Weird Fisher 500C problem

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Turn the headphones around.

Mark Z.

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"ansermetniac" <ansermetniac@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> All of a sudden headphones play the reverse chanel. turning the
> balance to the left gives me the right phone. The phones and the 1/8
> to 1/4 adapter check out.
>
> Any ideas. A Short in the female headphone jack?
>
> But still, the 500c sounds nice with my new acquisition. Bozak B400
> Rhapsodys. Baby Symphonies
>
> Abbedd

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I don't particularly know your receiver. Some of these older receivers have
an L R reverse switch. Check that out for your receiver.

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"ansermetniac" <ansermetniac@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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All of a sudden headphones play the reverse chanel. turning the
balance to the left gives me the right phone. The phones and the 1/8
to 1/4 adapter check out.

Any ideas. A Short in the female headphone jack?

But still, the 500c sounds nice with my new acquisition. Bozak B400
Rhapsodys. Baby Symphonies

Abbedd

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Then the headphones are wired wrong. It happens, I had a set of AKG 240's
this way. Unless it's physically uncomfortable, just turn them around.
Otherwise either the Fisher or the headphones will need to be rewired. I
don't accept that the left / right orientation suddenly changed on it's own.

Mark Z.

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"ansermetniac" <ansermetniac@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 19:27:28 -0500, "Mark D. Zacharias"
> <mzacharias@yis.us> wrote:
>
> >Turn the headphones around.
> >
> >Mark Z.
>
>
> Then the R is on my left ear.
>
> Abbedd

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The Fisher is an old model. Maybe some issue with the wires that go to the
headphone jack. I don't think even this would cleanly reverse the channels,
but a wiring issue here could account for your problem.

Mark Z.

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"ansermetniac" <ansermetniac@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 05:23:02 -0500, "Mark D. Zacharias"
> <mzacharias@yis.us> wrote:
>
> >Then the headphones are wired wrong. It happens, I had a set of AKG 240's
> >this way. Unless it's physically uncomfortable, just turn them around.
> >Otherwise either the Fisher or the headphones will need to be rewired. I
> >don't accept that the left / right orientation suddenly changed on it's
own.
> >
> >Mark Z.
> The headphones work correctly with other components. And yes it worked
> properly with the Fisher until yesterday
>
> Abbedd
>
>
>

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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:34:10 GMT, Tim Schwartz
<toschwartz@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>Hello,
>
> Fisher tube receivers had the headphone jacks wired 'backwards' from
>the modern convention of left channel being tip. The receiver left the
>factory that way. My guess is that you noticed it now because you were
>using the balance control. The cure is to either take it to a shop and
>have them switch the wires on the jack, or make up a short extension
>cable that has the channels reversed at one end. Of course, you could
>just live with it as is.
>
>Regards,
>Tim Schwartz
>Bristol Electronics
>
>
>ansermetniac wrote:
>>
>> All of a sudden headphones play the reverse chanel. turning the
>> balance to the left gives me the right phone. The phones and the 1/8
>> to 1/4 adapter check out.
>>
>> Any ideas. A Short in the female headphone jack?
>>
>> But still, the 500c sounds nice with my new acquisition. Bozak B400
>> Rhapsodys. Baby Symphonies
>>
>> Abbedd


Thanks TIm. That explains alot. But now for the 64000 dollar question.
Why did they do that?

Abbedd