Headphone Jack Repair

[jj]

hey there,

when i stripped back the wire on my stereo headphones to replace the jack, i
see two wire bundles, one on either side. One is copper wire with a red
wire and some plastic-looking insulator (i think). the other side has
copper wire with greyish/greenish/bluish wire as well as some plastic
insulator (again, i think). Are these two bundles just supposed to be
attached to the two leads in the 1/8inch jack? Does it matter which is
connected to the tip of the pin, and which to the base?

thanks so much,

zik

 

[Sofie]

OF COURSE it matters which wire goes to which pin.
If they are stereo headphones with a "stereo" PLUG
there should be as a minimum 3 connections as follows:
Common: (sleeve) the 2 "copper" wires, 1 from each bundle
Right Channel (ring) the "red" wire
Left Channel (tip) the "greyish/greenish/bluish" wire.