Painkiller667 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I've been using it for a while and now I need a longer one, but I noticed that a regular 3.5mm doesn't fit into my laptop's audio-out jack. Here is a pic of the one that does fit. I need to identify it to buy a longer cable. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeelBug Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Is a regular 3.5mm too long/short/fat/thin? Does a pin fit in that hole in the end? What brand laptop/audio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkiller667 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Is a regular 3.5mm too long/short/fat/thin? What brand laptop/audio? The 3.5mm male seems to be too long. I got an HP 530. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeelBug Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 A little googling goes a long way :). The item number of such a cable seems to be L1716A. //hmm or not... i wonder why they would list that as a part number for that laptop, weird. seems to be just a regular male > male RCA cable. Whats on the other end of the cable? Could you not just use an extension? Maybe its just a 2.5mm cable with the tip off? Unless something does fit inside it (eg pin in the socket). According to everything I can see... its just a regular 3.5mm cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkiller667 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 A little googling goes a long way :). The item number of such a cable seems to be L1716A. //hmm or not... i wonder why they would list that as a part number for that laptop, weird. seems to be just a regular male > male RCA cable. Whats on the other end of the cable? Could you not just use an extension? I did google for about half an hour and it seems pretty silly that I couldn't find this simple audio plug. However L1716A does not tell me which cable to buy. My problem is that I need the name of the plug like "3.5mm" so that I can buy the long version of it. I had this one with just a foot of cable so I extended it myself through soldering, but I need a more reliable extension now, so I need to buy a 10' cable with this plug at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeelBug Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Whats on the other end of the cable? a 3.5mm female socket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeelBug Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 You could just take the laptop with you to an audio eqip. shop and just start plugging in everything they have to see what fits and works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkiller667 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Whats on the other end of the cable? a 3.5mm female socket? On the other end is a female 3.5mm socket, into which a male is plugged in and that cable has a Red and White plug on it's end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkiller667 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 You could just take the laptop with you to an audio eqip. shop and just start plugging in everything they have to see what fits and works... I usually leave that as my last resort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeelBug Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Just get a 3.5mm extension cable (Male > female), easiest option id say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkiller667 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Just get a 3.5mm extension cable (Male > female), easiest option id say. You don't understand my problem. The extension cable that I'm using now is made by me, hence it sucks. I need a new one that wasn't soldered together and wrapped with duct tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeelBug Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Oh so you put the female socket on the end yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkiller667 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Oh so you put the female socket on the end yourself? I fused the unknown male connector seen in the picture to one end of a phone cable, and the female 3.5mm to the other end of the phone cable. So basically I need a 10 foot male (something) to 3.5mm female cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkiller667 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Sorry for the confusion, this turned out to be a broken off 3.5mm plug. You can close the topic now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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