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Dan Lail
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posted August 03, 2006 04:22 PM

I'm looking for a Moni(aux/headset) out part for an Elmo Traveler 100 Series projector. It is the female part on the back. [Cool]

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Jan Bister
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posted August 03, 2006 08:26 PM

You mean you're looking for a replacement 3.5mm jack?

(Is it a mono or stereo jack?)

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Dan Lail
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posted August 03, 2006 09:27 PM

Jan, that's it, a 3.5mm jack. I think it's mono, hence moni.

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Jan Bister
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posted August 03, 2006 09:51 PM

Actually I think "moni" is short for "monitor" (or was that a subtle joke on your part?) [Wink]

Let me see what my DOA/parts units can do for you...

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Dan Lail
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posted August 03, 2006 10:38 PM

Thanks, Jan. Monitor, right! Eureka! No subtle joke, my mistake. The Traveler is a monuaral projector though. [Cool]

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Jan Bister
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posted August 04, 2006 12:22 AM

I believe the monitor jacks on many (if not all) the Elmo models are much the same... here's one from an ST-1200 amp board I have lying around:

And from behind:

Seems to be just a matter of cutting the wires and unscrewing the nut at the front of the connector, and then it's all yours. Will this do? [Smile]

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Joerg Polzfusz
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posted August 04, 2006 05:03 AM

Hi,

AFAIK you can attach any headphone with a 3.5mm-plug to the monitor-socket. You should find one at woolworth (e.g.) for less than 5 EUR [Wink]

Jörg

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Jan Bister
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posted August 04, 2006 10:18 AM

What, a monitor socket or headphones? And where in the world is Woolworth, sounds awfully British...

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Dan Lail
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posted August 04, 2006 01:43 PM

Woolworths was a 5 and 10 cent store here a few decades back. Ah yes, brings back memories of soda fountains, cheap toys and notions. [Eek!]

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Jan Bister
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posted August 04, 2006 03:03 PM

Ah, then it's another one of those pre-1996 American things.

All of my memories before '96 were made in Germany. [Roll Eyes]

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Steven Sigel
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posted August 05, 2006 08:31 AM

Dan: Just walk into your local Radio Shack and ask them for a 1/4 inch female "phone plug" jack (although the 20 year old working there might not call it a phone plug anymore!). Then you'll have to solder it onto the board... If you are using walkman/ipod headphones, you'll also need a 1/4 -> 1/8th inch (mini) adapter.

Jan: Woolworths was still in buisness in my part of the US until a couple years ago... It's still around in the UK (although I think it's a different company that owned the rights to the same name).

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Jan Bister
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posted August 05, 2006 09:52 AM

Yeah, that's why I thought it had a British ring to it...

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Craig Hamilton
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posted August 05, 2006 02:58 PM

Christmas & Woolworth’s! The perfect combination [Smile]

Remember all those lovely K-Tel products & the button-matic. [Big Grin]

Craig

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Kevin Faulkner
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posted August 05, 2006 07:33 PM

Gents, Woolworths is British as far as i know. When they started out (before i was born) they didnt sell anything over a britsh penny.

They are still going in most British towns but I'm not sure you would find headphones or the plugs and sockets in any of the stores.

Thats a 3.5mm mono socket on those Elmo machines and you should be able to find those in your local Radio Shack or have they gone down the pan now?

Kev.

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Dan Lail
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posted August 05, 2006 11:29 PM

Kev, Woolworths were everywhere here is the states before and after I was born. They were called five & ten cent stores. No electronics except maybe small transitor radios. [Smile]

Radio shack doesn't carry a match on that 3.5mm jack. [Cool]

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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posted August 06, 2006 03:37 AM

Dan,

look for "3.5mm 2-Conductor Panel-Mount Phone Jack"
Model: 274-248 | Catalog #: 274-248

on the Radio Shack web site.

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Jan Bister
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posted August 06, 2006 02:58 PM

Thing is, the Elmo jack appears to be a 3-conductor gadget, i.e. it's interconnected with the speaker output (via a resistor, as shown in my photo) and turns it off when something is plugged in. Now I'm guessing something like that can be found at Radio Shack as well, but it isn't just a simple 2-pin mono jack.

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Kevin Faulkner
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posted August 06, 2006 06:05 PM

Dan, Your right. I did a search on F W Woolworth and found that the first store opened in 1878 in New York so yes it was turly a US company although not under that name to start with.

Makes interesting reading: Wolworths History

I must say I thought it was UK but there you go....I got it wrong [Frown]

We didnt get our first store till 1909.

Kev.

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Dan Lail
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posted August 06, 2006 10:27 PM

Very interesting reading Kev. When I was a young boy I would ride my bike to the small group of stores we called East Atlanta. There I would get a hair cut, visit Woolworths and the hobby/record shop and take in a double feature at the Madison Theatre all for less that a dollar. No that's what I call a bargain! [Cool]

I'll look again, but I think that 3.5mm jack was soldered to a board.

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