Hi, I have a simple question. How do I fix a normal earphone, like those mobile phone handsfree type. The cable is "disconnected" from the jack. I have cut of part of the rubber/protection to reveal the wires inside. I see 2 separate strands ie. copper color and another which is red. But when I connect red to red, copper to copper, still there is no sound at all. Please advice. Thank you.

These needs professional solderers to fix the job. Just go to any radio TV repair shop, they will fix it for u

But I still have quite some wires exposed on both side, from the ear piece and also from the jack. It's not entirely pullout from the jack. You can say it was cut in the middle. So shouldn't need any soldering. Should be able to just sambung balik, isn't it?

No, the headphone will work only if the tip of the wire connects/touches which is hard to achieve. It's not as easy like regular wire.

No wonder. So I'm doom.

If you know how to solder, you'll first need to burn of a little of the "colour". That green/red/copper colour is actually an insulation coating on the thin wire. If you just sambung it, you're not actually making an electrical connection.

Use the solder iron to burn off just a tiny bit of the coating on the wire first, then solder the ends back.

just get a new one..

I have the equipment, will give it a try. If I get it to a shop, I think they'll probably charge me the price which is same as buying a new one.

Take a photo and put up a picture here.
You want to fix a normal earphone, like those mobile phone handsfree type?

In the market there is a transmitting 2.4GHz device to plug in the headphone audio socket. It enable you to use wireless headset.
Is this your goal?

You can fix it, but it will looks a bit ugly. The red and copper coloured wire that you see inside is actually an insulator.. That's why you can see that both wires are touching each other and the earphone can still work fine.

If you want to connect the wire, you have to remove the insulator by scratching them to expose the actual wire inside. Another way is to melt the insulator using a lighter..


This type of wire is not good actually. The device wont last long because both wires will scratch each other until the are short circuited. Your device can easily fail under normal usage..

This post has been edited by zeese: May 17 2010, 09:18 AM

Dear zeese, you are right and that is what I will attempt. Thanks for your clear info. I will hope that I can succeed.

Dear DarkNite, nope, that is not my goal. Just want to put them back so I can use instead of waste.

hi i've been through wat u had..i spent half of the day,n succeed
if broken at jack,kenot fix 1..if u like the earpiece so much,u have to find another perfect earphone,take out its earpiece,then attach yours to it..
soldering is a must,solder it to the small plate on earpiece..

It's just a habit of thinking how to fix / reuse instead of throwing away immediately.

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Added on May 20, 2010, 8:02 amI did it. But my work isn't very good, sometimes there is sound and other times no sound. Well, I still have half a meter long of cables. Don't know why it's so long b,ut I can make good use now... thanks again guys.,

This post has been edited by n8210: May 20 2010, 08:02 AM