fenderblue
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Is there a good earpiece, earbud, that will work with radio. I don't want to where a big headset at the race track as they can too hot. Maybe a single earpiece that has a type that has a clipon over the ear??
I suppose the same caution for the 996? The external speaker jack is mono; correct?I cannot tell from the listing, but be sure that the 3.5mm plug is a stereo plug, not mono. If mono, it will short out 1/2 of the audio amplifier.
Headphone jack is a stereo jack.
Ext. Speaker jack is a mono jack.
There is no issue plugging a stereo plug into a mono jack. You'll just have silence in one ear if listening on earbuds. It doesn't short out anything in the scanner.
But, DO NOT PLUG EARBUDS into the Ext. Sp. jack. It provides enough power to blow the earbud out (through your eardrum if you are wearing it at the time).
Now, I am confused. Dafeler---is that 3.5 plug a mono or a stereo that you buy @ e-bay and it works fine. I need all the amplification I can get to hear with one ear plugged in and another to hear other noise. Hate heavy earphones w/one cocked on the side of the head. Got the drift. Confused on will really work. Been using a Radio Shack 30 channel analog and it is a hearable radio but want something that will be bulky in 2 respects.
The plug needs to be stereo, not mono.