Headphone issues

[Sonic747]

Plugged in headphones, but only hear audio on left channel.

 

[tvengr]

Do your headphones have a mono or stereo plug?

 

[Sonic747]

Two stereo headphones, one has 3 rings on the plug, the other has 4

 

[crippledchicken]

I thought a stereo jack had 2 rings/3 sections and mono had 1 ring/2 sections?

 

[522]

fourth ring would be for a wired microphone usually

 

[timhir25]

Same thing was happening with my WS1098. I bought a mono/stereo adapter. That solved my problem.
This is the webpage.

Need an Audio Adapter for Stereo and Mono Products?

Stereo Mono Audio Adapters for Headphones, Earphones etc. Many audio plug and jack sizes in stock for fast shipment

scansound.com

 

[crippledchicken]

Same thing was happening with my WS1098. I bought a mono/stereo adapter. That solved my problem.
This is the webpage.

Need an Audio Adapter for Stereo and Mono Products?

Stereo Mono Audio Adapters for Headphones, Earphones etc. Many audio plug and jack sizes in stock for fast shipment

scansound.com

I've had to use one of those before but, don't ask me what it was for LOL!

 

[timhir25]

Oh, buy the way I can't take credit for it. It was doctordialtone who first told me about it when I posted
the problem when I had the issue.

Thanks again doctordialtone

 

[WB9YBM]

Two stereo headphones, one has 3 rings on the plug, the other has 4

the 4th might be the microphone for a headset

 

[WB9YBM]

I thought a stereo jack had 2 rings/3 sections and mono had 1 ring/2 sections?

Yes, you're right.

 

[jonwienke]

A mono adapter shorts out half of the audio. Don't ever use one in a stereo jack.

 

[crippledchicken]

A mono adapter shorts out half of the audio. Don't ever use one in a stereo jack.

Yep, that wouldn't be a good thing to do.

 

[timhir25]

If you had a stereo jack you wouldn't need the adapter because both speakers would already play, Wouldn't they? If you only had a mono jack wouldn't you use a mono to stereo adapter to get both speakers to play. Or not? When I hooked my computer speakers to my WS1098 only one speaker would play until I used the adapter and now both speakers play.
Tim

 

[jonwienke]

If you had a stereo jack you wouldn't need the adapter because both speakers would already play, Wouldn't they? If you only had a mono jack wouldn't you use a mono to stereo adapter to get both speakers to play. Or not? When I hooked my computer speakers to my WS1098 only one speaker would play until I used the adapter and now both speakers play.
Tim

All Uniden scanners have a stereo headphone jack.

 

[Sonic747]

OK. So I have to get a [mono to stereo] adapter or [stereo to mono] ?

 

[jonwienke]

OK. So I have to get a [mono to stereo] adapter or [stereo to mono] ?

Neither. If you're not getting stereo from the jack, either the jack is bad, or the cable/plug.

 

[WB9YBM]

All Uniden scanners have a stereo headphone jack.

depends on the age of the scanner. Mine's an older one with a mono jack.

 

[fxdscon]

depends on the age of the scanner. Mine's an older one with a mono jack.

How old (what model) is your Uniden scanner that has a mono headphone jack?

 

[crippledchicken]

Let me see if I've got this right, the scanner puts out a mono signal but, the jack is setup to feed both channels of a stereo plug for sound in both ears?

 

[jonwienke]

Let me see if I've got this right, the scanner puts out a mono signal but, the jack is setup to feed both channels of a stereo plug for sound in both ears?

That is correct. The scanner uses a stereo jack, but feeds the same audio signal to L and R. That lets you use the most common type of headphones and earbuds without an adapter, even though the scanner isn't stereo.