Make an iPod Speaker from a Hallmark Music Card

Step 4 Connect

Connect headphone wires to speaker wires. I'm not sure if it matters which ends you connect, but make sure you're getting sound before you seal the deal, so to speak.

Once you've connected your leads (again, soldering here is a good idea, but not necessary) insulate and tidy up the exposed connections with some electrical tape.

Comments

[nickiek]

Im trying to use a set of ipod headphones for this and there are four wires in it. A green, red, a green and red, and a copper wire. im trying to attach them in almost all combinations and they are not working. any tips?

[mg9990]

Ok so what you need to do is separate the RED and COPPER wires from the headphones. You can tape the other 2 to the cable or cut them or keep them for adding a second speaker the same way. Then you need to take a lighter and burn the red and copper wires until they are black, but leave a little hint of color at the bottom so you can tell which is which. When you burn them, you will light the fiber insulation in the middle that keeps you from making a conection when you tie/solder the wires together. :) Hope it works for you! I found my project did not work with a pair of headphones that were broken (thought i'd try it). Make sure your headphones work before you use them!

[packerfan12]

would duct tape work instead of electrical?

[cody316]

Duct Tape will work instead for pretty much anything! lol

[popcorn4lunch]

tru dat!

[jotism]

duct tape??? what is it with instructables and duct tape??? yes it would work.

[Foaly7]

Duct Tape is The Universal Medium, and it fixes everything. Duct Tape Owns. That's what's up.

[Foaly7]

Actually strike that second sentence. DUCT TAPE PWNS!

[Johnboy TM]

duct tape is like the force. it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together

[fireguard]

U stole that! From my Pa! Good on ya.

[covey12]

ductape is a rednecks best friend example: "Bubba the radiators shot, go get some ducktape (not duct for rednecks)"

[jotism]

Yep, duct tape wallets are good too.

[robotalamode]

i made a duct tape tie once

[Chromatica]

i have one

[crazybot_99]

Thx for this instructable, i tottaly love it. now my ipod can play music out of the earphones. Thank you!

[lbroskee]

 im usin a pair of headphones that has 3 wires in it... blue, red and a copper 1. what do i use?

[AustralLord]

blue and red, the copper is the ground

[sw]

Not a good idea. This is how cheapie 'vocal cancellers' work. All you'll hear would be when the channels go out-of-phase, the rest would be garbled mumbling. Use the Red or Blue but always include the copper (Ground) wire.

[iloveemogirls]

i had the same idea i just didnt know how to get the audio jack thanks for posting this you helped me alot

[schoolsout4ever]

would it work if I put a second speaker on it and connected it towhat the first speaker is conected to?

[bduivis]

Hi Guys, I constructed on of these and came to the conclusion that the sound isn't as loud as it is in the video. What am I doing wrong? Brian

[t3h_w0n]

First, crank the volume, and if that doesn't work you could always build an amplifier. I know there lots of good ones on here.

[dg33]

im guessing it wouldent be that hard to hack the amp out of the annoying music circuit bourd... just cut the pcb after the chip and before the amp chip if it has one??? I dont know if they do tho lol

[Jak1fan]

I put them in the box after cutting the holes and the sound was louder. Did you try that?

[Jak1fan]

Nevermind I got it working.

[oooooha]

i cant get to work. From the last step to this step the wire has changed color, black to white, what with that?

[leskvon]

I also tryed to make one, did you ever get yours to work?

[sweeet_2012]

Black insulation tape, then the white wires are what were attatched to the speaker while still in the card.

[dombeef]

The black is to insulate it

[eielofview]

instead of soldering you might try wire glue (conductive glue) http://www.wireglue.us/
its available on think geek (where i got mine) and amazon. thanks I wondered what I would do with that mothers day card I got...

[mdog93]

my lead has 4 wires a red one with a brown and a green with a brown-what do i need to do? mdog

[nabeel18]

the brown wire is common for two speakers so u need to attach the brown one with the first and the second speaker, and the left over wires, each one would go with one speaker

[mdog93]

is there any way of linking these wires to just one speaker or not? thanks for your help

[maitesaco]

just completed it and it doesnt work, what could i do for it to work?

[adog77]

Does not work