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From: brendan@otc.otca.oz (Brendan Jones)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Stereo plug wiring
Message-ID: <2911@otc.otca.oz>
Date: 20 Jun 91 23:43:31 GMT
References: <1991Jun19.204344.19095@neon.Stanford.EDU>
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in article <1991Jun19.204344.19095@neon.Stanford.EDU>, seligman@CS.Stanford.EDU (Scott Seligman) says:
> Could someone explain how standard and mini stereo plugs are wired
> when used for headphones?  I'll go way out on a limb here and
> hypothesize that the shell is common, but which of the ring and
> tip correspond to the left and right channels?

Well, the mini plugs I've seen (and wired up) go like this:

SHELL - Ground (common)
RING  - Right
TIP   - Left

The easiest way to remember this is the Ring is Right.

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