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Thread: Which cable do I need?

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    Which cable do I need?

    My headunit has a headphone jack on it, and I'm connecting an mp3 player with the same headphone jack on it. I have a cable that has a headphone male end on both ends and when installed I only get sound out of one channel, but if I retract the cable just a little I can get both channels.

    Now...If I take a headphone to RCA adapter cable and use a double female RCA adapter to connect 2 headphone to RCA cable adapters, they work fine.

    I just need to know exactly what cable I need to connect these 2 devices via the headphone jacks to get both channels.

    Thanks.

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    A stereo line in cable.
    It will have the 1/8" headphone jack on both ends. It sounds as if the cable you have is either mono or damaged.
    Have you looked in the FAQ yet?
    How about the Wiki?



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    Yeah, it sounds like you need a stereo cable. As dumb as it sounds, most portable devices come with a single channel mono cable.

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    A good way to identify which one you have: If the plug has two little "black rings" around it, it is stereo, if it only has one, then it is mono.

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