How to Make Your Own Aux Cable: 7 Steps (with Pictures)

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How to Make Your Own Aux Cable: 7 Steps (with Pictures)
How to Make Your Own Aux Cable: 7 Steps (with Pictures)
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Using an Aux cable you will be able to connect any portable MP3 player or CD player to a stereo amplifier equipped with an 'AUX' input port. Of course, you could buy a ready-made one at any electronics store for a few dollars, but what good would it be? Instead, follow the instructions in this guide and build your own Aux cable almost for free.

Steps

Make Your Own Aux Cable Step 1
Make Your Own Aux Cable Step 1

Step 1. Get a pair of headphones and discard the earphones, keeping only the connecting cable

Remove a small portion of the sheath from the end where you removed the earbuds to expose the colored electrical wires.

Make Your Own Aux Cable Step 2
Make Your Own Aux Cable Step 2

Step 2. Now get a second pair of earphones and perform the same operation described in the previous step

Make Your Own Aux Cable Step 3
Make Your Own Aux Cable Step 3

Step 3. Connect the individual electrical cables respecting the sequence described by the colors (for example, connect the two black cables, the two red cables, etc. together)

).

Make Your Own Aux Cable Step 4
Make Your Own Aux Cable Step 4

Step 4. Take the simple copper conductors and connect them together, respecting the colors of the protective sheaths

The same circuit will match the same color.

Make Your Own Aux Cable Step 5
Make Your Own Aux Cable Step 5

Step 5. Make a firm and precise connection by rolling the copper connectors together or soldering them together

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