Headphone jacks

[Rick_A]

If I understand your question, part of your problem is that you've got an issue running more wires through the spar to mount the jacks in the main cabin area.

I had a similar problem and I also did not have room in the panel to mount the jacks. My solution was to build a small three sided box that I mounted on the vertical supports a couple of inches below the sub-panel. You can see it just under the panel in this pic.

[Rick6a]

Originally Posted by jsharkey

....Perhaps I need a convenient place to hang the headset that doesn't get in the way when getting in.....Jim Sharkey

For years I have routinely stowed the headsets over the handheld GPS mounted to the sill/rollover bar. In my experience, the placement does not interfere with entry or exit in the least. You can see for yourself as I enter the airplane and then retrieve the headsets approximately 40 seconds into the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV99wQqyb8g

[ClayR_9A]

Originally Posted by Bob Collins

Trying to figure out where to put the jacks.

I put mine just under the subpanel against the side wall. I wouldn't do it there again... EXCEPT, I might do it on the pilot side again because I rarely ever unplug them. HOWEVER, the passenger side is a different story. I wish they were right there on the panel in the bottom right corner... easily seen, easily plugged in and unplugged because it seems that I'm always connecting and disconnecting those.

It isn't fun to have to twist and turn or reach to plug and unplug the headsets.. put them in an easy to see and reach location.

[MS19087]

Check this out - copied from another builder - haven't flown yet, but I think they are out of the way . . .

http://www.n91rv.com/n91rv/Fuseluge.html#25

[L.Adamson]

Originally Posted by Mel

I lay the headsets on the wing while getting in and out. After getting in, the wires lay outboard of my leg. Works great for me.

I do that too. But I bet there is at least five times where I've closed the canopy ( or not closed) and started the engine. Of course the headsets blow off the wing and dangle in the slipstream.............until I wise up to the situation.

They use to hang over my GPS, as in other photos in this thread. But since I got the 696, they don't fit. Just a matter of getting use to pulling them back inside..............I guess..

L.Adamson ---- RV6A

[flyboy1963]

...rear, next to bulkhead. I agree the the pilots is rarely moved, so not that bad in this spot, wires dangle into baggage area, but I can't reach the anr box switch on my headset cable easily, or change batteries in flight!
The passenger, who may want music or other connections, would be better forward somewhere I think.

[MauiLvrs]

We put ours here...
after looking at a lot of others and comments about how they liked various locations...

[DeltaRomeo]

Originally Posted by Bob Collins

snip...Where's the BEST spot for headphone/mic jax given the limitations of the runs?

Bob, here's mine. What I've found over the years that I do is roll up the pax headset and stow it in the back when I'm solo (the mic on the set will break squelch occasionally from ambient noise if left plugged in).

So, when you end up giving a person a ride down the road and you realize you haven't plugged in the headset for them, having the ability to point for them where to plug it in is a pretty big plus (don't have to unstrap yourself). I know I've done this very thing over 50 times so far.

My .02, as Stein says <g>.

[nucleus]

I noticed how many of these examples would not work with an interior, here is what we did:
 
In action, you can see the headset wires to the right of the ipod:

A close up on the passenger side:



The two vertically oriented holes on the left are where I installed the pilot's connection.


Hans

[flion]

Originally Posted by caryr

Mine is on top of the seat back cross member and between the two seat backs.

I wouldn't put it there again.

Wires are in the way.
Difficult to reach from sitting in the seat.


Armrest?? mabe a good spot.

Mine are in the same place and I love it. Wires are behind me, out of the way. It's true the jacks are difficult to reach while sitting but I almost never need to. My tunnel was full, too, with manual trim and autopilot cables, so I routed the headphone wires down the left side of the fuselage in the channel that makes the cockpit rail for the tip-up. Then across the seat brace and into the flap motor cover which encloses the jack wiring. If I'm using an ANR set, the controls dangle in between the seats which can take a bit of organizing while getting belted in. Regular headsets just get the wires tossed into the baggage area where they come up over our shoulders, totally out of the way. My O2 bottle is back there, too, so the tubes are behind us. Nothing in our laps or dangling between us and the panel.