HTC Hands Free Stereo Headset Mod
 

New use for that old OEM HTC stereo head set.

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With a little bit of soldering and some finagling, you can turn those poor sounding uncomfortable speakers into a great sounding headset with a standard 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo mini adapter.

With a small flat screwdriver pop off the back of the microphone/push button. You'll see a small logic board. Unsolder the 4 wires going to the stock head speakers.

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Now find a female 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo mini. I cut one off of an old unused headphone extension cable. Strip off the main insulation and then the end of each of the 3 wires.

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Now find a little strip of metal or the like to crimp on the wire so the stress from a wire pull is transferred to the plastic case rather than the solder joints.

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Solder your wires to the board. Red-to right +, White to left + and connect both of the - terminals and connect them to the black.

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You can now snap the cover back on.

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Now you have a standard headphone plug on your headset. And you can hook in your favorite headphones and or stereo, etc.
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Re: HTC Hands Free Stereo Headset Mod
 

Just updated the picts so that they load inline. I forgot to mention that the microphone, volume control and answer button still work exactly as they should!

Enjoy.

[pt]

Re: HTC Hands Free Stereo Headset Mod
 

poor sounding? man, you musta gotten a defective set, every set I've gotten has been absolutely fabulous right from the start!

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i gotta give thanx at least for the work you've put in. great job soldier! looks good!

Re: HTC Hands Free Stereo Headset Mod
 

Judging of sound quality is very subjective. Personally I thought the HTC earbuds were sh!t. That is compared to my Sony EX 85 earbuds or my Seinheiser HDs.

[pt]