Some people use cases for their iOS devices that are too thick to allow some 3.5 mm connectors to seat properly.
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of cov...@ccs.covici.com Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 7:38 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: Re: How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone Regular earphones did fit into my iphone 5 just fine, so I am not sure what is happening here. Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> wrote: > This is an iPhone 5, and a normal jack won't fit its headphone/earphone > receptor. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:55 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone > > Normally you just plug them in assuming the jack of your headphones is a > 3.5MM jack. > > If the jack is larger then you’ll have to buy an adapter which can be > purchased at your local electronics store. > > Connecting a standard set of headphones means that you’ll have to answer a > call on your iPhone on the iPhone itself, control music playback and volume > from the iPhone itself and use the iPhones own microphone. > > Some headphones such as the B&W P7’s come with interchangeable leads, one > specifically for an IOS/Android device and the other specifically for > connection to a stereo system. > > > > On 26 Apr 2016, at 4:44 AM, Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> wrote: > > > > I'm guessing there's a connector that enables you to connect headphones > > with regular jacks to iPhones. I'm hopeless at technical jargon. If there > > is such a connector, could someone say exactly what I should look for on, > > say, Amazon? > > ********** > Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the > halfwits in this world behind. > > > > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
