leejlight Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I have a Yamaha DD-65 drum machine and I bought a aux lead so I can connect my ipod etc. Ive been using it for a couple of weeks now but recently its been playing up. The sound from my ipod only comes out of the right earphone, if I play the machine, the sound is distributed to both ears. I tried changing to my ipod earphones, yet the sound is perfect when playing the machine but the music now comes out of the left earphone. I have tried using another aux lead but still have the same problem. There must be a problem with the machine itself, any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Ipod sockets are a bit nonstandard, they have 2 ring terminals on the jack and the "ground" terminal is on the 2nd ring rather than the sleeve where it normally is. This can make a normal stereo jack cable behave oddly. Sometimes pulling it out a bit can make it work. You can get adaptors to convert a 4-pole ipod jack to a normal 3-pole stereo jack. If you already have an ipod cable with 4 terminals it must be another problem, ignore my ramblings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritch Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Have you tried using a different source? Plug the headphone output from your laptop into the aux, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leejlight Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 Im sure the problem lies within the aux port on the machine. My jack only has 2 terminals, its only a cheap one I bought off ebay. I tried taking a look inside the machine earlier but struggled to actually get it off, it was almost cracking when I was trying to lift it off. I didn't want to risk damaging the whole machine so gave up. Isn't it weird how it just suddenly stops working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrummerJonny Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 My jack only has 2 terminals, its only a cheap one I bought off ebay.That'll be the problem then, assuming you mean it only has tip / sleeve and not tip / ring sleeve (2 black lines on the jack)Any of the cables on this site will do the trick, and delivery is pretty quick too...http://www.cableuniverse.co.uk/3.5mm-audio-cables-headphone-extension-cables/ If however you mean it has 2 terminals and ground, then unfortunately I don't know, other than to say my own Yamaha DTXplorer Drum Brain has no problems with iPods and a cable from the above site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritch Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 To expand on Drummer Johnny's post (and help avoid any confusion), which of the connectors in this picture do you have (ignore the size)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Photo-audiojacks.jpg The two at the left of the picture are mono jacks - if you're using one of these, then I'd expect the problems you're mentioned. The two on the right side can be used for stereo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leejlight Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Sorry, I have the one (pictured on right) with two black lines on the jack. I haven't got a scooby then. Nevermind. Appreciate the help, thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leejlight Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Have you tried using a different source? Plug the headphone output from your laptop into the aux, perhaps? Just tried this with my Ipad and still the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyP1955 Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Is the input unbalanced stereo, unbalanced mono, or balanced mono? Is your cable 1/8" TRS on one end and 1/4" TRS on the other end? Aux lead: Not a term that is in common use, thus we don't know what it means. Jack = female connector. Plug = male connector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKev Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Is the problem the same for any headphones you plug in?I noticed you said the problem switched sides in the original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leejlight Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 I tried my Yamaha headphones and my apple ipod earphones and the sound did switch sides (came out the right ear on Yamaha and left on ipod earphones) and yes I did have the earphones in the correct ear before you ask! Although I did borrow a ipod lead from a friend and it worked perfectly. I should invest in a better quality lead. Any suggestions where I could purchase this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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