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I have no idea why you have so many connections but this is how mine works:
PS3 -> hdmi(should work same as RCA) -> tv -> RCA to 3.5mm adapter plugged into "audio out" -> speakers
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On December 21 2010 12:52 decafchicken wrote:
I have no idea why you have so many connections but this is how mine works:
PS3 -> hdmi(should work same as RCA) -> tv -> RCA to 3.5mm adapter plugged into "audio out" -> speakers
I won't have a tv.
BTW I just discovered I think I can just short all the pins together. How do you short a bunch of pins together without technical equipment?
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Cut off the connectors and wire the actual cables together?
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On December 21 2010 13:07 Hittegods wrote:
Cut off the connectors and wire the actual cables together?
I was considering that although I'm afraid that it might not work well... I'm guessing the wiring inside is pretty shitty and will just fall apart rather than just being simple wires... can anyone weigh in on this?
Ugh this is annoying... I just need a way to short ALL the pins together... is there something like conducting bubble gum!?
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If you know of a part for sale at radioshack/etc that is very cheap and solves my problems also please let me know.
Don't you just need a female RCA to 1/8" stereo (and #3 if the stereo connector's male)?
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Or splice 4&5 together?
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On December 21 2010 13:08 SonuvBob wrote:Show nested quote +If you know of a part for sale at radioshack/etc that is very cheap and solves my problems also please let me know. Don't you just need a female RCA to 1/8" stereo (and #3 if the stereo connector's male)? Or splice 4&5 together?
Yes, and they didn't have this :<
Do you know if splicing these things together actually works? Once I break something open there's no going back...
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As long as you're not cutting the actual connectors to the PS3/speakers, I don't really see what you have to lose. These cables should be close to free anyway? Just twist the exposed wires up and tape them together.
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There's no going back... to Radio Shack? :p
It's a leaning experience. Crack em open and find out!
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Well basically I am using my ps3 on Wednesday...
Right now I have a solution (solution 1) which gets one speaker playing the combined mono audio... which is bad but not terrible.
If I can find a way to short these pins together I think I have a full (albiet stupid) solution (solution 2).
If I damage the part I bought today (#4) then I lose solution 1 until I buy another part (these aren't expensive but they are still 4-5 dollars each). If I damage #9 then I lose the chance for solution 2 to be a fix-all.
What exactly are you suggesting? Attach rca females to stereo male? I'm not sure which wire is which... should I do trial and error if I go ahead with it?
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Update: I can short all 4 pins with a pair of scissors LOL still not quite sufficient. Searching around for anything else...
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I wouldn't open them up too eagerly... I think there is a combination of shielding and different wires that need to be connected in specific ways... usually... a pair of scissors is good... would a pin work?
I'm sure soldering would work if you have a bunch of that to play with...
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Place 2 into 8, cut the end off.Place 1 into 5, cut end off. They'll look like this:
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Now twist them up, pair the colors and tape them together. Enjoy your crunchy tunes!
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On December 21 2010 13:38 Hittegods wrote:Place 2 into 8, cut the end off.Place 1 into 5, cut end off. They'll look like this: Now twist them up, pair the colors and tape them together. Enjoy your crunchy tunes!
You can't insert males into other males... at least not with audio equipment lol... unless I'm misunderstanding you.
OKAY. So I am trying to splice together each rca (red/white) female with a stereo male. The stereo male has two wires so obviously red goes to one wire and white goes to the other. Within each wire is two smaller wires... do I connect the inner wire of the rca male to the inner wire of the stereo male, or do I criss-cross?
edit: figured it out... it is INSIDE to INSIDE and OUTSIDE to OUTSIDE as I suspected
edit 2: HALFWAY... I HAVE ONE
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IMHO the easiest solution:
For mono sound
#1 -> #4 -> #3 <- #2
For stereo sound
#1 -> cut male off #5 and strip the two wires about an inch, then wrap respective wire around ps3 RCA white and red, cover with electrical tape
connect 1/8 male of #5 -> #3 <- #2
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Ok so... I spliced them together and I GOT IT!
It was really freaking annoying but doable. The only problem is I have pretty much no decent tape so this is EXTREMELY fragile right now. Not sure what to do about it...
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Yay! Now get some electrical tape. 
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I used some leftover outer insulator as a rod to wrap the leftover strands around... which is sorta acting as a spacer at the same time. I'd rather not wrap everything up tight now that I think about it since showing what I did is actually interesting. I only need to use this thing once for like a couple of hours haha.
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