Looking for a headphone adaptor

Valli

For work we need some adaptors so that we can use standard stereo headphones in PCs. I can find converters for PC headphones to standard audio jacks but not the reverse. This would enable us (a school on a tight budget) to get 'double usage' out of our headsets.

Would appreciate knowing if such a thing exists and from where we could order it cheaply...

Thanks all

[Deleted User]

Are you talking about headphones + mics.... or just regular headphones with a single 3.5mm audio plug? Most PCs have audio out (3.5mm) and microphone (3.5mm) sockets... i fail to see what the adapter is for

mymatebob

Is this the sort of thing
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=34199

That was just a quick search - you may well be able to get them cheaper
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mymatebob

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Are you talking about headphones + mics.... or just regular headphones with a single 3.5mm audio plug? Most PCs have audio out (3.5mm) and microphone (3.5mm) sockets... i fail to see what the adapter is for

my understanding is that the headphones they have are fitted with 1/4 in jacks which they wish to convert to 3.5mm jacks

mymatebob

http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-signal/psg02769/6-35mm-1-4-jack-socket-to-3-5mm/dp/AV17284

Even cheaper

M4RKM

6.4mm to 3.5mm adaptors... ? maplins sell them afaik

but i'm not 100% sure what you're wanting

Valli

we have the 'big' jacks (like mic jacks) I am not at work at the moment so can't measure them and we need to convert to smaller PC jacks.

Hope that helps. We can buy headphones from a supplier which come with the pc jacks and a converter to use with 'bigger' jacks but we already have Coomber headphones with large jacks so I though we could buy converters, if they are available, rather than buy additional PC headphones assuming there was a cost advantage. They are needed so that children can use a certain software program which includes spoken instructions.

ETA Thankyou mymatebob - and I had been trawling Maplins! Have even e mailed them but nada so far! And the cheaper ones look like just the job. And at less than a quid each your second link looks even better!

Part of the problem is I wasn't sure whether to measure the length or the diameter of the jack...and then we alternate between imperial and metric! And I don't possess a measuring thing (micrometer?) for measuring the dia.
(cos I'm a girl :rotfl:)

We already have 6 sets of PC headphones - it's these 'old fashioned' stereo ones we have we want to use with the PCs.

You are stars on the Techie board!

These are even cheaper - will they do the same job?

Sput2001

mymatebob wrote: »

http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-signal/psg02769/6-35mm-1-4-jack-socket-to-3-5mm/dp/AV17284

Even cheaper

I'm pretty sure ^that's^ the chappie.


What you're looking for is effectively the opposite of the picture below, right?

Valli

Spot on Nick!
I could find those no problem!
By the way if these I buy will works for headphones they'll work with our mics too won't they? Then I won't need to buy pc mics.

Ooh I am going to be in the boss's good books for this...cos the IT budget is about shot anyway :rotfl:

Do I want stereo to stereo? Will it matter?

mymatebob

If you want people to be able to listen to a stereo signal then yes you want stereo to stereo

As for the mics - they should work.

Depends what sort of mics they are and what you want people to do with them.

Valli

Job done then - ironically the P&P will cost more than the 10 or so I will order. I will put the order through on Monday all being well.
Regarding the mics we would want to record voice overs for various things - we have a 4 mic mixer but that means one pc at time as we have on output only. We could use these to record onto 4 separately.
Out of interest 22p each (for 10 or more) plus VAT! P&P £5.97 BUT means we will have what we need for less than the price of one set of headphones!

Thanks very much mymatebob