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Lequip said:
Headsets come off at 180 you stuipd moron! Wouldn't be too hard to figure it out with extra wires coming out of his headset. Get a Clue a$$ wipe.
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Wow. You really have some serious anger management issues. I would suggest a nice, soothing regimen of music, but......

Also, in the CRJ most guys wear the headsets the whole time, especially if they have the telex ones. If my FOs have extra wires sticking out of their headsets, I've never noticed. Then again, I'm not in the habit of gazing longingly at my FO's...... Perhaps you can't say the same.

And I'll stick with my previous assesment. If I ever had to fly with a jerkoff like you I'd be going for my visine bottle every time I saw you leave water lying around.
 
Lequip said:
Not in my cockpit, FO!
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If you look at my profile you would see that it does not say FO. I guess I don't have to worry about it being your cockpit, do I.

Like I said, "just a bunch of YAHOOS"
 
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rk772 said:
Yea, it’s amazing how a simple question can spark such a debate. I’m going to listen to my music no matter what any of these Yahoos say, so maybe I can get a few direct answers without all the Hub-Bub.
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AMEN!
 
And one more thing....

Having toured ORD and MSP towers, I have noticed some form of boom box present. And certainly on occasion checking in with controllers, I've heard music in the background. Plus while sitting in one the 737 jumpseats one time, the lead FA brought up a CD player with speakers and all 5 of us listened to some tunes in a super cramped cockpit (another jumpseater was present). Soilders in war time have listened to music to keep up their energy levels. My point; it's not a bad idea to play tunes on the job. If it makes one feel good by providing a positive energy vibe, then job perfomance is enhanced.
 
328Dude's plan still needs a plug for the .206 mic jack. Those are harder to find- I've been looking for a few days now. Arizona Pilot Supply has an adaptor that seems to fit the bill, but short of cutting off a mic plug from a broken headset and splicing it yourself, I haven't found too much else out there.

I personally have just been using a cheap $3 earpiece I picked up at some music store and I wear my Davis Clarks over them. The other guy can't hear your music, but then again, who wants to listen to Wierd Al at 30,000' anyway?

Of course, this is all highly unprofessional. What I really should be doing is either scanning the skies for rouge Al-Qeida fighters or have my nose buried deep in the POH. I mean, it can get really busy up there at FL300 with George flying...
 
Hey Lequip if I flew with you I would eat only tuna sandwiches and fart the entire trip.
 
gringo said:
328Dude's plan still needs a plug for the .206 mic jack. Those are harder to find- I've been looking for a few days now. Arizona Pilot Supply has an adaptor that seems to fit the bill, but short of cutting off a mic plug from a broken headset and splicing it yourself, I haven't found too much else out there.

I personally have just been using a cheap $3 earpiece I picked up at some music store and I wear my Davis Clarks over them. The other guy can't hear your music, but then again, who wants to listen to Wierd Al at 30,000' anyway?

Of course, this is all highly unprofessional. What I really should be doing is either scanning the skies for rouge Al-Qeida fighters or have my nose buried deep in the POH. I mean, it can get really busy up there at FL300 with George flying...
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The one I pointed out from Flightcom has the .206 on the one end and the standard 3.5mm on the other.

Why are you still searching unless you are planning on making your own which is way above my electrical knowledge.
 
you can buy .206 adapters from Aircraft Spruce and Supply for about 5 bucks a piece, go to radio shack and buy the headphone adapter and some wire, a little srink tubing, some solder and there you go.. for about 10-12 bucks just what you are looking for.. not that I know anything about it......
www.aircraftspruce.com
 
PilotSkydiver said:
you can buy .206 adapters from Aircraft Spruce and Supply for about 5 bucks a piece, go to radio shack and buy the headphone adapter and some wire, a little srink tubing, some solder and there you go.. for about 10-12 bucks just what you are looking for.. not that I know anything about it......
www.aircraftspruce.com
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I give up, you guys are making this way to hard...LOL
 
This is cheaper

step one: plug a headset into the jumpseat.
step two: Switch the hot mic on.
step three: Attach earbud to mic.
step four: Secure with 50 cents of masking tape.
step five: Rock out to George Michael and Air Supply

Not recommended with FAA jumpseat riders or captains/fo's that don't like Air Supply
 
Alternative for Bose X

I have a Bose X, and have tried this product which works great.
Its called the Cockpit Jukebox. It has the added advantage that when either
the Captain or ATC speaks, it lowers the music down progressively, so I never miss a call, or a word. Then after a second, it progressively elevates the music volume so you never get the impression of having yur song cut out. Uses 2 AAA batteries.

Check their website.

With my Bose it works fine.

www.cockpitjukebox.com
 
difete said:
I have a Bose X, and have tried this product which works great.
Its called the Cockpit Jukebox. It has the added advantage that when either
the Captain or ATC speaks, it lowers the music down progressively, so I never miss a call, or a word. Then after a second, it progressively elevates the music volume so you never get the impression of having yur song cut out. Uses 2 AAA batteries.

Check their website.

With my Bose it works fine.

www.cockpitjukebox.com
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Refere to post #33 on this page. They are sold out for at least 6 months.
 
Produce Review

I just got my Muse in and tried it out yesterday. It works better than anything els I've tried but it's still not perfect. For example, if the volume is turned down too low on the MP3 player, the muse will not pick it up and will turn itself off. This becomes very annoying when you are listening to a song (like no more tears, by OZZY) that has a quiet section. I guess the muse thinks the song has stopped and it goes into standby mode until the music gets louder again. Also, the battery is pretty difficult to install. It has to fit into a very tight space and rest on the internal electronics of the muse. You have to be careful not to break anything off the electronics board.

By the way, the Bose X headsets have some pretty sweeet bass.
 
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I've had the "muse" for a few years now. Got it from spinners or marv golden, can't remember. It works pretty well, I've got it paired up with the Bose X, one listen and you'll know why they cost what they do- worth every penny. The key is to turn the "master" down on the a/c audio panel, and everything else up. that way you reduce the "cut outs" between songs. I'll leave the soft mute off, ulness I'm flyin at night over BFE, then I turn it on and crank up the toons. (don't use mono mode either, huge diff.) Note: ATC sounds a little off, but not bad.

The big advantage to this system is: it's inline with your headphones-not thru the jumpseat hot mike- I.E. no CVR...

changed the batts somethin like four times since I've had it.

Don't worry about changin the batt. Its alot stronger than you might think, I haven't broken it yet...
 
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The Muse goes directly into the headphones and not through the aircraft system. Turning the master audio down would not have any effect on the volume of my MP3 player. The problem I'm having is that unless I turn the volume on my MP3 player way up, I get cutouts between songs and at low points in the songs. I don't like turning my player that loud because I have to turn everything else up to compensate and then it just becomes too much.
 
A friend of mine got it and let me borrow it for a flight and let me tell you that the adapter from sporty's works great. The music is played at an acceptable level and isn't muted everytime there is a radio transmition.
I don't see anything wrong with listening to music while enroute, and turning it off below ten.
 
I think the post the 328dude posted is why there is some confusion. He posted that the 103-0613-00 is the plug that you need. I just called flightcom and that model as a 3.5mm plug on both ends which would require a Mic adapter which is hard to find. However they said that the 103-0630-00 has a 3.5mm on one end and a Mic plug on the other end. This is what is need to plug an ipod into the jumpseater's panel I think.....

www.flightcom.net and go to accessories and its listed there.
 
oedzes said:
I think the post the 328dude posted is why there is some confusion. He posted that the 103-0613-00 is the plug that you need. I just called flightcom and that model as a 3.5mm plug on both ends which would require a Mic adapter which is hard to find. However they said that the 103-0630-00 has a 3.5mm on one end and a Mic plug on the other end. This is what is need to plug an ipod into the jumpseater's panel I think.....

www.flightcom.net and go to accessories and its listed there.
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You are right my friend. I copied the wrong part number. Thank's for the clerification.
 
Go get a replacement DC Mic jack and buy some good walkman earphones. Cut the earphones off and your left with 4 wires....two for each ear. The colored wire is the hot and the Copper is the common ground. Twist the two copper wires together and your left with three wires......one hot for each ear and the copper twisted common ground. Take the cover off the replacement jack and you'll find 3 posts. The two closest to the male end are the hots and the one closest to the female end the common ground. Take a glue gun and lay glue over your connections so that your wires don't come into contact with the case or each other. Button it up, and your jammin for under 25 bucks.


Some have mentioned problems with the Sporty's cord........all cords will mess up mono intercoms. If you plug into independent systems, your music will not be distorted.......and you won't transmit music to ATC.
 
Fly2Scuba said:
After flying with 200 + pilots over the course of my career, I have discovered that approximately 5% of all pilots are plain/plane a$$holes. You are in that group.
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Agree!

After having flown in both western Europe and in the US I would say that 97% off all pilots are a great bunch of people. We’re pretty much the same sort off people anyway. The remaining 3% are complete morons without a life.

Ok, nuff said! watching "beauty and the geek" is way more fun instead of readig this BS :).

FD
 
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4 pages and counting!

I can't afford any of these neat gadgets ya'll are talkin' about. I am however more than happy when the Cap. shows up and we got tunes for a few days!
 
I would caution against plugging into the observer mic jack. That's all recorded on the CVR. You're going to have a hard time explaining why Clay Aiken's Greatest Hits were playing while you did that stupid violating mistake. I just use the earbuds under my headset.
 
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