Easy Way to Make Auxillary Cord at Home

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With an aux cable you can connect any portable mp3 or CD player to a stereo that supports aux. You can buy one in Radioshack for around 20 USD or you can make your own for around 2 USD.

Steps

1. 1

   Get a set of headphones and remove the earbuds/speakers and strip the wires exposing the multi-colored leads.

2. 2

   Secondly get another set of headphones and do the same to those leads as well.

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3. 3

   Connect the same color wires (positive to positive and negative to negative).

4. 4

   Next take the plain or uncolored copper leads to the same leads that are in. the same circuit as the colored ones (plain to plain that are next to the same colored leads).

5. 5

   By twisting or soldering make sure your connections are secure.

6. 6

   Seal your connections with either electrician tape or shrink tubing.

7. 7

   Your auxiliary jack is ready to connect your mp3 player, cassette player, or CD player to a sound system with an input jack, such as a car stereo or home theater system.

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• Question

  How can I turn speaker wires into aux cables?

  

  Just buy the 3.5 male (aux) ends and grab some wire. Speaker wire usually has 2 insulated wires bonded together, so you'll need a third for the ground. Just grab a spare wire from somewhere to use as the third. Connect all the wire to the aux ends, solder, shrink tube it, braid it, then do the same to the other end. I used 18-gauge wire and get excellent signal.

• Question

  Can I use any tape?

  

  Yes, as long as the copper inside the leads doesn't touch (i.e. red to red can't touch blue to blue).

• Question

  In which order should I connect the wires?

  

  It doesn't matter, as long as all the wires are connected to the same color and are not touching other pairs (i.e., red cant be connected to blue and the red-red pair cant touch the blue-blue pair).

• Question

  Do I need the red and white pin for the speakers or do they always have two?

  

  Speakers like that should come with cables that you connect from the speakers to an amp, home theater, etc. Then you connect the aux cord into the system and into whatever you're playing the music from.

• Question

  How do I make an aux cable to connect my phone to my car?

  

  This guide explained creating an aux cable you can use it for your car -- just make it wider!

• Question

  Can I use any type of earbuds?

  

  Yes, I used a cheap set from the dollar store that cost a dollar each pair. Some may have different color coding though; if that is the case, just Google and find the proper match.

• Question

  How do I make an aux that I can connect to my PC?

  

  It should be the same as if you were to connect to your phone. There is no difference between a 3.5mm jack on your computer, smartphone, speaker, etc.

• Question

  Is twisting the cable helpful if I don't have access to a soldering iron?

  

  Not really. The copper inside of the leads has to be touching (red to red, blue to blue, plain to plain) without touching each other. For example, red cannot touch blue.

• Question

  Can the aux cable work on a flat screen TV?

  

  It should work on any device with a 3.5 mm jack; so as long as it has that connection, then it will work.

• Question

  What do I do if my aux cable doesn't have any sound?

  

  Check for cable damage. If it seems okay, try again. If it still does not work, you may need to get a new cable.

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Things You'll Need

• Headphones cable
• Microphone cable (there's a possibility that another headphone cable can work too)
• Electric tape
• Soldering iron (optional)
• Something to cut wire with (wire stripper preferable)

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