03-22-2011 07:32 AM
Hi everyone!
I'd like to ask, if anyone can provide me with the pinout of the combojack, that new T-Thinkpads are using.
I know, that I just could plugin an apple-headset, but I need to be able to plugin other equipment too...
Thanks a lot!
Martin
03-23-2011 04:49 AM
Hello mate, In a TRRS audio jack, the tip carries the microphone signal, the first ring carries the headphone signal, the second ring carries the push-to-transmit signal and finally the sleeve is still used for the ground.
The wires in a four conductor wire are correspondingly color coded. The white wire comes from the microphone and should be soldered to terminal 1. The blue wire comes from the headphones and must connect to terminal 2. The red wire comes from the push-to-transmit button and must connect to terminal 3. Finally the black wire functions as the ground and connects to terminal 4.
Hope this helps.
03-23-2011 07:08 AM
03-23-2011 12:11 PM - edited 03-23-2011 12:15 PM
Vince69 wrote:Hello mate, In a TRRS audio jack, the tip carries the microphone signal, the first ring carries the headphone signal, the second ring carries the push-to-transmit signal and finally the sleeve is still used for the ground.
Are you sure that's what Lenovo is doing? I thought they were doing stereo headphones on the two rings and microphone on the tip. The ThinkPad In-Ear Headphones (57Y4488) seem to be stereo (at least, no reviews have complained they aren't) and make no mention of a PTT switch for the microphone.
03-23-2011 12:49 PM
Yes it's a stereo jack. Here's the pinout:
03-24-2011 03:51 AM
All the TRRS jacks have the same pinout. Otherwise you couldn't use all the headphones with your system.
03-24-2011 06:14 AM
To clarify, the way the TRRS jack is wired in the stereo audio/mic combo port in the newer ThinkPads, and headsets for iPhone, Blackberry, etc. is as listed in chris1's post:
Tip = Left
Ring 1 = RIght
Ring 2 = Ground
Sleeve = Microphone
The TRRS jack wiring described earlier is for some other application.