Database Users

Headphone socket adaptor?

Hi all. Just got my P3600 today, very nice indeed.
One complaint (so far!); There's no headphone socket, only a set of pretty crummy headphone with a mini-usb connector. Is it possible to get a mini-usb adaptor so that I can plug in some decent headphones? 3.5mm jack would be best, but 2.5 would do as well.
Thanks for any help!
Lee.

Your best bet at the moment is to cut the original audio cable and put a jack on it. Some adaptors are available, but the ones I´ve tested had a lousy fit. Stupid HTC forgot to offer an adaptor, and include it in the package. We´re complaining for many months now...started with the Tytn.

leecotton said:
Hi all. Just got my P3600 today, very nice indeed.
One complaint (so far!); There's no headphone socket, only a set of pretty crummy headphone with a mini-usb connector. Is it possible to get a mini-usb adaptor so that I can plug in some decent headphones? 3.5mm jack would be best, but 2.5 would do as well.
Thanks for any help!
Lee.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Expansys (a shop I always try to avoid) sells one for 9.95 pounds
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=142091&asource=HTC _P3600
(available from mid January though)
PS: Am I the only one thinking that the size of the earbuds in the original headset is for elephant's ears?

Lucas0511 said:
Your best bet at the moment is to cut the original audio cable and put a jack on it. Some adaptors are available, but the ones I´ve tested had a lousy fit. Stupid HTC forgot to offer an adaptor, and include it in the package. We´re complaining for many months now...started with the Tytn.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You are so right. That is the first think I'll do when I get one of these "new and improved" mini USB audio plugs. I have custom headphones for my Jamin now. I bought a nice pair of Koss headpnones and soldered it to a SE P800 headset, which fits in the Jamin.
Expansys also offers a Y splitter so you can have charger on ones side and headphones on the other, both mini USB of course.

Thanks
Thanks for the info chaps. I think I'll try an adaptor from Expansys or somewhere before chopping up my headphone cable!
Lee.

Found a working adapter...
I bought this adapter from www.martinfields.com:
http://www.martinfields.co.uk/produ..._P800W&modeln=most HTC and compatible devices)
It works fine for playing audio with the P3600 and uses a 3.5mm socket, although obviously it doesn't have the phone answer button on it.
Cheap too, although it takes a while to ship from Hong Kong.
Lee.

I ordered one from martin fields as well and it works great.

I have ordered one from shop.brando.com.hk think it was $5 and free shipping in the christmas days

Expecting one from brando

leecotton said:
I bought this adapter from www.martinfields.com:
http://www.martinfields.co.uk/produ..._P800W&modeln=most HTC and compatible devices)
It works fine for playing audio with the P3600 and uses a 3.5mm socket, although obviously it doesn't have the phone answer button on it.
Cheap too, although it takes a while to ship from Hong Kong.
Lee.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So, when you are listening to music, and a phone call comes in, can you use the microphone in the phone? Is it muted? In other words, do you have to unplug the headphones to answer a call?

which is best usb splitter for vogue to use BOSE around ear headphones??

Hi guys I want to use BOSE AROUND EAR/NOISE CANCELLING HEADPHONES on my vogue so i want to buy a usb splitter for same.
also some where i heard that using usb splitter decreaseds the sound quality of headphones
the BOSE uses 3.5MM jack
link to bose:http://www.boseindia.com/retail/bose-product-detail.aspx?Prd_Id=17&Cat_Id=647&Nav_Id=647
link to a htc splitter that i think is the best i saw it's also of original htc
link:http://cgi.ebay.com/3.5mm-USB-Adapt...temQQimsxZ20091223?IMSfp=TL091223214003r14433
so please guys help me coz tghe bose headphones are of around 170$ so i dont wanna waste my money
also is the same headphones also compaitable with BLACKBERRY STORM
i will also use the same headphones on blackberry also
thanks guys
hope a quick reply

patelaquib said:
Hi guys I want to use BOSE AROUND EAR/NOISE CANCELLING HEADPHONES on my vogue so i want to buy a usb splitter for same.
also some where i heard that using usb splitter decreaseds the sound quality of headphones
the BOSE uses 3.5MM jack
link to bose:http://www.boseindia.com/retail/bose-product-detail.aspx?Prd_Id=17&Cat_Id=647&Nav_Id=647
link to a htc splitter that i think is the best i saw it's also of original htc
link:http://cgi.ebay.com/3.5mm-USB-Adapt...temQQimsxZ20091223?IMSfp=TL091223214003r14433
so please guys help me coz tghe bose headphones are of around 170$ so i dont wanna waste my money
also is the same headphones also compaitable with BLACKBERRY STORM
i will also use the same headphones on blackberry also
thanks guys
hope a quick reply
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As an audiophile I can't help but giggle a bit, I don't think anything you can buy will really make the vogue sound all that great as the amount of noise to signal produced out of it is way too much - if you are thinking about buying bose headphones I HIGHLY recommend against as well, for $170 a pair of grado labs headphones or high-end sennheiser headphones will sound much much much better and you won't be giving your money to "blowse"
Honestly, your best bet is finding the original splitter that came with the phone and getting the absolute lowest impendence headphones you can - it will produce the absolute best sound you can get out of the phone (it's conditional though, so if you take those very same headphones and put them to another application like a home reciever it'll sound bad there!)
If any of this is confusing, let me know by PM I will gladly help out!

reply!!!!
Thanks for your reply.....
The splitter recevied from supplier doesnot match with bose jack.....so i have to have new splitter for matching bose jack(3.5mm) to enjoy sound....
Company supplied splitter has (1) charger jack & (2) 11 Pin mini USB for original HTC headsets.
So i wish considering above limitations, to enjoy good sound quality, i understood that BOSE is best matched with NOKIA N91......So i have planned to get one for me too provided i am able to fetch original HTC SPLITTER matching with subject BOSE headphones thread.........
Link provided in thread is of orignal HTC Splitter which I think released to use with HTC DIAMOND, Please confirm me that will it work on VOGUE also...if I buy one for me ???????????

lol, i've made my own and it works pretty darn fine. a wire is a wire. i really don't think its going to make a difference. (is pure gold wires really going to make a difference from copper?) but the quality of the magnet and the coils will make a difference no doubt.
but since my creation look ghetto (electric tape ) im planning on buying another.

mikurej95 said:
lol, i've made my own and it works pretty darn fine. a wire is a wire. i really don't think its going to make a difference. (is pure gold wires really going to make a difference from copper?) but the quality of the magnet and the coils will make a difference no doubt.
but since my creation look ghetto (electric tape ) im planning on buying another.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thread moved to General.
Difference between gold wires and copper wires do make some difference if you are looking at a very fine noise band.... but for the Vogue... completely agree with you

Only some people can actually hear the difference, but thats are the audio freaks. And the sound quality also depends on the device itself if it has a good amplifier integrated. (this is where ipods usually get criticized and where the zune is praised) Getting a amp will definatly increase the sound quality. what it does is basically what it is called, it amplifies notes to make them clearer and crisper

[Q] Xperia Play audio jack issue

Hey guys!
Has anyone else experienced a faulty audio jack on their Xperia Play? The speakers work great, but when I plug into the headphone jack, it sounds very strange, like one of the channels isn't going though. When playing Michael Jackson, I can pretty much only hear the music without any vocals...
Also, I bought it from Best Buy, and apparently they said that they don't cover the phone after 30 minutes of use or something ridiculous like that... I was wondering if there was any way of resetting the minutes usage.
Cheers!

Your headphones are most likely not plugged in far enough.

zerojay said:
Your headphones are most likely not plugged in far enough.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope... I've tried 3 different headphones and plugged them in as much as I could. Unless the body has faulty construction and is not allowing me to plug it in all the way.

Have you tried both handsfree and standard stereo headphones? I haven't had any problems with either on my phone but I thought it was quite interesting that the supplied headset didn't work properly in other 3.5 mm jacks where other handsfree sets work.
Sent from my R800i using XDA App

There
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060229
Hope this helps.
And they will cover manufacturing Defects.

Le Max 2 X820 USB Audio adapter quality concerns

I've been eyeing the Le Max 2 X820 for a few months now and I think it's a great deal but the implementation of the 3.5mm headphone jack always makes me rethink. For anyone out there who owns this phone, I have two major questions that always cause me to rethink my purchase decision.
1. How snug is the audio adapter? Headphone jacks give a much more snug connection to the device than the USB-C jack in every phone that I have ever used. The fact that I'll be pulling out the USB audio adapter hundreds if not thousands of times in my ownership of the device really makes me worry that it'll become so loose with mechanical stress that it'll eventually just lose all grip and fall out with even the lightest of pulls.
2. I hear people make claims like "the audio quality is out of this world" or "this is the smartphone for audiophiles." Do those claims have any substance? I have a DAC at home for when I want a dedicated music listening experience and I find it hard to believe that a digital signal running through a low voltage power source could perform anywhere near the quality of a dedicated DAC. What exactly does CDLA do? Allow a lossless passthrough of your music to the USB digital signal? Does it serve as a DAC?
Thanks for taking the time to read this.

The USB adapter is very snug on mine - it is actually quite hard to pull it out even when you want to. Sound through the adapter with a good pair of headphones is decent. I have been playing lossless CD rips and they sound great, especially with the Dolby Atmos dsp. CDLA is only a thing if you buy the Leeco earbuds (I have just ordered a pair from Gearbest for about £10 in a flash sale). Basically it just sends the music digitally rather than converting to analogue on board. The earbuds have a 24-bit hifi audio decoder chip embedded in the usb plug.

kanagawaben said:
The USB adapter is very snug on mine - it is actually quite hard to pull it out even when you want to. Sound through the adapter with a good pair of headphones is decent. I have been playing lossless CD rips and they sound great, especially with the Dolby Atmos dsp. CDLA is only a thing if you buy the Leeco earbuds (I have just ordered a pair from Gearbest for about £10 in a flash sale). Basically it just sends the music digitally rather than converting to analogue on board. The earbuds have a 24-bit hifi audio decoder chip embedded in the usb plug.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I see.
So the USB adapter doesn't do any processing and just serves as an analogue pass-through and the DSP is built right into the device. So I can expect pretty much the same audio quality as any other phone with a headphone jack unless I use the CDLA certified earbuds.
The standard 3.5mm jack isn't exactly a pricey component. Makes me wonder why it was removed in the first place. It's not like the device's selling point is its slimness.
Thanks for the info. :good:

Yes, as far as I know the adapter is just a pass through and doesn't contain an audio chip. The fact you can buy them for just $1 or $2 online would seem to confirm that.

enmasse said:
The standard 3.5mm jack isn't exactly a pricey component. Makes me wonder why it was removed in the first place.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hello. The socked for 3.5 mm jack does not seem to be, but is the component that takes pretty much place inside the phone. I have lately disassembled my previous phone and realized that.
regards Olek

kanagawaben said:
The USB adapter is very snug on mine - it is actually quite hard to pull it out even when you want to. Sound through the adapter with a good pair of headphones is decent. I have been playing lossless CD rips and they sound great, especially with the Dolby Atmos dsp. CDLA is only a thing if you buy the Leeco earbuds (I have just ordered a pair from Gearbest for about £10 in a flash sale). Basically it just sends the music digitally rather than converting to analogue on board. The earbuds have a 24-bit hifi audio decoder chip embedded in the usb plug.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The thing is, analogue audio signals over the short length of cable on headphones are already basically 'lossless' so CLDA doesn't really have any benefit apart from the fact the DAC is external from the device so the headphone manufacturer may implement a better one than LeEco would have otherwise. That's it.

mikeysteele said:
The thing is, analogue audio signals over the short length of cable on headphones are already basically 'lossless' so CLDA doesn't really have any benefit apart from the fact the DAC is external from the device so the headphone manufacturer may implement a better one than LeEco would have otherwise. That's it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree. Losing the headphone jack is retarded. They could have just put the 24-bit chip from the earbuds in the phone and had a normal 3.5mm jack (it's not like the phone is very thin or waterproof). I would never have got a phone without it by choice, but for me it was a compromise I was prepared to put up with to get a high spec phone at a low price.
Regarding the adapter, mine is already starting to suffer from cable failure at the point where the cable joins the USB jack. Luckily they are very cheap to replace - I just ordered a 10 pack (not LeEco ones) from AliExpress for just $7.

kanagawaben said:
I agree. Losing the headphone jack is retarded. They could have just put the 24-bit chip from the earbuds in the phone and had a normal 3.5mm jack (it's not like the phone is very thin or waterproof). I would never have got a phone without it by choice, but for me it was a compromise I was prepared to put up with to get a high spec phone at a low price.
Regarding the adapter, mine is already starting to suffer from cable failure at the point where the cable joins the USB jack. Luckily they are very cheap to replace - I just ordered a 10 pack (not LeEco ones) from AliExpress for just $7.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For the price I can put up with the adapter that's for sure. Hopefully we see some nice 3rd party ones with better DACs in them.

Do the iPhone 7 users complain about the same problem? I personally don't care as long as the USB-C to 3.5 mm adapter works.

I think the rationale to lose the headphone jack is untenable on all levels. Not having the option to listen to music through your headphones while having your device plugged into wall power is something I won't ever understand. We're not at a point where most consumers own Bluetooth headsets yet and wireless charging is still limited to trickle power.
I don't know about iPhone users but maybe they just have a higher tolerance to retardation?

I lost the one which came with my phone, so I ordered some of the cheap replacements. I haven't been impressed so far. I'd happily pay more for one which had a high quality Wolfson or similar DAC but I haven't been able to find one.

I bought cheap USB C dongle and the sound was absolutely awful, which makes me think I may have been mistaken in thinking the LeEco adapter (which has very good sound) is just a pass-through. Maybe it does have some kind of DAC and amp in it.

Hi,
I read an Italian review that complained about the incompatibility of different otg adapters with the phone.
Can the same be said for the 3.5mm adapters? Any experiences on that?
Thank you

When i bought the phone i also bought 3 extra adapters incase I lose one or need to use different earbuds. They all sound the same because its only passthrough. But the ones I bought extra are much better quality.

MerlijnD said:
When i bought the phone i also bought 3 extra adapters incase I lose one or need to use different earbuds. They all sound the same because its only passthrough. But the ones I bought extra are much better quality.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Exact opposite of my experience. The original LeEco adapter and another LeEco one I bought were both great. Non-LeEco ones I bought sound terrible. Like, really unusably awful.

I bought some cheap, generic USB-C to 3.5mm and the audio quality was very strange in a bad way. They all sound bad. I've been using a small Bluetooth receiver for a few months now and it works great, but I'd still rather plug into phone.
If you want a high quality DAC solution, the Creative E3 would be good. I'm using some 'Vital' adapter I got on Amazon for £10. Pretty good for the price
Anyone know where we can buy an official adapter?

jaw2floor said:
I bought some cheap, generic USB-C to 3.5mm and the audio quality was very strange in a bad way. They all sound bad. I've been using a small Bluetooth receiver for a few months now and it works great, but I'd still rather plug into phone.
If you want a high quality DAC solution, the Creative E3 would be good. I'm using some 'Vital' adapter I got on Amazon for £10. Pretty good for the price
Anyone know where we can buy an official adapter?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
AliExpress. The same one as the one the phone comes with costs about $3

i would say the sound is okay with the one came with the phone, nothing more nothing less. Also there r enough cheap and good bluetooth earbuds!

I wonder if it's theoretically possible to use the DAC from the original earbuds to make a universal adapter for any 3.5 earbuds? Like just cut the wire and connect it to the 3.5-jack Mother. Because I'm having hybrid multi-driver earbuds with 3.5 and don't want any other for now.
Does anyone know what exactly DAC is used in LeEco earbuds?

The LeEco CDLA earbuds sound pretty good, but they have the same problems (but magnified) as the apple buds they clearly mimic in appearance - damn things refuse to stay in your ears, and the cables are really weak and flimsy. I haven't used mine all that much but they are already starting​ to fall to bits

Xioami Redmi 2 audio jack estimated repair cost?

i own a redmi 2 and its almost a year now and i started facing this audio jack problem in which when i plug my earphones and only the left side is working i tried the same pair of earphones in my friend's device and it was working Well so it seems a hardware problem i tried removing lint in the jack with paper clip and compressed air but it does'nt seem to be working i wanted to know a estimated repair price as its almost a year now if the cost of repair is more i can upgrade from redmi 2. If any of you have experienced same problem plz reaply to this thread ? Regards

akprogamer23 said:
i own a redmi 2 and its almost a year now and i started facing this audio jack problem in which when i plug my earphones and only the left side is working i tried the same pair of earphones in my friend's device and it was working Well so it seems a hardware problem i tried removing lint in the jack with paper clip and compressed air but it does'nt seem to be working i wanted to know a estimated repair price as its almost a year now if the cost of repair is more i can upgrade from redmi 2. If any of you have experienced same problem plz reaply to this thread ? Regards
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm having the same problem..
But I've not repaired it yet..
I'm using Bluetooth headset instead of using Audio Jack.

sethidheeraj06 said:
I'm having the same problem..
But I've not repaired it yet..
I'm using Bluetooth headset instead of using Audio Jack.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which headset are you using?