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What are the 3 wires in a headphone jack?
Most audio cables and headphones have three or four wires running through them: a red one, a green/blue one, and a bare/copper one. If there's four, odds are there are two bare/copper ones. The red one is the right channel, the green or blue is the left channel, and the bare wire is the ground.
Why does my headphone have 3 wires?
A headphone stereo cable has two cables running through it, one for the left channel and one for the right. These are usually colored red and green. Each of these cables is surrounded by copper wire (the ground). ... Join the two copper ground wires together so you have three wires instead of four.
What is a 3 pole jack?
The 3-pole jack is definitely the more versatile. ... The three poles are the three separate electrical connections it allows, named the tip, ring and sleeve. The principal use of the 3-pole jack is as a stereo connector.
