Stereo Plug/Jack Standardization

[Jim Thompson]

Is there any standardization of the connections to stereo plugs/jacks?

Tip: Left (or Right) ??

Ring: (Right (or Left) ??

Inquiring minds want to know ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[Dieter Wiedmann]

Is there any standardization of the connections to stereo plugs/jacks?

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Regards,
Dieter

 

[Jim Thompson]

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Regards,
Dieter

Super! Thanks, Dieter!

...Jim Thompson

 

[Martine Riddle]

Tip = Left?
Seems to be on my Sony Buds.

Cheers

 

[YD]

Is there any standardization of the connections to stereo plugs/jacks?

Tip: Left (or Right) ??

Ring: (Right (or Left) ??

Inquiring minds want to know ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Yeppers, tip: left, ring: right. You can find this on any number of
audio sites. Also, when cooking up a batch of patch cables I always use
red: left, white: right. I can't swear to this being a standard (I
recall having seen it) as I can't find any references right now but it
works for me.

- YD.

 

[John O'Flaherty]

Yeppers, tip: left, ring: right. You can find this on any number of
audio sites. Also, when cooking up a batch of patch cables I always use
red: left, white: right. I can't swear to this being a standard (I
recall having seen it) as I can't find any references right now but it
works for me.

I thought it was red for right and white for left. Looking at the back
of my Sony mult-disk player confirms it -- the jacks themselves are
color-coded that way. Anyway, if they're backwards when you're
listening, all you have to do is swivel your head around 180 degrees.

 

[Richard Crowley]

Is there any standardization of the connections to stereo plugs/jacks?

Tip: Left (or Right) ??

Ring: (Right (or Left) ??

Inquiring minds want to know ;-)

Tip = left
Ring = right

Convention from 1/4 inch days perpetuated into the 1/8
inch (3.5mm) portable device generation with the Sony
Walkman, et.al.

Impedances and sensitivity are a whole 'nuther couple
of matters, however. Recent discussion over on r.a.p

 

[YD]

I thought it was red for right and white for left. Looking at the back
of my Sony mult-disk player confirms it -- the jacks themselves are
color-coded that way. Anyway, if they're backwards when you're
listening, all you have to do is swivel your head around 180 degrees.

The patch cables won't affect the "sided-ness" of the signals, it's
still tip-tip and ring-ring. In fact, you can use any colors you like
or have handy as long as you're consistent about it.

- YD.

 

[buck rojerz]

Yeppers, tip: left, ring: right. You can find this on any number of
audio sites. Also, when cooking up a batch of patch cables I always use
red: left, white: right. I can't swear to this being a standard (I
recall having seen it) as I can't find any references right now but it
works for me.

- YD.

Check out any VCR. Red = right --- Left = white

I have always used (R)ed = (r)ight as found to be true in any audio
device(using colored connecters) I have come across. R = r is the
convention that holds true 99.9% of time. IMHO

buck

 

[GregS]

Check out any VCR. Red = right --- Left = white

I have always used (R)ed = (r)ight as found to be true in any audio
device(using colored connecters) I have come across. R = r is the
convention that holds true 99.9% of time. IMHO

or Ring, starts with R.

greg

 

[[email protected]]

Check out any VCR. Red = right --- Left = white

I have always used (R)ed = (r)ight as found to be true in any audio
device(using colored connecters) I have come across. R = r is the
convention that holds true 99.9% of time. IMHO

buck

Just when I thought thinking the world was synchronized I found out
the tape adapter I am using to feed MP3s to the car stereo is backward
from the sub woofer and they are out of phase. It sounds nasty.

 

[Eeyore]

Check out any VCR. Red = right --- Left = white

I have always used (R)ed = (r)ight as found to be true in any audio
device(using colored connecters) I have come across. R = r is the
convention that holds true 99.9% of time. IMHO

The question was about a stereo jack.

Graham

 

[YD]

Check out any VCR. Red = right --- Left = white

I have always used (R)ed = (r)ight as found to be true in any audio
device(using colored connecters) I have come across. R = r is the
convention that holds true 99.9% of time. IMHO

buck

Yes, but those are RCA jacks, not the 3 mm stereo plugs this started
out about. Anyway, for the patch cables it's mainly a matter of which
goes where, the colors of what goes in between don't really matter.
Easy enough to change over next time I make a couple. Sometimes I've
had to make do with blue and yellow.

- YD.

 

[buck rojerz]

[email protected] (GregS) wrote in

or Ring, starts with R.

greg

Very good! I hadn't thought of that one. I knew the tip was left, but
your offering is clever.

buck

 

[Richard Crowley]

(GregS) wrote :

Very good! I hadn't thought of that one. I knew the tip was left,
but
your offering is clever.

An old telephone installer once told me their mantra
was "red-right-ring"