Primal Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 I bet two of the wires (one from each set) is connected further in the plug. If you have a multi-meter you can test them to figure out which ones are mated. If you don't, strip all the wires, and one by one test them with a 9v battery, looking for a spark. Just hold on of the wires on to one terminal, and touch the others to the other terminal and look for a spark. Once you've found them, you now have the ground wires. Those TWO will represent the two wires that come off the one connector thing (its late, I can't think of an appropriate word). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Alex Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) Ok, if the dsp is on when circuit is broken, take the wire coming off the dsp's led, and move it to the top right switch terminal. That will mean led is on when dsp is on. I have drawn everything to look like the parts I use, the plugs I use look exactly like that inside. A multimeter would help you if you aren't sure which connection on the stereo jack does what, but with trial and error you should be able to figure it out. Also, my dad reckons you can use a resistor value down to around 1k, any lower can risky at 9volts. I just use 47k, because I always have. Anyway, I've got no orders at the moment, so I'll be around tomorrow, and will check back to see how you are going. Edited June 25, 2006 by Mr Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matttheguy Posted June 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 This is quite tedious work. To hold one and test the others of a different set, and then to hold another, well, there are millions of possibilities....... What if I gently cut open the casing around the 1/4" plug itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Um... there are only 6 possibilities, not millions... Surely you aren't trying to test individual strands, are you? Here is a picture: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/insignia100/plug.jpg This is assuming that you have two separate wires coming out of the plug, each with two wires inside of it. If so, ground will either be 1 & 3, 1 & 4, 2 & 3, or 2 & 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matttheguy Posted June 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 It looks more like this: http://img437.imageshack.us/img437/4489/plug2nf.png There are two SETS of wires, each set contains up to 30 strands, and that's all there is...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Okay, so there are a total of four wires. The individual strands are part of the same wire (its called stranded wire). You don't have to test the individual strands, just each group of strands (i.e. each wire). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matttheguy Posted June 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Well, how do I tell which strands belong to which wire, because there are only two groups, I don't know how to split each group into two more groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Can you take a picture of your plug and post it so I can look at it? It seems to me that you DON'T have a stereo jack. If you did, it would be painfully obvious what is going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matttheguy Posted June 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) Alright, it looks just like the regular jack that I was using before, BUT, it does control both (be it not separately!), so I think it has stereo...: http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/670/old5mj.jpg BUT! I found this from my old set of computer speakers, the little 1/4" green jack usually goes into a sound card, but with the correct adapter it fit in just fine, and it has two different plugs, red and white, and when touched correctly around the switch terminals (outer edge to one, center plug to another), they control things separately! If I tear the red and white plugs off, will it be painfully obvious then? If so, I'll just tear this apart and use it as I probably wont need it ever again.: http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/5513/speakers9cm.jpg Edited June 25, 2006 by matttheguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 The speaker jack will definately work. I can't the actual jack in the first picture, but its definately NOT stereo. If you look at your computer speaker cable, you see that the jack as 3 different contact points -- 2 separate contacts with a common ground contact (which I believe is the long one. Anyway, yes, the computer cable will work perfectly. Each of the wires coming out of the jack will have two wires within them. With that jack, my diagram should work, so long as you figure out which wires go to ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matttheguy Posted June 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 (edited) Oh man, this IS painfully obvious... Ah, she works! I'll post pictures and everything once I get the box made! Thank you all very much for the help! Edited June 25, 2006 by matttheguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Alex Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Good to see you finally got it sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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