How to Replace the 4 pole Audio and Mic plug on Headphones

Replacing the 4 pole Jack plug on a pair of senheiser PX200 - II earphones. The 4 pole plug is like a standard earphone plug, but with an extra connection.
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[@DonGerico]

actually one of the best videos on how to do this. No faffing about and good clear camera work

[@stoduk]

A useful video, but having tried this myself I've got a few things worth pointing out - hopefully will help someone else! If any of these seem obvious then ignore then as you obviously know what you are doing :) I ended up destroying one plug with my first attempt, so worth bearing that in mind when purchasing plugs, especially given their price.. - the colours of the cores may well be different (for me: Red/Mic, Green/Left, Blue/Right, Gold/Ground1, Loose Gold/Ground 2), if you have two separate grounds as I did then make sure you connect them! - if you don't know which connectors are which, if you headphones were working at all then cut the plug off and use a multimeter to figure out which cables connect to which part (in my case only Right connection was broken so process of elimination told me that one) - only burn off enough of the lacquer that you need, else you'll increase the chance of a short with the other cables - I found using a lighter was the easiest way to burn off the lacquer, and then use sandpaper or scrape with a knife to remove any residue. If it doesn't look shiny or you can't tin the wire then you need to clean it more - I found it easier to solder sleeve first, then ring, ring, and tip. YMMV - making sure your wires are tinned will increase the chance of getting a quick connection, and so reduce the chance you melt the plastic in the connector

[@alberoDiSpazio]

my wires are funky. I got Green, blue, red, bare copper wrapped around yellow (gold). For me green was right, i have no idea what the other colors do.

[@Johno91253]

Thanks Andrew, The tiny wires an my inept soldering ability won't make this easy but you've given me a bit of an idea. Agree with Hoggdoc on your camera work. Good job.

[@phonepavillon9139]

Sehr gute Aufnahmen - mit viel Ruhe und angenehmer Stimme !

[@Burgattti]

lovely video, will now go and get a pointed tip for my soldering iron!

[@shenidan2023]

This an an excellent video - many thanks for sharing your tips!

[@rdarkjoy]

THANK YOU 😁😁😁 helped me fix my sons headset which is now working :D

[@YousefGhalib]

Thank a bunch for the video. It helped me a lot.

[@peterleid5060]

By far the very best tutorial video on "HOW TO" do this job. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🇬🇧.󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿󠁧 Most pleasing part (for me) is that you pronounce 'solder' and 'soldering iron' the way the Queens English intended... why do Americans insist on pronouncing noun or verb as if it were spelt S O D D E R... for anyone born to the British Isles this pronunciation can be used to express anger, but more likely something or someone considered unpleasant or difficult. There is possibility that the Americans have done the same to solder and they did to colour... but no, the word is spelt exactly the same... see both Collins and Cambridge dictionaries.

[@chichesterbuilders]

nice clean work.. and good video.

[@mikeschouten6131]

Hey, I have 5 cables, should I just ground the 5th one?

[@amlesh8638]

Nice video. Mine has red, blue, green, gold, and red and gold twisted. What does the colour means?

[@yougants8927]

Which soldering iron and wire you used

[@SocialHigh]

Problem is I have only 3 wires; A blue, red and a green and red stripped one.? But the greem and red one seems to have a black down it's core?

[@hero6677]

Is there a way to do this without solder

[@420raziel]

I have a gaming headset with 5 cables. Red, green, blue, copper, and blue and red twist together. I know red and green solid are right and left. Copper is ground but I'm not sure about solid blue and red/blue twist are. Please help.

[@gustopyo]

hello what is the exact sequence of the wires?

[@2kjOU3oZxbiox82]

what kind of soldering wire did you use? I bought one off amazon but it doesnt melt or connect to my wire as easily as yours even after using flux

[@chillincool123]

you probably bought lead-free solder

[@mezo5306]

i think you need to add one drop of hot liquid Glue (silicon) at the neck or end of the metal part to protect the wire from sudden tension and tears

[@tobiaspaice7325]

If I want to replace with a 3 pole plug and don't care about the mic should I also ground that wire or just cut and not connect it? Thanks.

[@lordvoldemort917]

Tobias Paice leave the microphone wire and connect the rest

[@geecee61]

Good video but it would have been helpful to say which coloured wires go to which connection points

[@hd1uk]

Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be any pre-defined colour coding, but if you try Tip Red, the Blue, Green and Copper

[@Thozi1976]

thanks for the video... but why in gods name did you shoot a vertical video?

[@prateekkharel1130]

thanks for the video....but brother in my skullcandy headphone there are 4 wires ,blue ,green, red & copper and last one copper...finally i came to know that left is green,right is blue,copper is for mic and other one is ground..but when i m soldering it with jack its not working....ny suggestions??

[@hd1uk]

You need to get the varnish/insulation off before soldering. Try a lighter flame to burn the ends first

[@rushawnchiles6408]

Prateek Kharel where does the rest go

[@erickolar]

hey i want to make a mod t my headset, for removable cable, i got me a 4 pole 3.5mm jack but don't know which pole goes with each speaker and mic...... any ideas or any link will be appreciated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saludos desde Mexico

[@hd1uk]

Hi Tip-Left, First Ring - Right, Second Ring - Ground, Sleeve - Microphone. or written another way, from the tip (which is the innermost) Left, Right, Ground, Mic. Hope this helps :)

[@jiteshyadav6237]

what are the colour order ??

[@rugbyronan]

He said it in the video. And in the beginning at that .

[@thewatchmansson6472]

How do you KNOW which colors are what?

[@lecruz123]

I followed your instructions and my sound and mic work. Thanks. However, there is one issue: My volume and start/stop/phone buttons, built into the cord, no longer work. What did I do wrong?

[@XxSinghSouljaxX]

Ed Cruz the first step towards failure is trying

[@lottabeat]

I have a red , green, copper and blue wires what do I do with the blue wire

[@hd1uk]

Blue is most likely Left channel, with Red as Right, Green as Ground and Copper as Microphone

[@timvdbroek87]

What type of solder did you use? Mine doesn't seem to stick to the wires or jack, just forms little balls that fall down... HELP!!

[@hd1uk]

Hi. The main problems when it balls is heat and dirt. Clean really well, (sandpaper is good), then get the iron nice and hot so the solder flows on the tip. Heat up the connection and you shoud get a nice flow. Make sure your solder is flux cored, or use a seperate flux.

[@timvdbroek87]

@@hd1uk Thanks so much! Already sort of managed to do it in the end. Took me about 8 hours though!!

[@morenom5414]

i have red,green,blue and coper?

[@hd1uk]

It doesn't always follow, but try Red for Right, Blue for Left, Green for Ground and Copper for Mic. Ideally you need to check it out with a multimeter first as there doesn't appear to be any pre-defined colour coding.

[@caerbanoginterrupted1833]

Those wires keep breaking off over and over. Madenning! I'm going upstairs to get my helping hands. Should have used them to begin with.

[@raphaelmartin6621]

The color of my wires are Blue copper red and green

[@weepeng]

For Pete’s sake please do a horizontal video and avoid the 2 massive black bar on the sides.

[@osuperjames]

Where you bought the black tube? Here: 3:58

[@empresslithia]

It's called a heat-shrink tube, you can find it all over.

[@osuperjames]

Thanks!

[@awalkonthemildside3709]

email me, I will send you some. [e-mail]

[@ChickenPermissionOG]

Use proper tools people.

[@hero6677]

Is there a way to do this without soder