DIY iPhone Headphone Adapter
I know I'm not the only person in the universe saying "WTF, OVER?" about the iPhone's recessed headphone jack. I probably have a dozen assorted pairs of headphones and none of them will work in the iPhone. (If you're wondering why I don't just use the ones that it came with it's because... I don't like them.) This afternoon I decided to do something about it and you can too - it's very simple and you only need a couple of inexpensive items to do it.
The first thing you need to acquire is some type of inline headphone volume control cables. Any one would probably work but I chose the Radio Shack Gold-Plated Volume Control Cable for Stereo Headphones catalog number 42-2559. They had a ton of them on the shelf at my local Shack for $7.99/each.
The next item you will need is either an xacto knife or a single sided razor blade. I had the blade so I chose to use that but either one should work. I recommend a new blade though since it will make it easier to do clean cuts.
Now you're ready to start cutting. Gently make a circular cut around the base of the plastic piece that surrounds the headphone plug. Try not to get too deep, we can always make it deeper later. Once you have that completed start carefully making vertical cuts parallel to the heaphone plug itself around the area that is keeping us from plugging into the iPhone. Take your time and if you didn't cut far enough in when you made the very first cut you can remedy that now. When you're done you should have something that looks like this.
If there are any small pieces of plastic still hanging on use your blade to trim them up and make it look nice. (After all you ARE going to plug this into your Jesus Phone, right?)
Now enjoy your tunes with whatever headphones you want!
The first thing you need to acquire is some type of inline headphone volume control cables. Any one would probably work but I chose the Radio Shack Gold-Plated Volume Control Cable for Stereo Headphones catalog number 42-2559. They had a ton of them on the shelf at my local Shack for $7.99/each.
The next item you will need is either an xacto knife or a single sided razor blade. I had the blade so I chose to use that but either one should work. I recommend a new blade though since it will make it easier to do clean cuts.
Now you're ready to start cutting. Gently make a circular cut around the base of the plastic piece that surrounds the headphone plug. Try not to get too deep, we can always make it deeper later. Once you have that completed start carefully making vertical cuts parallel to the heaphone plug itself around the area that is keeping us from plugging into the iPhone. Take your time and if you didn't cut far enough in when you made the very first cut you can remedy that now. When you're done you should have something that looks like this.
If there are any small pieces of plastic still hanging on use your blade to trim them up and make it look nice. (After all you ARE going to plug this into your Jesus Phone, right?)
Now enjoy your tunes with whatever headphones you want!
posted by Matt at 7:17 PM
5 Comments:
why don't you just do that to your headphones? Skip the adapter.
Because I have several different pairs of headphones that I want to use with the iPhone.
Not to mention, this adapter is $7.99. My headphones are nearly $300. I'd rather not fuck'em up.
Well put.
SWEEEET! Much better to chop up an $8 adapter than my $300 Shures. Thanks for the post, I've already done the chop job and moved on with life!!
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