blackbirdblackbird1 t1_j6ihyud wrote
Reply to comment by Kleysley in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
Pro-tip: you can plug any regular old headphones into one port. You'll only get mono audio, but I doubt it is stereo to begin with.
Kleysley t1_j6ijx8l wrote
Might work sometimes, though last time I did that I only got audio on one ear...
Yoink1019 t1_j6iltmd wrote
So, mono audio?
KennstduIngo t1_j6in5ln wrote
Mono audio generally means having one channel of sound, whether you are using one speaker or ten to play that one channel.
Iminlesbian t1_j6ish4i wrote
You can have Stereo audio just come through one ear. It doesn't mean the amount of headphones it comes out of, it's whether the sound is a mono channel or a Stereo channel.
New_Equivalent_8846 t1_j6ix02r wrote
No, if you mix down a stereo signal to one channel it becomes mono audio. If you then send that channel to 2 headphones or speakers it's still a mono signal; ie you get the same signal in both ears.
Spider-Ian t1_j6j2lnp wrote
I've never sat in a seat with a working audio jack. Apparently people who need more leg room are more likely to break the jack.
sheepyowl t1_j6k6nvs wrote
People who are larger (either taller or fatter) require more room, and tend to weigh more (in both cases) -> so if they accidentally bump into the plugged headphone jack they are more likely to cause damage.
It sounds plausible on paper, but this is just Reddit-level-research, so maybe it's completely unrelated! maybe you're just unlucky on flights.
heyheyitsbrent t1_j6jtpwc wrote
My experience is that only sometimes works. Often the jack is so sloppy, the cable just falls out. Other times the sound is so garbled I can't even understand the dialog.
blackbirdblackbird1 t1_j6kc9o4 wrote
I would argue the jack is broken, so even their headphones wouldn't work, which is obviously a different issue.
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