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Another of my little niggles, and hopefully you guys can help me out again.
Today I had cause to use headphones with my SGS and found something kinda weird. I plugged in my old head set, a skull candy fmj, and found that much of the music was just 'missing'.
Music plays fine, but vocals are totally inaudible. Not distorted or broken, I mean literally not there, but the track plays underneath. If I listen to speech, then practically nothing comes through. Very very faint.
When I use other headphones or the stock head set or speakers, everything plays back fine, its just that one set. It works fine on my blackberry just not on my sgs.
Any thoughts whats wrong here? Id hate to have to get a new set, not because they were expensive or anything, just because it seems there's nothing really wrong with them!
Thanks guys
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same happens to me with sony in ears, im busy reading this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735918&highlight=music
and tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758326
I had the same problem. I was being too timid pushing the cable in all the way because I didn't want to break it. You're probably pushing it in all the way, but something still may be wrong with the connection. When I didn't push the plug in all the way I got the instruments but vocals were almost completely drowned out, but they were there.
LostAlone said:
Another of my little niggles, and hopefully you guys can help me out again.
Today I had cause to use headphones with my SGS and found something kinda weird. I plugged in my old head set, a skull candy fmj, and found that much of the music was just 'missing'.
Music plays fine, but vocals are totally inaudible. Not distorted or broken, I mean literally not there, but the track plays underneath. If I listen to speech, then practically nothing comes through. Very very faint.
When I use other headphones or the stock head set or speakers, everything plays back fine, its just that one set. It works fine on my blackberry just not on my sgs.
Any thoughts whats wrong here? Id hate to have to get a new set, not because they were expensive or anything, just because it seems there's nothing really wrong with them!
Thanks guys
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Headsets with a built-in mic that use the industry-standard pin order on the 3.5mm jackplug don't work with the SGS, as they have reversed the 3rd and 4th bands on the jack.
The easiest way around it is to use a Nokia headset adaptor (as supplied with eg the N95) and then plug your headset into that. I'm not sure if the mic will work in calls or not, but you'll at least be able to use your headphones to listen to music. The sound quality is good, too!
If you use regular headphones with it, you won't have this problem.
There are other postings about this on here.. search and you'll get a much better explanation than my gin-addled brain is capable of giving at this point in time.
Well that's nice of Samsung.
TY for the info, I guess I'll shop for some new headphones then.
Here's another problem I found, the standard inline earphones with mic and single button doesn't work.. it worked just fine on my Desire HD and nexus S as well as nexus one..
I tried 2 different ones, my guess is that the Atrix headphone jack only has audio out.
if you guys have found otherwise let me know how I can get that to work..
if in fact the Atrix is only audio out on the headphone jack I'll definitely return it tomorrow and get something else..
I just grabbed an iPhone headset (stereo) and made a call and it worked great.
I'm having this same problem. I used a pair of SkullCandy 50/50 and only got audio. The mic was still working on the phone, and the buttons on the headphones didn't do anything.
I have ibeats headset, everything works on DesireHD and my iphone. but for some reason none of it works on the Atrix.. beh..
I dug out an old pair of headphones that came with a Palm Pre, and the mic works on that. The button also brings up a menu to start a voice program. They do not have volume buttons so I cannot test that.
This is really going to annoy me if this phone can only use crappy headsets.
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I just grabbed an iPhone headset (stereo) and made a call and it worked great.
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Was this a standard one that comes with the iPhone? Do the volume buttons do anything?
Skullcandy FMJ w/mic
I have the skullcandy full metal jacket w/mic and it works fine. Although when I first inserted the jack into the plug (*beavis laugh) the phone still played music out of the speaker(s) on the phone. So I pulled the plug out and reinserted while twisting the plug. Dont push too hard cuz it seems the plug does not go all the way in. The curve on the case near the jack makes it appear that it is not fully inserted. Try cleaning your plug as well.
Both headphones i tried stick out of the phone a little bit, and the same amount. Plus audio works on both, I would think that audio would not work if one was not plugged in correctly
xdraconis said:
I dug out an old pair of headphones that came with a Palm Pre, and the mic works on that. The button also brings up a menu to start a voice program. They do not have volume buttons so I cannot test that.
This is really going to annoy me if this phone can only use crappy headsets.
Was this a standard one that comes with the iPhone? Do the volume buttons do anything?
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Just tested and the volume buttons don't do a thing.
I tried "removing" vlingo and voice commands/search, but still can't use the remote button on my headphones.
might have bad jack
The jack might be broken or not connected well. It is a modular piece that can be removed without de-soldering if you take the phone apart you can test each ring on the plug/jack for continuity by touching the meter to the springy metal contacts that touch the circuit board. I would just do a return or atleast have att try other headphones. Im not sure about the volume control but the single button on my mic controls everything including media forward reverse and pause. I can even get vlingo and google voice search to come up ( a long press on the other hand opens the media application).
Old thread... but for future reference, Motorola switched the headset pinout on this phone and the Xoom. You'll have to ask the Cliq guys what they use, or you could wire a adapter cable up.
I can't post links, but look up the Motorola OH20 and motorola.com /Support/CA-EN/OMTP-Headset-Support
Wow, that is kinda retarded that moto did that. I'd never even heard of OMTP until just now. Seems MOTO is the only one that does this. Some 'open' standard. Seems the only way around it would be to use a B headset.
Wired Headsets Don't work due to OMTP
Well...
I am a huge fan of Bluetooth technology and have just about every kind of handsfree, however I was really looking forward to the 3.5 mm jack. There are some pretty impressive headsets available.
This is what I found about OMTP:
http://www.motorola.com/Support/CA-EN/OMTP-Headset-Support
Here is an option I am pursuing:
http://www.nox-audio.com/Products/OMTP-Adapter-16
I hope this helps...
secretlevel said:
Old thread... but for future reference, Motorola switched the headset pinout on this phone and the Xoom. You'll have to ask the Cliq guys what they use, or you could wire a adapter cable up.
I can't post links, but look up the Motorola OH20 and motorola.com /Support/CA-EN/OMTP-Headset-Support
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This isn't the problem. I have a xoom and the same headset can play/pause.
So, no solutions to this except for spending another 50 bucks to buy a new head set that's omtp compatible?
I have a set of ear buds rat came with a blackberry bold from work. It only has a single button but it does do play/pause in winamp and the mix works. There is a post in the accessories section with some options and reports of ways working for everyone.
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tried:
a iPhone 3g earphone with only one button works fine for me.
several iPhone 3gs 3-button earphones - don't work at all, even the mic
Hey peeps, new here. Having trouble with my headphones or rather 3.5mm jack, maybe you guys can help out.
Having just moved from the iPhone to my new xperia Arc. I brought over the headsets, a klipsch s5i. However it doesn't work properly with the phone. It as though there a fuzzy filter placed over the sound, only when i placed the buttons in the in-line mic, then will the music ring clearly. It happen with headphones that have in-line buttons, please advise.
THanks in advance
Welcome to SE. That is how it is with the x10, and x1. When you take SE's headphones to use on another devise (eg. Watch movies on ipod or laptop), you have to depress the button to get clear sound.
The solution is to use half of SE's head phones:
Connect your is5 to the lower half of SE headphones, then plug to the Arc's headphone jack. (Makes for an extreeeemly long headphone set, don't it? Hahahaha!)
To use the Arc's headphones, pull out the top half and connect it to laptop to listen. But your face wil have to be real close to the laptop! Hahahaha! Woooo!
Lmao +1
Imdking said:
Welcome to SE. That is how it is with the x10, and x1. When you take SE's headphones to use on another devise (eg. Watch movies on ipod or laptop), you have to depress the button to get clear sound.
The solution is to use half of SE's head phones:
Connect your is5 to the lower half of SE headphones, then plug to the Arc's headphone jack. (Makes for an extreeeemly long headphone set, don't it? Hahahaha!)
To use the Arc's headphones, pull out the top half and connect it to laptop to listen. But your face wil have to be real close to the laptop! Hahahaha! Woooo!
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Imdking said:
Welcome to SE. That is how it is with the x10, and x1. When you take SE's headphones to use on another devise (eg. Watch movies on ipod or laptop), you have to depress the button to get clear sound.
The solution is to use half of SE's head phones:
Connect your is5 to the lower half of SE headphones, then plug to the Arc's headphone jack. (Makes for an extreeeemly long headphone set, don't it? Hahahaha!)
To use the Arc's headphones, pull out the top half and connect it to laptop to listen. But your face wil have to be real close to the laptop! Hahahaha! Woooo!
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What if I choose to use the klipsch x10. THe one without the inline mic or buttons. WIll it work perfectly?
My standard JVC headphones (no mic) work fine.. if that helps!
Yes it will work any standard earbuds will work as long as there is no mic on them.
yonmin94 said:
What if I choose to use the klipsch x10. THe one without the inline mic or buttons. WIll it work perfectly?
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Hey guys i just got my arc yesterday.... the thing is i am hearing static noice in the background when i am using the headphones.... both sony provided ones and creative ep630.... and the sony provided ones dont split so i cant use the bottom half and upperhalf method.... one more thing when i pause a song i hear static (like fuzzzzzzzz) for 2-3 seconds before it stops completely like how they should.
Is anyone else having the same problem???? PLease help me out as this is a really brand new one and i spent some hard earned cash here(no offence guys)
I don't get that..
Sent from The Arc!
i use a pair of Denon AH-360 in ear buds and the sound quality is awesome! far better than my ipod and on a par with my x-series walkman.
nice...... atleast one things clear that its not a default problem and its a problem on mine.... can i get a full mobile replacement????? I got it from Sony exclusive showroom.. And how do i take a complete backup instead of just contacts or something.... and how do you completely wipe out data from it ie the passwords and mails stored in it......
I use the cord that comes with my X10 and the earbuds from the Pureness.
The sound is epic! Love it The ear buds from my mw600 sound alright too, still better than the stock Arc ones.
Hi,
I found out that none of my Audio jack cables I have in my car, at home as well as all my headphones doesn't work well or doesn't work at all with my Xperia play.
Sometimes only one channel will play, other times everything sounds fine but the volume will go all the way down on it's own just like I held the volume down button (but I didn't)
I have red online about similar issues with the X10, and people telling the wiring is different and require headphones from SE only.
Other than that I love this phone!
EDIT: Faulty device. My new one works well.
Charleszan said:
Hi,
I found out that none of my Audio jack cables I have in my car, at home as well as all my headphones doesn't work well or doesn't work at all with my Xperia play.
Sometimes only one channel will play, other times everything sounds fine but the volume will go all the way down on it's own just like I held the volume down button (but I didn't)
I have red online about similar issues with the X10, and people telling the wiring is different and require headphones from SE only.
Any of you have similar issues? How can we bypass that kind of problem?
Thanks.
Other than that I love this phone!
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if you have a mic with the headset and it is non-SE branded, then yea, it is gonna get jacked up; regular headphone will not have that problem
Hmmm...
None of the audio cable I'm talking about have a mic on them. I might have a faulty device then.
I think I'll try to return it.
Had the problem with the earplugs that came with the play, sometimes turning it a bit fixes the problem...
For me that's the only one that works perfectly.
Every other cables or headset are messed up. (ie. In Backstab the voice over are barely hearable and podcasts I listen to everyday is the same. If I unplug the headphones the sound from the speaker is perfect.)
I'm heading to Future Shop right now I'll post when I get back.
Thanks for you input guys.
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Confirmed.
It was a faulty device. The second one could not detect me Sim card but the 3rd is all good for now. The good news is that one is black!
Similar problem here. I've just tried my old HTC headphones and it sounds muffled and some parts of the music can't be heard. Put the Sony headphones in and it works fine.
Also, my S9 Bluetooth headphones worked fine first time.
D.
You probably got a faulty one as well.
The one I got now does'nt have this problem. Had to explain and test in front of the guys at Future shop to prove them I was right.
Bluetooth was working properly on mine too.
OK, so I've tried with multiple headsets and got the same result. When I
I plug them in sound quality is terrible and occasionally Google now pops up. However when I hold down the button sound quality becomes normal. I can't make calls because Google now interrupts it. I tried using only headsets with one button mic. I tried doing factory reset and still same problem occurred. Is this hardware related? Is there something I can do about this?
zablito said:
OK, so I've tried with multiple headsets and got the same result. When I
I plug them in sound quality is terrible and occasionally Google now pops up. However when I hold down the button sound quality becomes normal. I can't make calls because Google now interrupts it. I tried using only headsets with one button mic. I tried doing factory reset and still same problem occurred. Is this hardware related? Is there something I can do about this?
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1st of all good news - No problem with your nexus 4. Bad news - You need to get new headsets.
You are using all old type of headsets. since 2011 standard changed. Newer model comes with newer CTIA (I think) standard. Older one have black circles on the pin newer one comes with grey or white ones.
I had same problem with older ones. Just get any new one and you are good to go.
Ohhhh
ksavai said:
1st of all good news - No problem with your nexus 4. Bad news - You need to get new headsets.
You are using all old type of headsets. since 2011 standard changed. Newer model comes with newer CTIA (I think) standard. Older one have black circles on the pin newer one comes with grey or white ones.
I had same problem with older ones. Just get any new one and you are good to go.
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Thank u so much
i was going mad because of this crap
finally... peace of mind
Afaik you can thank Apple for that. For some reason they wanted to be special and changed the old order of the plug layout from Left Audio, Right Audio, Mic, Ground to Left Audio, Right Audio, Ground, Mic. Completely unnecessary but they did it. From then on most manufacturers switched to that layout.
This also explains your problems: Normally track skipping/pausing and other tasks are done with signals via the ground channel. Now that is going nuts because your mic signals are shot through there and are randomly interpreted by your phone.
Also the audio gets distorted because basically the circuitry for your audio signals does not have a ground channel anymore.
So, when you buy a headset online and can't test it, make sure it says Left Audio, Right Audio, Ground, Mic in the description.