There's a notice on the wiki about a working adaptor I also own - didn't notice significant quality decrease with it and it works well. Just to possibly save you from soldering (although I know its fun). :)
-Marcel Am Tuesday 28 October 2008 21:34:47 schrieb Thomas Köckerbauer: > > I was about to solder myself an adaptor to use my headphones with the > > FreeRunner as an ogg/flac player. I have found some jacks, which seem to > > good for this task (german website): > > http://www.reichelt.de/?;ACTION=3;LA=2;GROUP=C161;GROUPID=3237;ARTICLE=47 > >78 4 > > http://www.reichelt.de/?;ACTION=3;LA=2;GROUP=C161;GROUPID=3237;ARTICLE=47 > >78 5 > > http://www.reichelt.de/?;ACTION=3;LA=2;GROUP=C161;GROUPID=3237;ARTICLE=94 > >10 > > > > Now I wonder, whether > > a) the jack inside the fr is compatible to the ones of reichelt? > > I bought this connector: > http://www1.at.conrad.com/scripts/wgate/zcop_at/~flN0YXRlPTM5NzYwMDU3MjU=?~ >template=pcat_product_details_document&product_show_id=730520&no_brotkrumenn >avi=1&zhmmh_area_kz=LN It does not fit very well. The metal-base of the > connector has a to large diameter. Since the headset socket of the > Freerunner is a bit inside of the case the connector has only full contact > if I press in the connector really hard (the case caves in a bit). As soon > as I stop pressing the plug goes back outside a bit again and looses > contact again. So you have to make sure that the base of the connector is > not to large (this is somewhat similar to the headset connector problem > that was there at the first iPhone). > Maybe as a suggestion for improvement for further OpenMoko phones would be > that the headset socket should be not be to far in the device. > I'm now thinking about buying a Nokia headset and making an adapter out of > it, since those have plugs that are normally smaller than those for > self-soldering. > > > b) I just need to connect the jacks with a proper cable or do I have to > > solder some resistor, capacitor or sth, different in between to work > > around the bad sound quality some people have noticed? > > I did not add anything in between. I can't complain about the audio quality > (I've also read those reports about bad sound quality, but I did not really > notice anything). > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
