Help me identify the following please

bail_w · 29th September 2009, 06:57 AM

Can someone help me identify which of the following is the tip, ring, and ground?

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/attac...8&d=1195243855

I removed the gold sleeves or should i not?

bail_w · 29th September 2009, 07:42 AM

Here is the picture without removing the gold sleeves.

jaycee · 29th September 2009, 07:48 AM

by "gold sleeve" i assume you mean the grounding braid around the two inner cables. This braid is connected to ground. To find out where the other two wires connect, use a multimeter with a resistance or continuity tester to find out.

wintermute · 29th September 2009, 11:23 AM

Hi Bail_w as Jaycee says a multimeter on continuity (or even low ohms) is the best way to identify the wires. From the looks of the pdf you attached to, this is for connecting to a subwoofer? As the stereo is not important for a subwoofer, I'd suspect that the only "important" connection is the ground which is the sheild (ie non-insulated third wire). If it is a mono sub, it should not matter whether left is connected to left and right is connected to right... the ground is the important wire, the other two can probably be interchanged without any problem.

Tony.

bail_w · 29th September 2009, 04:40 PM

Okay, thank you for the replies.

I have another question, in the pdf file, the direction was for one single stereo jack (the OP only want to use it with Ipod). Right now, i want to make use all three stereo jacks, so i am lost on how to connect all three of them.

29th September 2009, 06:57 AM	#1
bail_w diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2009	Help me identify the following please Can someone help me identify which of the following is the tip, ring, and ground? http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/attac...8&d=1195243855 I removed the gold sleeves or should i not?

29th September 2009, 11:23 AM	#4
wintermute just another diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Sydney Blog Entries: 22	Hi Bail_w as Jaycee says a multimeter on continuity (or even low ohms) is the best way to identify the wires. From the looks of the pdf you attached to, this is for connecting to a subwoofer? As the stereo is not important for a subwoofer, I'd suspect that the only "important" connection is the ground which is the sheild (ie non-insulated third wire). If it is a mono sub, it should not matter whether left is connected to left and right is connected to right... the ground is the important wire, the other two can probably be interchanged without any problem. Tony. __________________ Any intelligence I may appear to have is purely artificial! Some of my photos

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29th September 2009, 07:42 AM	#2
bail_w diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2009	Here is the picture without removing the gold sleeves.

29th September 2009, 07:48 AM	#3
jaycee diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, UK	by "gold sleeve" i assume you mean the grounding braid around the two inner cables. This braid is connected to ground. To find out where the other two wires connect, use a multimeter with a resistance or continuity tester to find out.

29th September 2009, 04:40 PM	#5
bail_w diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2009	Okay, thank you for the replies. I have another question, in the pdf file, the direction was for one single stereo jack (the OP only want to use it with Ipod). Right now, i want to make use all three stereo jacks, so i am lost on how to connect all three of them.