No Headphone Socket in my Receiver

Bollotom

Hope someone can help. I have a Target HF3 receiver and the problem is there is no headphone socket and I like to listen to radio while my missus watches TV. If I disconnected the speaker and used the wires to connect to a headphone socket, would it work? Thanks. :cool:

Norman_Castle

No!.............It'll blow your socks off. You need a headphone amplifier.

Example http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-signal/psg03688/headphone-amplifier/dp/AV21798

EDIT sorry thought it was a hi fi receiver. The above may still work depending on the outputs.

sillygoose

Has the TV got a headphone socket? make the missus wear the headphones!

Bollotom

Thanks Norman. I had a look but it doesn't look like it would do the job. I might bang it on ebay and get something else. It's only really a step up from a pocket radio so it's back to the drawing board. And thanks sillygoose. You trying to get me killed of, lol. :cool:

Owain_Moneysaver

You need to attenuate the speaker signal to a level that won't blow the headphones (or your ears - even momentary exposure to high sound levels can permanently damage hearing)

An example circuit is shown at

http://sound.westhost.com/project100.htm

You should be able to obtain all the bits for a few £ from Maplin.

There's a more complicated one here

http://essentialscrap.com/headphone_attenuator/

Bollotom

Thanks for the info, OM, much appreciated. :cool:

GabbaGabbaHey

The HF3 user manual specifically says: "The HF3 receiver has no facility for external audio output. The internal speaker is referenced to the positive rail. Any connection made to the speaker other than through a capacitor will damage the audio amplifier."

http://si-tex.com/pdf/1401915563navfax-200.pdf