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As above.
(Based on the assumption that this place is like Google for lazy/tired)
So you don't steal the free headphones
This.
I think in the posh cabins the second pin carries the noise cancelling signal (I don't think the headphones do it themselves)
I think in the posh cabins the second pin carries the noise cancelling signal (I don't think the headphones do it themselves)
That wouldn't work as the noise is local to the headset...
This.
That.
I always though one plug carried the left channel and one carried the right channel so you couldn't use your own headphones and had to buy the ones the airline were selling. I have no basis for this though. Just guessing.
Edit: this was years ago. I can't remember the last time I went on plane that tried to sell me headphones.
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If you put your fingers in both it instantantly transforms you into a fashion disaster. I'm surprised with all that flying you haven't tried that before.
Oh, wait...
Free headphones?
It's so they can charge your for crappy headphones or you just buy a cheap adapter and use your own.
Do they still do that?
I always assumed it was so they could make you ditch you're lovely ones for some bright red plastic tinny crap for £20.
I always though one plug carried the left channel and one carried the right channel
It's exactly that, it's two 2-connector mono 3.5mm jacks. It's almost certainly a money-spinner but a) you can buy a converter before you go and b) I've not seen that configuration in a long time.
I've not seen that configuration in a long time.
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Re headphones, most of those at the front end have Bose, and use the adaptor that comes with them. (Just got some of the new cordless ones. They're very good!)
Then again, as almost everyone getting on a flight these days has headphones, why is anyone going to buy a pair and/or use the pair provided? FWIW, I've always used my own Bose, even if there's been a pair of Bose provided.
I thought you meant real aeroplanes... Where one is for the mic the other the headphone speakers unless a microlight where both are rolled into a single multi-pin plug but helicopters have their own single plug and Airbus drivers have a 5 pin xlr plug and some modern GA aircraft have a 6 pin plug Lemo plug. Any of that help?
What airlines charge for headphones?
What airlines charge for headphones?
Quite. Can't think of any flight I've been on in years that did. So, it either comes down to channels or the "don't steal our headphones!" set up.
Last flight I was on did but it was about 5 years ago now.
Was that on Pauper Air?
Just a generic airline for package holidays.
It's a relic.. You know how airlines like obsolete technology. I think it's mainly twin stereo these days, you can plug a single socket into most and it's fine. Just used to stop you pinching theirs years ago when headphones weren't included with every device known to man. Haven't seen them in ages, probably Emirates business about 5 years ago. Tend to be in the back these days..
Also harks back to the pneumatic headphones they used to use on planes.
I was on a BA A380 recently that had a 2 pin headphone socket, and my Bose adaptor wouldn't fit.....so not obsolete at all. I don't see the point either
New a380s you can plug into either jack and it works both ears
First gen a380s with their tiny los res screens you can you only get mono.
I'd assumed it was to stop you stealing them.
As for charging for headphones - was that on the Hindenburg ?
I was on a BA A380 recently that had a 2 pin headphone socket, and my Bose adaptor wouldn't fit
I've used Bose in CW and F on a BA380 without a problem. Therefore, am intrigued and hoping there's not something new out there!
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you can plug into either jack and it works both ears
In mono, surely?
I've stuck it halfway in one hole before. Seemed to do the trick.
Modern Airbusses (Airbii?) seem to work with either hole.
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Maybe I was being thick....I was very sleep deprived. And the free hadphones they provided were pretty good (but it was premium economy...ooh get me!)
and we wonder why more girls don't post here.
This thread was better without photos, particulary over Sunday morning breakfast !
I've been on a flight years ago that charged for headphones, early budget style airline. Not seen it for years and Ithink the modern budget airlines don't even have inflight entertainment on short haul now. I have my own headphones and in any case normally watch something I have downloaded myself onto tablet.
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and we wonder why more girls don't post here.
Probably out riding bikes.
They are noise cancelling the large port does stereo for both ears the smaller port is for the noise cancelling
You can use a single jack in the large port and you get stereo but no noise cancelling
They're both the same size.
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Weirdo!
In business class the noise cancelling ones have 3 holes - two larger ones and one smaller one. The smaller one is the power supply to the headphones as there are no separate batteries in the headphones as noise cancelling headphones need power. But he noise cancelling magic happens within each individual headphone set of course.
As for the two same size sockets, they're mono for the supplied headsets but you can plug in your stereo jack into either and get stereo from either.
In economy these days with any airline that has newish cabins they seem to have gone back to one socket for stereo, so no need for silly adaptors, but previously they've been two mono sockets that sometimes seem to be able to provide stereo from one, and sometimes you need the silly little adaptors to get stereo. And in very old aircraft with old interiors you might get two different sized sockets, but I can't remember the last time I saw one of those.
in very old aircraft with old interiors you might get two different sized sockets, but I can't remember the last time I saw one of those.
really just completed new Panasonic IFE install It has two different size sockets in noise cancelling zones
not weird just see them every day in work
last week i flew in an early emirates a380 - with the small screens in the back and twin holes - only mono came out of them.
Then on the next leg i got one of the newer a380s with the much larger better resolution screens which also had twin ports - but gave stereo out of a single socket.
And in very old aircraft with old interiors you might get two different sized sockets, but I can't remember the last time I saw one of those.
First time I flew transatlantic, sometime in the 90s, the headphones were acoustic rather than electronic. They had two holes in the armrest that connected to "headphones" that were rubber tubes you stuck in your ears.
In economy these days with any airline that has newish cabins they seem to have gone back to one socket for stereo, so no need for silly adaptors, but previously they've been two mono sockets that sometimes seem to be able to provide stereo from one, and sometimes you need the silly little adaptors to get stereo. And in very old aircraft with old interiors you might get two different sized sockets, but I can't remember the last time I saw one of those.
It's still all over the place - within the last few years I've been in a brand new plane that still had double mono sockets.
The adaptors are interesting as well - I once bought an expensive (£10) branded adaptor that didn't actually work - they'd put stereo plugs on each leg so, at least on the airlines I tried it on, the socket connector didn't line up with whatever part of the plug they'd wired. Cheap eBay ones have always been fine.
One other thing to watch for - airline headphones must be very low sensitivity. I've got an inline volume control I use with my headphones on planes. The airlines override your volume selection for announcements and a comfortable listening volume on my Sennheisers would leave me deafened when the pilot cut in.