In , on 11/19/04
at 03:51 PM, "John Richards" said:

I would like to replace the standard ear bud headphones that came with
my walkman FM radio with a decent pair of "real" headphones. I
thought the only issue would be if the walkman was capable of driving
regular headphones but when I plugged a pair of display headphones
into the walkman, the FM reception was so poor it was unlistenable. I
suspect that because the walkman is designed to use the headphone cord
as the FM antenna, the cable on the full size display headphones were
not functioning as an antenna.

This is an FM only unit? Can you play a CD? Does the CD sound OK? It is
possible that the "real" headphones are upsetting the walkman, making
you think that it's an FM reception issue.

Are headphone cables for typical walkman type devices designed
differently from cables for full size headphones? Can I determine
from the specs or description if a certain pair of headphones will
function as an antenna with my walkman?

Did you have your "buds" with you? Was reception OK with the buds, but
not with the standard headphones? (keeping in mind my comment above) It
could be that the store location was in poor reception area. In a store
situation, particularly if there is a wall of TV's nearby, reception
could be poor in any case.

Wire length would be the most important characteristic and results
would probably be best if the wire was extended, rather than coiled.

A headphone wire antenna is generally not very effective, but in strong
signal areas you might get lucky.

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