Headphones one side only from dual prong adapter

[Jleno]

I use my own headphones on flights with a dual prong adapter but find that when the dual prong adapter is plugged all the way in I only get audio on one side but if I pull it out ever so slightly then I get audio on both sides.

Any one have a fix for this? Wondering if I'm missing something really simple.

 

[AisleSeat]

Does this happen every flight? I've had this happen when I brought my own adaptor and had to do the same thing you did. Using the airlines supplied adaptor I've had no issues though.

If it continues, you could try tear off a piece of the in-flight menu, push the prongs of the adaptor through it before inserting, creating a a makeshift spacer so they don't go all the way in.

 

[Jleno]

Yeah every flight and on two different dual prong adapters hence wondering if it was two faulty adapters or I'm missing something. That magazine idea is great though - will give that a try!

 

[MickC32]

Which headphones are you using?

I had similar issues with my Bose QC15 (yes they're old, I was secretly hoping they were broken so I could udate!!) I had tried multiple adaptors, finally I purchased new wire/plug and all good now. Ebay can be your friend here the after market one I got are perfect.

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[FrankP]

My Bose QC3 - do I win the oldest headphones comp?? - had the same issue (1 channel only but jiggling didn’t help) but partners QC25 was fine. Interesting that I also went fine using the QF inflight adaptor from their ‘phones. Pulled my QC3 adaptor apart and looked fine, so simply kept using the QF one. Have now updated to new Sony ‘phones to get wireless+wired, so far their adaptor has worked fine.