thank you. I'll be running through it again to the fix on my son's headphones. Just curious as to the mini laptop device you were plugging into, what is it? TIA
It appears to be a GPD Pocket. However manufacturers often share components and chasis, and it could be a unit made with the same keyboard.
At about 19 minutes he calls it out as a GPD Pocket. Confirmed.
Very well made video, thanks a lot!
This didn’t work because I can’t hear anything from my headset
There are a lot of reasons that might have happened. You might have a short circuit however you did it, or might have left too much insulation on the internal wires
For some reason, everything works fine after rewiring except the mic
same dude
Did you use a TRS jack or TRRS jack?
Great video.......I might give it a go...
Thank you for the pin out/ wire locations.
Excellent video chap :)