Need help getting wired headphones to work

[mcnasby]

A while back I purchased a 2.5mm-3.5mm headphone adapter which actually said it was made for the Treo 750 (It is pictured below). I used it a long time ago when my Treo still had WM5 on it and I recall the fact that it worked fine. Now (I have Wm6 on it), whenever I plug my wired headset into the headphone jack, I get no sound out of it. When I turn up the volume - whether the headset is plugged in or not, the audio always comes out of the speaker on the back of the phone. Am I missing something or is anyone else having this issue?

[mrs_helm]

I have the same problem whenever I use anything OTHER than headphones. Standard headphones DO work with the adapterfor me. But external speakers and car cassette adapter does not. My adapter is brand new. Didn't work before OR after the Windows Live 6 upgrade. Grrr, as the majority of hte time I want to play music in the car.:confused:

UPDATE: THE PROBLEM IS THE ADAPTER
I had bought an adapter that looks like the one pictured in the above post. I took it back to Radioshack and explained the problem and asked if they had a DIFFERENT kind of 3.5>2.5 adapter. They took me back to the stereo section, where they had one that is straight without the cable. THAT ONE WORKS GREAT! And it was about half the price. They said they sell the other one up front with the phones "because the iPhone's jack is recessed and won't work with [the straight one]". (Hmm...not because it costs twice as much?)

The new one is RadioAhack part number 274-373 1/8" to 3/32" adapter. Hope that helps!

[mcnasby]

I have the same problem whenever I use anything OTHER than headphones. Standard headphones DO work with the adapterfor me. But external speakers and car cassette adapter does not. My adapter is brand new. Didn't work before OR after the Windows Live 6 upgrade. Grrr, as the majority of hte time I want to play music in the car.:confused:

UPDATE: THE PROBLEM IS THE ADAPTER
I had bought an adapter that looks like the one pictured in the above post. I took it back to Radioshack and explained the problem and asked if they had a DIFFERENT kind of 3.5>2.5 adapter. They took me back to the stereo section, where they had one that is straight without the cable. THAT ONE WORKS GREAT! And it was about half the price. They said they sell the other one up front with the phones "because the iPhone's jack is recessed and won't work with [the straight one]". (Hmm...not because it costs twice as much?)

The new one is RadioAhack part number 274-373 1/8" to 3/32" adapter. Hope that helps!

Well that explains it! I always thought an adapter was, well, just an adapter. Didn't know there was any real difference between them. I'll have to head over the RadioShack and pick one of those up. Thanks!