Making your own headset adapter: tutorial

[Vibestar]

This is the first time I’m making something for the psp homebrew scene.
I was very interested in the program PSP Memo Recorder of lteixeira so I was searching for a way to test this program without buying the SOCOM headset. I found a site for a “do it yourself psp headset adapter” but it wasn’t that clear to me so I figured it out myself.

In the next tutorial I’m showing with pictures how I made the adapter without soldering.

Things you need for making the adapter:

Scissors, cutting tang and isolation tape (I don’t like soldering but this is possible also).

http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/schaar.jpg

2 female 3.5mm mini jack


http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/female.jpg

1 four conductor 3.5mm mini jack (check ebay for ipod a/v cable or ps one a/v cable)

http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/fourjack.jpg

Cut al the cables but leave enough space to connect them (or when you make a mistake or strip to much). Also strip all the cables and wires.
Only the coper wires can be twisted togheter.

It should look like this for the four conductor 3.5mm mini jack cable.

http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/fourlook.jpg
http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/four2.jpg
(all the coperwires can be twisted togheter)

The 2 female 3.5mm mini jacks must look like this.

http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/femaleend.jpg
http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/femalelook.jpg

(all the coperwires can be twisted togheter)


One of the female 3.5mm mini jacks will become the microphone input.
LOOK OUT, TAKE ONLY ONE FEMALE 3.5 mm MINI JACK.
So take (just) one of the female 3.5mm mini jacks and cut the white wire. It’s not needed anymore.

http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/nomorewhite.jpg

Make sure that the top/tip (the copper part) of the white cable does not make contact with the red cable or the copper wire.
(Twist the copper wires togheter)

The other female 3.5mm mini jack is needed for the stereo sound.
(Twist the copper wires togheter)

No we have the ingredients for make the adapter.
The next part is about twisting the right wire to the right wire.

Now you can twist all the (loose) copperwires togheter but the best is to do this last. In the next picture I didn't draw these copperwires because te all go togheter.
Make sure these twisted copper wires don't make contact with each other cables. Tape them if posible at the end.

This is how it should be connected/twisted.

http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/wires.jpg

some photo's

first the earphones (red to yellow, white to white. Tape these so they can't make contact with other cables, can't say this enough, hehe)

http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/voorbeeld1.jpg

next is the microphone. It's getting hard now to twist it to the wires (theres not much space when you want to do it good and nice).

http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/micro.jpg
(red to red. Tape these so they can't make contact with other cables)

they final result before taping it al togheter.

http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/finalall.jpg

this what it looks like in action.

http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/final3.jpg
http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/final1.jpg
http://www.vibe.masegate.nl/psp/final2.jpg

Hope somebody can really do something with this tutorial (and read it, my english isn't that good).
For me it works fine and can go on testing the newer PSP Memo Recorder's


Greetzzz Vibe :)

edit:

forgot to tell that this only works with the psp remote.

[splodger15]

to many wires coming from the psp

[Vibestar]

to many wires coming from the psp

what do you mean??

[splodger15]

Look at the 3rd to last pic with the psp in

[Vibestar]

Look at the 3rd to last pic with the psp in

true, but you can make it less wires by cutting. Still for testing this works great.

[splodger15]

not something i would do though

[bullhead]

Nice clear tutorial, however, I remember seeing another tutorial that showed you how to convert an xbox headset into a socom psp one. There was also another one that showed you how to turn your mobile phone headset/mic into a socom mic. I want to try that because I have those handy in the house. Now....If only I could get myself some solder and an iron.....

[acn010]

cool, I did it already long time ago XD
way messy you did but ok :)

[bullhead]

acn010.....how long did it take you to do? and how well does it work?

[Cloudhunter]

Woah, nice tutorial :) Might make one myself... Guess it's a trip to Maplins for me ;)

Cloudy

[MZeroEW2]

lol i'd just use my sony psp headset i bought when socom came out

[Vibestar]

cool, I did it already long time ago XD
way messy you did but ok :)

Didn't wanted to solder it. I have no time for that ;).
It's posible to do this with this tutorial. Don't twist the cable's just solder them togheter.

It took me about 30 minutes. That's also because I didn't knew how to start.

[MasterChafed]

thx, i may do this.

[Dickhead]

Yeah I went to maplins and bought a couple of adaptors to fit a condenser mic and used and audio/video cable/ipod cable it works great, but I wish my mic recording level was higher... maybe a better mic like the rode condencer mic.

[Cloudhunter]

lol i'd just use my sony psp headset i bought when socom came out
That wasn't the point, the point was for people who don't have a headset to make an adaptor ;)

Cloudy

[Vibestar]

yeah my 15 first reply's ever :)

[wahaw]

I want to ask if audio spliter can work as this thing. And will I get the stereo sound with audio spliter????

[BL4Z3D247]

good job vibestar, looks good other than the wires being to long(but that's not a biggy :))

[Hobobo]

o_o Looks a bit messy. (Wires)

[TuncaCeleste]

Hi, nice tutorial, just what I was looking for: no messing with solder.

Anyways, I'm doing this tutorial as I type, but I get lost in the part where before twisting the correct wires to each other.

to better ilustrate my question, here:

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/8239/53889088ed6.jpg
This part

http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/6559/66856064fu1.jpg
And this part


What do I do with them? twist one with the other together?

Sorry, as you can see I'm an electronics n00b. Thanks for the guide :)

[jxx2005]

to many wires coming from the psp

theres only the one wire for the "psp remote" coming out of teh psp

[NintendoGuy]

Works with everything that uses the Microfone? (sorry for the 'up' in the topic)

And, can I use it with just a microfone without the 'phone' (no headset)?

[acer5050]

Thanks man great tutorial.

I already have the two female jacks (supprisingly the ones I had laying around are the exact same ones)

I am having a hard time finding a 4-conductor cable though, so far radioshack cant find it, I printed off the photo and I'll try again tomarrow

[acer5050]

I brought in the photo.... They don't carry it and I cant buy online atm :/ Guess I'm not making one right now... :/

[al-qarni]

Where are the photo's?