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2 headsets 1 jack?

Is there anyway to plug 2 headsets unto one jack? A splitter or something? Just curious for the rear seat...
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Re: 2 headsets 1 jack?

Headphone splitter will work fine. Don't know about the mic.
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Re: 2 headsets 1 jack?

My first plane only had one set of plugs, so I found a used portable intercom on ebay for pretty cheap
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Re: 2 headsets 1 jack?

My experience (albeit on video players, not aviation headsets) is that the volume dropped significantly when I used a splitter.

You might have enough volume to compensate, but on the video players I used to watch on airplanes with my kids it was always a challenge.
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Re: 2 headsets 1 jack?

slowhawk wrote:My first plane only had one set of plugs, so I found a used portable intercom on ebay for pretty cheap

It's for my back seat. Will a portable intercom interfere with my panel mounted intercom? I'll have to run to town and see if I can find some splitters. They should be easy enough to find.
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Re: 2 headsets 1 jack?

What kind of intercom do you currently have, and are you adding a third or fourth seat? If you allready have an intercom that supports another channel it's really easy to add one. Also for a more permanent solution you can buy another set of jacks and some tefzel and just piggyback your current jacks.
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Re: 2 headsets 1 jack?

boyfalldown wrote:What kind of intercom do you currently have, and are you adding a third or fourth seat? If you allready have an intercom that supports another channel it's really easy to add one. Also for a more permanent solution you can buy another set of jacks and some tefzel and just piggyback your current jacks.

I'm not 100% sure what the intercom is, and my plane is not home right now. Pretty sure it's just a 4 place. I have 4 jacks, but sometimes I have 3 people on the rear bench of the 180 and it'd be nice for them all to be able to use headsets...
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Re: 2 headsets 1 jack?

I have only a two person intercom. I made a splitter cable for the sound jack from the PAX side only and it works fine. My wife usually rides in the back and reads. She was a little hesitant when I explained that she could hear but not talk. Some might say this was ideal:)
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Re: 2 headsets 1 jack?

I also have a similar issue.

2 channel intercom... I want to add capability for the back seat ... I need to add 2 other jacks in the back seat.

What are my options ?

Thanks for the help :)
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Re: 2 headsets 1 jack?

I also have a similar issue.

2 channel intercom... I want to add capability for the back seat ... I need to add 2 other jacks in the back seat.

What are my options ?

Thanks for the help :)
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