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Step 4Uh oh
The donor cable has four conductors and the recipient cable has three.
Looks like we'll have to "ring out" the cables to figure out which conductors to connect.
"Ring Out" means a conductivity test to see what pin connects to where.
First we'll strip the amputated connector.
I skinned away the strain relief with a knife to expose these stubs of wire.
These wires are insulated with a very thin coating of lacquer.
I scrape it off the tips with a knife.
Looks like we'll have to "ring out" the cables to figure out which conductors to connect.
"Ring Out" means a conductivity test to see what pin connects to where.
First we'll strip the amputated connector.
I skinned away the strain relief with a knife to expose these stubs of wire.
These wires are insulated with a very thin coating of lacquer.
I scrape it off the tips with a knife.
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Feb 27, 2010. 8:12 AMasync1ronous
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I've had a lot of luck burning the lacquer off with a match while fixing higher-end headphone cables for people. Just be ready to blow it out quickly.
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