Strange headphone connector

[Prowling]

Does anyone know to what the strange headphone connector is for? Because my headset is just a 2,5 mm jack, and the connector on the device has something around it. I looks like it has been prepared for something else than just the headset.

[Bonzo]

Are you talking about the one that comes with the Himalaya?
Then it's for stability..

If you're talking about something else, please be more specific..

[Prowling]

I'm sorry it wasnt clear. I posted the message in the BLue Angel section. So its about the blue angel and not the himalaya.

What I meant is the connector for the headset on the device. In the middle it has a jack input, but around it there is something else. I wonder what that is for.

[Bonzo]

:oops:
Oops..
Sorry.. I really should have seen that..
My bad..

[igadget]

yap.....
in fact there are 4 pins around the female connector. I'm not sure, but i supposed they're not linked to the headphone connector because this one "is supposed" to have 5 pins, not 4.

really can't figure it out....


anyone ?

[Prowling]

perhaps some sort of connector for an lcd remote? That would be totally awesome!

[angelis]

That is a pendant bus connector. This is a standard developed by Microsoft for PocketPC.

You can see that listed in some of the specs on better sites.

http://www.ow.com.au/default.cfm?page=http://www.ow.com.au/products/XDA_IIS_O2.htm


I have yet to see a pendant bus device though.