Headset Adaptor
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Headset Adaptor
Guys,
Im wondering if its possible to buy an adaptor for a Headset, which converts the Standard twin GA Plugs into a single smaller plug which can be used in a comuter, stereo, cd player, or any other common device which uses that kind of plug. Is it also possible tog et it so the mic will work as well?
(im not much of a techie :P )
Cheers
Daniel
Im wondering if its possible to buy an adaptor for a Headset, which converts the Standard twin GA Plugs into a single smaller plug which can be used in a comuter, stereo, cd player, or any other common device which uses that kind of plug. Is it also possible tog et it so the mic will work as well?
(im not much of a techie :P )
Cheers
Daniel
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Showing signs of my ignorance here. With such little knowledge of electrons et al as I might possess, I think the main problem is impedance matching.
My guess is that this forum will provide an answer quicker than elsewhere ?
Showing signs of my ignorance here. With such little knowledge of electrons et al as I might possess, I think the main problem is impedance matching.
My guess is that this forum will provide an answer quicker than elsewhere ?
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you can buy off the shelf most adapters but not sure about the connection you want,
but you can always make your own adapter for less than it would cost to by one.
purchased a standard GA twin to helicopter adapter and cost me approx $60.00 each.
regards
but you can always make your own adapter for less than it would cost to by one.
purchased a standard GA twin to helicopter adapter and cost me approx $60.00 each.
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You could make an adaptor up for it, the hard one to get is the Headset Mic inline jack. If you want to use your headset on your PC I would suggest just buying a PC headset, far more comfortable and should cost less than the adaptors
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It's also highly unlikely that your aviation headset microphone will work with your PC. The aviation headset mic is designed to connect to a powered socket (as used in the dark ages with carbon microphones). Your PC almost certainly expects a dynamic microphone, connected directly to the input.
As the man said - buy a PC headset.
As the man said - buy a PC headset.
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Buy the relevant size plugs for the device you want to connect into, a standard 1/4 inch line jack socket, an aircraft mike line jack socket, and a length of twin screened cable (or twice the length of single-screened).
Take your trusty soldering iron, and connect the mike plug and mike socket to the ends of one line of the screened, and the headphone plug and headphone socket to the other.
All except the aircraft mike line socket are easy to obtain.
Since the microphone in your headset won't work with the computer, stereo, etc, I'd just do the earpiece bit. You can buy adaptors to connect a 1/4 inch jack to a 2.5mm or 3.5mm input - I reckon on paying about £2 for one.
If your headset is a standard aviation one, it won't be stereo, so you will need to make up a lead that connects the two outputs of the stereo end to the one input of the headset. I think you can buy adaptors for that too, but I've never tried.
Take your trusty soldering iron, and connect the mike plug and mike socket to the ends of one line of the screened, and the headphone plug and headphone socket to the other.
All except the aircraft mike line socket are easy to obtain.
Since the microphone in your headset won't work with the computer, stereo, etc, I'd just do the earpiece bit. You can buy adaptors to connect a 1/4 inch jack to a 2.5mm or 3.5mm input - I reckon on paying about £2 for one.
If your headset is a standard aviation one, it won't be stereo, so you will need to make up a lead that connects the two outputs of the stereo end to the one input of the headset. I think you can buy adaptors for that too, but I've never tried.
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