There are quite a few emails about this about the time the FR was first released. It has a rare, specific 4 contact plug. There are only a few out there that work properly. If you have to resort to pulling it partly to work or have mono sound - you are likely to have the wrong one.
Note that the alsa state files have also had problems at times and may be contributing BillK On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 09:12 +0100, Thomas Hauth wrote: > I bought an adapter at the local electronics store ( "Saturn" in > Germany). It fits pretty well into the FR socket. But I only have sound > on one side of the headset, even if the pluf is fully connected. I'm not > sure if this is a plug-related problem or a misconfiguration of the > moko-audio-subsystem. Does anybody know more about this? If I'm not able > to fix this via software configuration, I plan to connect the 2 stereo > channels by soldering to at least have a mono signal on both earplugs. > > greetz, > Thomas > > Marcel schrieb: > > 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 > >> community@lists.openmoko.org > >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home in Perth! _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community