I just completed the changeover from the stock headphone on the Excalibur to the Peltors but when I fired it up, I had no audio. While I was removing the transducers from the stock headphones I inadvertently cut one of the wires. No problem, I cut out the damaged section and soldered the wires back together. After not getting any audio I rechecked the wires, making sure that I hadn't cross connected the wires. The wires were ok, but still no audio. I then cut the two wires before the splice and still have no audio in the connected transducer. Thoughts,ideas?
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Excalibur Headphone Wiring
- Thread starter Excalifor
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OldBeechnut
Well-known member
Hate to say it but I would start from scratch, again. Maybe making sure you got a good battery and audio from the Pod by checking at the end of the headphone cable with another type of speak/head phones you may have laying around. Once you have determinded that there is a good audio, go from there and check that the transducers are working before soldiering the splice up..white/red +, then black/yellow --..I'm just about 100% sure it is just a small issue that is causing the problem. Also the transducers are very cheap if you need I can send you a place to get them for less then 5 dollars...........
HOW TRUE
HOW TRUE
Finderskeeper
Active member
The Headphone wires are really tiny and have two wires for each apparent wire as one is a shielding wire and the other is the actual wire. If you solder those together you will short out the headphones and not get any sound.
You have to be very careful with the wires as they are very small gage and require a small solder iron and magnification to solder them. Also, the main wire has a shielding that is coated with a red lacquer that needs to be removed before you can solder it together.
Insulating them so they will not short out is really tough and requires again a very steady hand and magnification.
Liquid tape and some very small shrink tubing is mandatory!
You have to be very careful with the wires as they are very small gage and require a small solder iron and magnification to solder them. Also, the main wire has a shielding that is coated with a red lacquer that needs to be removed before you can solder it together.
Insulating them so they will not short out is really tough and requires again a very steady hand and magnification.
Liquid tape and some very small shrink tubing is mandatory!