If you are using an extended battery case, the standard 3.5 will not fit the headphone jack. Some battery packs come with an adapter
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 25, 2016, at 8:04 PM, Steve Jacobson <steve.jacob...@visi.com> wrote: > > A normal headphone jack such as the type that fits into devices such as MP3 > players, the Victor Reader Stream or the BookSense devices will fit the > iPhone 5, but some of the cases for iPhones will not allow them to be pushed > in far enough. I am guessing that this is what you are encountering. What > happens is that the connector part of the jack fits, but the plastic around > the plug is too large to fit into the slot of the case. . You may have to > either partly open or remove the case or find headphones that have a plug > with a smaller plastic surround. Standard headphones are starting to come > with slimmer plugs, but that isn't of much help if you already have > headphones with a plug having a larger body. > > The bottom line here to be clear is that there are two separate issues. Is > the plug the correct size to fit the jack in the iPhone, and will the case on > your iPhone let the plug be pushed in far enough. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian > Spratt > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 5:35 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Subject: RE: How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone > > This is an iPhone 5, and a normal jack won't fit its headphone/earphone > receptor. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:55 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone > > Normally you just plug them in assuming the jack of your headphones is a > 3.5MM jack. > > If the jack is larger then you’ll have to buy an adapter which can be > purchased at your local electronics store. > > Connecting a standard set of headphones means that you’ll have to answer a > call on your iPhone on the iPhone itself, control music playback and volume > from the iPhone itself and use the iPhones own microphone. > > Some headphones such as the B&W P7’s come with interchangeable leads, one > specifically for an IOS/Android device and the other specifically for > connection to a stereo system. > > >> On 26 Apr 2016, at 4:44 AM, Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> wrote: >> >> I'm guessing there's a connector that enables you to connect headphones with >> regular jacks to iPhones. I'm hopeless at technical jargon. If there is such >> a connector, could someone say exactly what I should look for on, say, >> Amazon? > > ********** > Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the > halfwits in this world behind. > > > > >
