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So I’m asking you bc I thought maybe you would know the answer. Up north the family has a very old stereo (we don’t buy new things for the cottage bc the stuff that’s there isn’t broke and is shared with 3 other family’s, brother and cousins) system. It’s the old school one with the stereo in the middle and the speakers on each side. The stereo has headphone Jax and I was wondering if this would work to plug into the stereo to plug into my phone so I can listen to my phone on the stereo? I’m electronic/computer dumb.
@mediocrebot@phendrick@Star2236@troy
Just noticed this post Star. Unfortunately I think the answer is no. This would allow you to play your stereo TO Bluetooth speakers, since the headphone jack is an output.
Depending on the age of your speaker/stereo setup it’s possible that there is an input jack on the front or maybe back panel (though most likely it would be a pair of RCA jacks in the back if it’s as old as you indicate). If you have a setting called “aux” on the stereo it would have some sort of input capability. An input jack is what you would need for this to be functional for your use case of casting from your phone TO the stereo.
Hope that wasn’t too confusing!
I don’t think I’ve been on a plane with these obviously passenger-unfriendly 2 TRS pins audio in a while, but if you find yourself there you might wish you had this!
No joke, why does it have 2 plugs? And how do they differ, besides one appearing to have 2 rings or bands, and the other only 1? 3.5mm plug enthusiasts, please enlighten me.
@plaidphantom@sfwineguy@cfg83 Turns out to be a lot more esoteric than that; they really downplayed the degree to which this adapter was meant for airplanes.
This adapter’s 3.5mm plugs (referred to as TRS or “tip, ring, sleeve”) align with “older” airplane audio systems where there was a plug for each channel (apparently a theft-deterrent). They still sell adapters for this that will split normal 3.5mm stereo plugs into dual mono plugs… which, if it’s that easy to get an adapter, seems like a form of punitive inconvenience that might drive somebody to steal your dumbass headphones anyway out of pure spite.
It looks like these guys just provided a stereo (L/R/G) and mono jack (R/G), and since the airplane audio system can’t detect the 2nd pole on the stereo plug it just ignores it and thinks it got 2 single-channel mono plugs lol.
They had to go against the convention of tip = Left to make this work though, which doesn’t really matter but it’s kind of weird.
@dvermilion@plaidphantom@sfwineguy WOW! Thank you for putting together the presentation. I have seen and had some of those dual adapters back in the day, but I never put them to use on a plane.
@sarahsandroid It will—unless, of course, you’re listening to the 2nd track from Korn’s 1998 single-studded smash hit “Follow the Leader”.
I was trying to think of what could be wrong with these, but with BT 5.0 even with a wonky chip the delay wouldn’t be that bad, and since you’re using an iPod it wouldn’t matter anyway.
Only other thing would be an old battery (common with Meh offerings) but if the iPod is stationary you could just leave it plugged in (which I have to do with my extremely old transmitter at this point). Having said that, depending on what you plug it inTO you could get a hum, just try to plug it into a dedicated power source—e.g., if you try to power this using the USB port on a TV or something interference is probable—a wall wart or equivalent should be fine.
… Having said that, depending on what you plug it inTO you could get a hum, just try to plug it into a dedicated power source …
I have had that happen with powered external speakers on Raspberry Pis, so I usually power the speaker on a dedicated power supply just as you suggest. Funny thing is, sometimes I can “hear” the (SSD!) hard disk read/writes over the speaker, so it’s actually kind of neat.
@cfg83@sarahsandroid Yup! Bluetooth is also notoriously finicky when it comes to things like external drives. I almost broke my PS4 controller after a weeks-long issue kept getting me killed over and over—turned out to be the fact that external mechanical drives over USB 3.0 will emit interference that bleeds into the 2.4Ghz range & cripple the signal of any devices trying to communicate through it. Took me WAY too long to figure that one out.
I like this for potentially using my old mp3 players (like the Sansa Clips) with my BT earbuds when on the mower or working in the shop. Also might be practical on some airplanes … though be aware that most airlines are moving away from seat back entertainment.
Guess I’ll think about this and see if I can find a couple of other items to throw in the bag to make the Irk discount.
Have you received it yet? How do you like it? It is still available on side deal and I’m on the fence. Never did find anything else I wanted during the marathon so didn’t order one when it was available on this site.
Thanks
@chienfou I received it yesterday. I plan on using it to allow phones to transmit directly to a live mixer without wires (because phones can use microusb/usbc/lightning/3.5mm/etc/etc), so it won’t get actively used until the opportunity presents itself.
Nevertheless, I put it through its paces and it seems to do what I need it to do.
There are a lot of devices like these (purpose built devices to send/receive bluetooth to 3.5mm), and they share common deficiencies. They are a real pain to use because there’s only one LED for user feedback and only one button to power on/off and force pairing. It blinks when it charges. It blinks when sending audio (I think). BUT! When connected to speakers (via the 3.5mm), this device uses the speaker’s audio channel to provide additional feedback in English, which is nice.
If you need to connect bluetooth to analog, you can do worse. It’s serviceable enough for me now. But I’ve only used it for a few minutes so I dunno how it’ll work long term.
@chienfou Received mine yesterday as well. Had to figure out a way to test them prior to travel.
They paired easily with my earbuds and with the adapter plugged into my PC’s headphone jack, they seemed to work fine. I didn’t think to watch a video to test for lag though.
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@mediocrebot @phendrick @troy
So I’m asking you bc I thought maybe you would know the answer. Up north the family has a very old stereo (we don’t buy new things for the cottage bc the stuff that’s there isn’t broke and is shared with 3 other family’s, brother and cousins) system. It’s the old school one with the stereo in the middle and the speakers on each side. The stereo has headphone Jax and I was wondering if this would work to plug into the stereo to plug into my phone so I can listen to my phone on the stereo? I’m electronic/computer dumb.
@mediocrebot @phendrick @Star2236 @troy
Just noticed this post Star. Unfortunately I think the answer is no. This would allow you to play your stereo TO Bluetooth speakers, since the headphone jack is an output.
Depending on the age of your speaker/stereo setup it’s possible that there is an input jack on the front or maybe back panel (though most likely it would be a pair of RCA jacks in the back if it’s as old as you indicate). If you have a setting called “aux” on the stereo it would have some sort of input capability. An input jack is what you would need for this to be functional for your use case of casting from your phone TO the stereo.
Hope that wasn’t too confusing!
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@rcgrams She’s like an animated Vendetta mask.
I don’t think I’ve been on a plane with these obviously passenger-unfriendly 2 TRS pins audio in a while, but if you find yourself there you might wish you had this!
No joke, why does it have 2 plugs? And how do they differ, besides one appearing to have 2 rings or bands, and the other only 1? 3.5mm plug enthusiasts, please enlighten me.
@sfwineguy I can’t help but think it’s giving you the double finger … oh, wait, it’s mono versus stereo!
I tried to figure out why but I got nothin.
@cfg83 Nice call on mono/stereo. Never knew that.
Sadly, the flipping the bird answer did occur to me.
@sfwineguy The two-band plug would be for a headphones jack. The single band plug is likely for a microphone input.
@plaidphantom @sfwineguy @cfg83 Turns out to be a lot more esoteric than that; they really downplayed the degree to which this adapter was meant for airplanes.
This adapter’s 3.5mm plugs (referred to as TRS or “tip, ring, sleeve”) align with “older” airplane audio systems where there was a plug for each channel (apparently a theft-deterrent). They still sell adapters for this that will split normal 3.5mm stereo plugs into dual mono plugs… which, if it’s that easy to get an adapter, seems like a form of punitive inconvenience that might drive somebody to steal your dumbass headphones anyway out of pure spite.
It looks like these guys just provided a stereo (L/R/G) and mono jack (R/G), and since the airplane audio system can’t detect the 2nd pole on the stereo plug it just ignores it and thinks it got 2 single-channel mono plugs lol.
They had to go against the convention of tip = Left to make this work though, which doesn’t really matter but it’s kind of weird.
@dvermilion @plaidphantom @sfwineguy WOW! Thank you for putting together the presentation. I have seen and had some of those dual adapters back in the day, but I never put them to use on a plane.
I like this. I could get two of them for two/from transmission, and be one piece of crap away from an IRK. Temptation …
@cfg83
I think that would count as “one unique item” still.
You may be setting yourself up for more regret than you thought…
I’m hoping this will let me listen to my iPod on my headphones without feeling like I’m on a leash.
@sarahsandroid It will—unless, of course, you’re listening to the 2nd track from Korn’s 1998 single-studded smash hit “Follow the Leader”.
I was trying to think of what could be wrong with these, but with BT 5.0 even with a wonky chip the delay wouldn’t be that bad, and since you’re using an iPod it wouldn’t matter anyway.
Only other thing would be an old battery (common with Meh offerings) but if the iPod is stationary you could just leave it plugged in (which I have to do with my extremely old transmitter at this point). Having said that, depending on what you plug it inTO you could get a hum, just try to plug it into a dedicated power source—e.g., if you try to power this using the USB port on a TV or something interference is probable—a wall wart or equivalent should be fine.
@sarahsandroid Very good idea. Don’t forget the adapter …
@dvermilion @sarahsandroid
I have had that happen with powered external speakers on Raspberry Pis, so I usually power the speaker on a dedicated power supply just as you suggest. Funny thing is, sometimes I can “hear” the (SSD!) hard disk read/writes over the speaker, so it’s actually kind of neat.
@cfg83 @sarahsandroid Yup! Bluetooth is also notoriously finicky when it comes to things like external drives. I almost broke my PS4 controller after a weeks-long issue kept getting me killed over and over—turned out to be the fact that external mechanical drives over USB 3.0 will emit interference that bleeds into the 2.4Ghz range & cripple the signal of any devices trying to communicate through it. Took me WAY too long to figure that one out.
https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/03/16/dualshock-4-connection-issues-may-stem-from-external-hdd/
I’ve been using the same Taotronics BT transmitter for over 10 years. Might as well.
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I like this for potentially using my old mp3 players (like the Sansa Clips) with my BT earbuds when on the mower or working in the shop. Also might be practical on some airplanes … though be aware that most airlines are moving away from seat back entertainment.
Guess I’ll think about this and see if I can find a couple of other items to throw in the bag to make the Irk discount.
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… And anyone else who might have bought one of these.
Have you received it yet? How do you like it? It is still available on side deal and I’m on the fence. Never did find anything else I wanted during the marathon so didn’t order one when it was available on this site.
Thanks
@chienfou I received it yesterday. I plan on using it to allow phones to transmit directly to a live mixer without wires (because phones can use microusb/usbc/lightning/3.5mm/etc/etc), so it won’t get actively used until the opportunity presents itself.
Nevertheless, I put it through its paces and it seems to do what I need it to do.
There are a lot of devices like these (purpose built devices to send/receive bluetooth to 3.5mm), and they share common deficiencies. They are a real pain to use because there’s only one LED for user feedback and only one button to power on/off and force pairing. It blinks when it charges. It blinks when sending audio (I think). BUT! When connected to speakers (via the 3.5mm), this device uses the speaker’s audio channel to provide additional feedback in English, which is nice.
If you need to connect bluetooth to analog, you can do worse. It’s serviceable enough for me now. But I’ve only used it for a few minutes so I dunno how it’ll work long term.
@chienfou Received mine yesterday as well. Had to figure out a way to test them prior to travel.
They paired easily with my earbuds and with the adapter plugged into my PC’s headphone jack, they seemed to work fine. I didn’t think to watch a video to test for lag though.