Audio cables

[Primefalcon]

Just a couple of non-ubuntu-centric questions regarding audio cables, wife just got a keyboard for Christmas and well would like to hook it up to her computer so.....


1. what is the cable called that goes from say the headphone jack of a device to the line in of a computer called?

2. what is the adapter thing called that has a big headphone jack that plugs over the small head jack

[Bachstelze]

They are technically called TRS (tip, ring, sleeve) connectors, but if you just say you want a "jack cable", everyone will understand what you're talking about. The "small" variant is 3.5mm and the "big" one is 6.35mm.

[Primefalcon]

They are technically called TRS (tip, ring, sleeve) connectors, but if you just say you want a "jack cable", everyone will understand what you're talking about. The "small" variant is 3.5mm and the "big" one is 6.35mm.

Thx :-)

[Marvin666]

I've always heard them called phono plugs. The small one usually goes by 3.5mm and the big one by 1/4".