phonedaddy:
Do you know what the white or black stripes on your headphones or earpiece jack do ?

These mostly are on the jack that enter into your smartphone or music devices. Mostly they are white or dark rings that might look like something meant for decoration. They serve the purpose of protecting the wire that transmits sound to the headphones or earpiece. They are usually two to three rings, one for the left headphone/earpiece and the other for the right and the last is neutral.

In order words, those stripes act as insulators, each one of the white or black band is a contact for a certain wire. One will be left speaker, one will be right speaker, one will be the microphone, and one will be the ground wire. The stripes keep the wires insulated from one another.


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Do u know what your peniz cap does

PotatoSalad:
Two rings: no microphone
Three rings: microphone

This is even more relevant than what is up there, as most people don't know this.

This is actually very wrong

truecommerce358:
I have known this since the days of workman, well, some people don't.

The correct word is "WALKMAN" Good old days when men were boys!

Knowledge is Power indeed.......

Thats how a friend of ours was arguing abt different types of TVs & their sizes d other day during one of our gatherings...

He was seriously saying d one we're watching at dat moment was HDMI TV because its BIG .
D most annoying part is, d guy is a graduate.

I was lyk "WTF"??

africa is cursed
do ppl still use wired headset

I tire oo

JohnsonG:
Earpiece is too cheap to repair na..
please allow sellers to sell

well I never knew this

In a Jack cable the separations might also mean mono or stereo output

troubleseller:
But this one still dey happen after all the white and black whatever

Low quality Chinese Earphones. (As regarding the picture you uploaded) Get a quality earpiece on Aliexpress and see wonders

BearHugss:
People repair earpiece
?

Why not?? I've been repairing my earpiece for more that 13years now. .
Repairin don easy now; back then the GND was not insulated and the L and R na one red insulated strip; very easy to break. .

So I have "Earpiece Repair Goons" on this forum? I have been laffing at people asking if people repair earpiece. I've being doing that shiii since the days of Palito FM radios. The days when earpiece has just 2 strands of wires in each rubber hose. Red and Yellow coated wires.

Some people would look at me and ask if I am that broke to buy another earpiece, I'll be like "oga, this thing is passion" lolz.

SmithRussell:
Why not?? I've been repairing my earpiece for more that 13years now. .
Repairin don easy now; back then the GND was not insulated and the L and R na one red insulated strip; very easy to break. .

Correct guy!

sureteeboy:

Low quality Chinese Earphones. (As regarding the picture you uploaded) Get a quality earpiece on Aliexpress and see wonders

Are the ones on Alliexpress not Chinese?

Hoodbilonia:
africa is cursed
do ppl still use wired headset

Cursed? That's kinda improper.

One thing is, you can never compare the output production of a wired headset to a wireless. Wired headset delivers the full audio!!!

Same way a wired mouse would be more effective than a wireless one.

Wired - Full and Direct link.
Wireless - Radio signals would fail at one point in time.

MKULTRA:
No be anyhow earpiece bro
We dey talk of earpiece wey go be like say you dey studio....plus they don't come cheap.

You are.correct, my apple device earpiece went bad, as I visit their shop for replacement they told me 15000, I hurriedly work on the bad one, it has serve me with one ear for six months now

PotatoSalad:
Two rings: no microphone
Three rings: microphone

Thank you for this info. As an earpiece freak, I'm glad I know this now.

Platony:
Knowledge is Power indeed.......

Thats how a friend of ours was arguing abt different types of TVs & their sizes d other day during one of our gatherings...

He was seriously saying d one we're watching at dat moment was HDMI TV because its BIG .
D most annoying part is, d guy is a graduate.

I was lyk "WTF"??

That's crazy! Lol

troubleseller:
Are the ones on Alliexpress not Chinese?

Yea, they are. But the quality are different from the ones you'll get around you here. My #1,700 JBM earpiece is 4 months plus and still working as new. My #3,500 Rock Zircon earpiece is almost a month old now, and it works perfectly till date. And, did I mention the sound quality? They are just insane. Depending on your budget, you can either of those, or purchase a Mext M5 earpiece for about 6000, or simply a KZ ES 4 for just #4,800

PotatoSalad:
Two rings: no microphone
Three rings: microphone

One ring: mono ear piece

truecommerce358:
I have known this since the days of workman, well, some people don't.

Walkman sir...not work man!

ewizard1:
So I have "Earpiece Repair Goons" on this forum? I have been laffing at people asking if people repair earpiece. I've being doing that shiii since the days of Palito FM radios. The days when earpiece has just 2 strands of wires in each rubber hose. Red and Yellow coated wires.

Some people would look at me and ask if I am that broke to buy another earpiece, I'll be like "oga, this thing is passion" lolz.

u nor b small pikin. Palito fm. Black with 3 tiny buttons

PotatoSalad:
Two rings: no microphone
Three rings: microphone

You didn't quite get it.

2 metal rings: One earpiece
3 metal rings: Stereo earphones/headphones
4 metal rings: With microphone plus/minus control buttons.
By convention, the most proximal metal ring i.e farthest away from the tip is the common lead.

You put up an entire post for this?

OrgasmGiver:
u nor b small pikin. Palito fm. Black with 3 tiny buttons

If you sabi am sef, welcome to the Papa's Club. I love this design more.

ceaser:


You didn't quite get it.

2 metal rings: One earpiece
3 metal rings: Stereo earphones/headphones
4 metal rings: With microphone plus/minus control buttons.
By convention, the most proximal metal ring i.e farthest away from the tip is the common lead.

I just summarised OP's post in two sentences

MKULTRA:
No be anyhow earpiece bro
We dey talk of earpiece wey go be like say you dey studio....plus they don't come cheap.

So if one side stops working, without any structural damage, then it's from these rings?

phonedaddy:
Do you know what the white or black stripes on your headphones or earpiece jack do ?

These mostly are on the jack that enter into your smartphone or music devices. Mostly they are white or dark rings that might look like something meant for decoration. They serve the purpose of protecting the wire that transmits sound to the headphones or earpiece. They are usually two to three rings, one for the left headphone/earpiece and the other for the right and the last is neutral.

In order words, those stripes act as insulators, each one of the white or black band is a contact for a certain wire. One will be left speaker, one will be right speaker, one will be the microphone, and one will be the ground wire. The stripes keep the wires insulated from one another.


http://www.infinix.club/ng/forum/687/967946

Fake earphones have only 2 rings