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Step 3Prep headphones
Cut headphone wires at the base of each headphone (L & R). You'll only need one of the two lines so pick the one you want to use and cut the other where they converge mid-way down the length of the chord.
Next, strip the wires. You may notice some fiber-like material interlaced with the leads themselves. Strip this stuff out with your utility knife or you will not be able to get a solid connection from your headphones to the speaker (thanks to Richard at my local Radio Shack on that one). Alternatively, you can use a soldering iron to burn this stuff away. I found this method much easier and a bit more effective.
Next, strip the wires. You may notice some fiber-like material interlaced with the leads themselves. Strip this stuff out with your utility knife or you will not be able to get a solid connection from your headphones to the speaker (thanks to Richard at my local Radio Shack on that one). Alternatively, you can use a soldering iron to burn this stuff away. I found this method much easier and a bit more effective.
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ok. u see the plastic, covering the metal wires inside, we need to get it so on the end, just metal is showing, using ur nails (or sissors carefully) get that colored plastec off of all those small metal wires. only on the end. not all the way down. congrats, u just learned how to stripe a wire.
ok heres the wire where do you cut it ----------<
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You also could sand the tips of the wire (where you will make the connection) down so the conductive metal will be showing, but then again you said they're small so that'd be tedious.
Another possibility is that you have the polarities switched. There're probably 3 wires out of the headphone connector. Try all different combos until one works. It doesn't really matter which ones you use since it will be mono eitherway.