Google Home Mini Wall Mount With 1/8 Inch Headphone Jack Mod
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- In this video I demonstrate how to modify a Google Home Mini so it can be easily disassembled and how to add a 1/8" headphone jack.
Wiring Template: www.dropbox.com/s/yeo4u4s2j4c...
Google Home Mini screw template: www.dropbox.com/s/vki2t9zzzm3...
Original mount: www.thingiverse.com/thing:259...
My mount: www.thingiverse.com/thing:277...
Here I've linked headphone jack ends similar to the one I used
available on Ali Express: www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs... www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs... - Jak na to + styl
*I like the old style Echo Dot because it's small also **Newest.Technology**, gives out decent sound and doesn't take up a lot of shelf space if you want to put it on beam in the workshop or shed.*
I like how you take it apart in such a nice way that you can easily take it a apart again if anything slips
A bit of heatshrink over those external wires would have helped the appearance tremendously.
He did say old iphone. But a "headphone jack from an iphone" still had me in tears.
Yeah I don't know if I can ever forgive them for starting that trend.
I appreciate your thorough breakdown, thank you.
Also, to any other idiots like me who didn't immediately realize this, adding a line-out will only give you mono sound. So it wasn't worthwhile in my case.
wdym by mono sound?
@@adelinbutan7274 because there is only one speaker and we're splicing directly into its cable, we won't get any more information than it has. Unfortunately, this means mono sound only.
All the Google Homes are mono, I know for sure the mini and standard ones are. So there is only the one mono signal coming from the device.
Uhm... why not just get the chromecast/chromecast audio device???
just saved me a couple hours of my life, thank you
Amazing! You do such excellent work. So nice to have the 3-D printer and be able to make the extra pieces, truly amazing.
Yum! I love your soldering iron tip.
use a small neo magnet to locate housing screws without removing labels
This is fantastic, i've seen all the other videos of this modification but they all have both the mini and the other speakers playing at the same time.
Great job. This is very clear and came out very tidy.
great idea switching the speaker input. thanks
Wow! That's amazing! You really explain it very well
I love your cadence while speaking, It was making me crack up this whole video (in a good way) kept this video interesting
very nice and polished work, I like it! thanks for sharing!
Nice work! Would you consider doing another one where you turn it into a passive, stereo output? Is that even possible?
Cool intro
Hubby did this to one too, good job!
I enjoyed your video. It was very helpful. Thank you!
do you know what the impedance of the original speaker would be? Curious what we can get away with without burning it out.
That is superb !!
Good and clear information great job 👍🏻
Nice work
Great content sir
I AM thinking about this and you make this thats wonderful yeh and dont need chrome cast for 3.5 mm jack ha ha good job
Love this!
Thanks :)
we both like to have no ads... nice!
To remove the orange cover, just heat it with a hearblower. No damage.
You connected this to the signal that normally goes to the speaker? isn't the signal too strong (read very high volume) for a regular line input? You can always turn the volume down, but if you don't, do you risk damaging your amp?
yes definitely. I wouldn't ever put my Google home mini volume above 30%
EXCELLENT-Ever make some for those of us with poor soldering skills?
Is it possible to connect an external "aux in" connector to extend a microphone to amplify listening?
Good idea
Superb!!!
It's actually very hard to find the screws on the Google home Mini you did it
good job awesome
If u got a headphone to rca cord u could hook it to a stereo. Hooking an external speaker to it by itself is gonna sound horrible because Google home doesn't have much of a audio amplifier Built-in. So any external speaker you hooked directly to it is gonna sound like crap unless you hook it to a stereo.
Now all I need is a Google home mini😜
And a 3D printer.
Go to a donut shop in Chicago made by google, you'll get a free google home mini and donuts
I got one already
Thats amazing. I just won the latest version of the nest mini and my excitement level kinda dropped when i realised i could not use it to Spotify connect my kitchen speaker... i might just tear it down and try to put a jack in it, seems like a simple operation.
I'm gonna do that too I guess
What about a cheap bluetooth adaptor? I was thinking about that too
@@alecampos1491 Get an Chromecast Audio, that's way better, more stable and same price.
@@simonwolf177 The thing is those are rare to find, where I live they are not sold anywhere, and its expensive to get one on amazon with shipping and taxes
@@alecampos1491 Where are you from? I got mine from eBay. I have a Bluetooth Adapter as well but it disconnected all the time and I had to reconnect manually. (but it wasn't cause of the adapter, other devices don't disconnect, only the nest does)
That's why I got the Chromecast Audio and it works way better. If you can get one, I would strongly recommend it!
You couldn't make a black power lead to match? Lol. Well done. Great work.
Does this work in stereo? on a left and right speaker?
Damn, that was wow.
Would this process be similar with the Google Nest Wifi? I have seen a tear down and it looks like the audio component inside a Nest Wifi is the same as the Nest Mini.
I would assume they would be similar since it's just a generational Improvement
great video, what's the model of the 3d printer?
TEVO Tarantula
I have 808 bluetooth speaker and speaker alone became bad and the circuit is good and want to connect this Google Home Mini as a speaker. Can connect the 2 wires for speaker to the Google Home?, will it work, and does this setup need power connected to make speaker work?...The bluetooth board (808) comes with recharge battery for the circuit. I just need a speaker (Google Min's) to be connected. Please suggest, if external power for Google Mini is not required and I can just connect to the speaker..Then I can charge and carry this Google Mini and use with the limitation of "Hey Google" and google assistant options.
awsome video, any chance you will share the STL's ?
look in the description
Did you actually connect the big woofer directly to Mini's internal amp ? Couldn't really see if jack was routed to an external amp.
I connected it directly. it takes lots of power to drive a small speaker so it could actually do pretty good with the big one
thanks!
Thanks for this video! I was easily able to follow your instructions and add an aux port to my google home. However, I was disappointed by the audio quality. The voice sounds fine, but when I tried playing audio it was very flat and had no bass at all. Is there any adjustments that can fix this?
I'm glad to hear that you liked my instructions! As to audio quality, it's pretty much all about what speakers you use. In the video I use a speaker that has really good bass. Another way to improve the quality would be to run a mid and a sub in parallel (with maybe some resistance to the mid’s speaker). If you want to really crank up the bass, I recommend using speakers in conjunction with the LP-838 amplifier because it has a dedicated sub out with its own volume knob. It works well for me!
Here's a link to some LP-838 amplifiers. I recommend looking around though, as they vary in price quite a bit:
www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=&SearchText=lp-838
Great video and instructions.
On your recommendation above about using a LP-838 amp, would you need to add resistor(s) at the Google Mini output to reduce the voltage or can you feed the output directly to the LP-838 without clipping?
I saw that the LP-838 has stereo inputs. I would assume that you can use a Y splitter (mono to "stereo") to connect the mono Google mini aux out to the Left and Right RCA inputs of the LP-838.
Thanks in advance.
My diagram for wiring the output on the Google home Mini ties together the left and right channels so you can even use a stereo splitter if you'd like (or you can use a aux cord and the input on the front of the amplifier), and when I use the LP-838 I only let the Google home mini go up to 35% volume, which is more than enough because the LP-838 can go very loud on its own. You could probably turn it up more without damaging the amplifier.
Oh, that incidentally is a very helpful comment on the Left and Right channel being tied together. I did not know that and was still trying to figure out how to connect to a phone jack (I use a 4 poles jack and that had me perplexed too).
If it's not too much trouble can you advise how to connect to a 4 pole phone jack? A direct connection to a jack will be easy, but I had a hard time trying to figure out how the mini speaker is being disabled when a jack in plugged in (not much additional information I can find on the internet either)
Great to know that you had it connected to a LP-838 without problem. I'm going to do that once I have my phone jack done.
Thanks and once again Great Work!
If you pause the video at 5:24 and look at the diagram the two red spots representing where to solder the red wire to those two should be the left and right, but because we've taken the red wire to both of them they've tied the left and right together. The yellow in the bottom is the out so you have the left and the right going to the headphone jack and then when the headphone jack is not plugged in, the one on the right is connected to the yellow and continues to the onboard speaker.
As to a 4 pole headphone jack, typically that is only used if one of them is video or, in the case of like Apple headphones, one of them helps with the mic and remote so you can pretty much just ignore that because it should work with the headphone jack, you just won't have access to the microphone or the remote which you couldn't get access to any way with this type of configuration.
This is technically a speaker out not AUX or line level output. Not east to connect this output to an amplifier.
It's pretty simple to add an external amp. I am using a XH-M139 (50w x2 channels, yes I know its mono ) to push two outdoor speakers for my porch
What screw driver is that
Dope
Nice work, thanks!
Is that mono or stereo?
It has only one speaker and is therefore only capable of outputting one channel. Stereo sound requires two output channels . It is therefore mono only.
maybe next video about an external microphone - or 2 .. or 4 ... for diffrent rooms ;) it;s an idea
Hay buddy can we connect a Amplifier Aux in to this Jack you installed on the Google home ??
I'm pretty sure that this will blow your amp if you don't use appropriate resistors.
Hi, nice video👍🏻
Does it output mono or stereo sound?
Thanks!
It outputs mono, but I tied the left and right channels together so that they will both be active.
if you have a google nest mini. If it is a full silicon pad all around the nest. Don't take off the silocone. There is a screw under the wall mount hook under the orange plug. Take the screw out then shift the bottom like you are rotating it. Then the bottom should pop off. Model H2C Google nest.
My Google home mini went off when he said ok Google tell me a joke 🤣😂
You mean went on?
@@gl-jp8up yeah 😂
Thanks for your idea. Any way....can I buy it from you? I am too lazy to make done so.... could I?
Teuku Panlima i was thinking the same thing!
It's called a Chromecast Audio. It would be cheaper to just buy one of those instead of paying someone else to manually mod an existing google home mini.
Ben Rayner doesn't that only work for apps like Netflix and Spotify but not the actual output of the mini if for instance you ask it to tell you a joke?
My Google home mini went off when he said ok Google tell me a joke
Hurry hup they are stopping the chrome cast audio (stéréo, stand alone, optical output, quality of the DAC,...). But This mod NEED resistors to be used as said in an answer below. This is IMPORTANT to be said, you can destroy a device !!!
Hello,
I seem to be confused with the schematic of the audio jack.
I need a stereo output and what i understand from the real schematic of the jack is that #1 is R audio in from amp # 2 R speaker out # 3 is L speaker out, # 4 is L audio in from amp # 5 is ground
Your connection shows the following:
#1 audio in is connected to #5 common
# 2 and #3 are connected to the inbuilt speaker
# 4 is connected to ground
If i look at the correct wiring diagram it shows:
#1 and #4 connected together
# 3 and #5 connected to inbuilt speaker
By the way i read #1 to #5 from lower left corner and move towards right and go up to top. The top is the socket where you insert the headphone jack.
Please advise
Here is a wiring diagram of what I did. I hope it helps! www.dropbox.com/s/yeo4u4s2j4ctn2a/h1.jpg?dl=0
Yeah...that's NOT stereo. That's the exact same wire to both the left and right headphone jack positive wires. This is a monaural connection only.
Hi!, I noticed some people doing something similar but adding a couple of resistors, why wasnt that necessary in your case? cheers!
I didn't add resistors because I was going directly to a non amplified speaker if I was going to an amplified speaker I would have to add resistors or not exceed 30% volume
@@Make-it-work thanks a lot for your reply, I'm very good at DIY repair complicated things like film cameras for example, but clueless with electronics... So if I want to add an output jack and I want to connect a powered speaker like for example a Logitech Z533... I will need the resistors right??? Thanks again! Cheers!
@@Make-it-work thanks a lot for your reply, I'm very good at DIY repair complicated things like film cameras for example, but clueless with electronics... So if I want to add an output jack and I want to connect a powered speaker like for example a Logitech Z533... I will need the resistors right??? Thanks again! Cheers!
@@martirpeperino Yes, you would need resistors if you want it to sound good going into an amplifier. Good luck!
Can we Connect a amplifier from the 3.5mm jack?
only if you add resistors or are willing to not go above 30% volume on the Google home Mini
Thanks for putting this video together. What was the cost of this project?
Other than the cost of the Google home Mini I probably spent less than a dollar on filament(Cura estimated 19 grams) and the headphone jack probably cost about a dollar (I linked some similar ones from AliExpress above) and the wire I used I just clipped off of a old PC power supply so I would say material cost is probably 2$
No voltage divider?
I managed to get this together. When I plug in headphones it works just fine. When I ug in a bigger speaker (150amp) I get static and barely any sound. What's the deal?
You need an amp
Hmmmmmmmmm....
found an easier way, take the rubber thing off and don't put it back on
good job but, someone knows how you can connect instead of a large loudspeaker to an av reciver, without using bluetooth
Puedes remover la capa anaranjada con calor.
wow that is realy and the inside of the mini is not even super complacated
Great video. So I duplicated it and everything went well. But I am getting a hum on and off. Is that because I'm not using a resistor?
Anyone have any diagram work for the resistor and what kind of resistor?
Yes, I believe a resistor would fix it (I believe the other You-tubers use them) I never did the research to figure out which one would work since I found if i didn't plug it into a amplifier but just into a speaker The hum wasn't really noticeable 'cause it was just going to the new speaker instead of its on board one also, you could maybe remove the hum with an amplifier that has a good EQ on it.
I am also getting a loud hum when i connect it to an amplifier. I bought a pair 2.7 ohm and a 330 ohm resisters but I'm not sure to which pin i should connect it to on the headphone housing. Because i want to output in stereo, I'm having a tough time figuring out which wires to couple. Any help would greatly be apricated.
No amplifier for that huge driver?
Yes correct, actually in my experience larger speakers are easier to run with less power than small ones my theory is that it's easier to make an electromagnet with a bigger coil
Hey! Do you have a stereo output?
The output is mono but I Connected the left and right channels together so that if you did try and run it on a stereo both speakers would work (but Because the Google home has only one speaker it's monor) At timestamp 5:20 if you look at the diagram the two spots where I show the red wire being connected is the tying together of the left and right Channel if you did only one of those red spots it would just be left or right
Make it work but I think if you used Chromecast audio instead it would be stereo? Though does the voice come through if you ask it to tell you a joke for instance?
Now if only they started selling those chromecast audios again with a microphone...
Great video. Can you just make a template for the exact location of the screws and add a link here where we can download it? :-)
Great idea! The link is now available in the description. www.dropbox.com/s/vki2t9zzzm3qynr/Google%20home%20mini%20mod.png?dl=0
you did not use external amplifier, u sure it can drive a lower resistance speaker
In my experience it takes less power to drive a large speaker than it does to drive a small one.
I pushed a small flat blade under the edge of mine and just pulled it off. Adhesive actually wasn't terribly strong. Also, always use heat shrink instead of electrical tape. And when you put solder on a lead without soldering two items it's called "tinning" not soldering.
where did you get the part headphone jack?
I was given this one years ago, but similar ones are available on Ali Express:
www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs-Screw-3-5mm-1-8-inch-Female-Audio-Connector-5-Pin-DIP-Stereo-Headphone-Jack/32775967220.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.78.e3619895EbDDX&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10065_10344_10130_10068_10547_10342_10343_10340_10548_10341_10084_10083_10618_10139_10307_10313_10059_10534_100031_10103_441_10624_442_10623_10622_10621_10620_10142,searchweb201603_2,ppcSwitch_5&algo_expid=8ecdba8f-9eae-4075-bc05-98c845273689-11&algo_pvid=8ecdba8f-9eae-4075-bc05-98c845273689&priceBeautifyAB=0
www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs-lot-Headphone-Jack-5-Pin-PCB-Mount-Female-3-5mm-Stereo-Jack-Socket-Connector-Headphone/32847629394.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.248.495d3f1cOop3gk&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10065_10344_10130_10068_10547_10342_10343_10340_10548_10341_10084_10083_10618_10139_10307_10313_10059_10534_100031_10103_441_10624_442_10623_10622_10621_10620_10142,searchweb201603_2,ppcSwitch_5&algo_expid=61de9802-729d-430e-b076-1c9f7617ef00-37&algo_pvid=61de9802-729d-430e-b076-1c9f7617ef00&priceBeautifyAB=0
Make it work is this project pretty easy to do thank you
Yes, I found it quite easy. The hardest part was finding where the screw heads were placed, but everything else is very straight forward.
Make it work thank you very much I will have to try it 👍😀
Great! Let me know how it goes =)
No need to add the resistors like in the other hack videos ? Why ?
my understanding is the resistor has 2 purposes lowering the Max output so as to not blow up amplifiers if you set it to full volume, and cleans up the sound when going into some amplifiers both features are unnecessary if you're wiring directly to a speaker without going through at amplifier. your mileage with amplifiers may vary and always be careful to not use Max volume on the mini when plugged into an amplifier I recommend 35%
You didnt neex a resister to lower the output on output??
I don't need a resistor if I'm just going to an external speaker. If I was to go to a stereo then I might want one because otherwise there's a slight hissing sound and you can't turn the volume up on the home Mini. But because I was just trying to increase the audio quality I could go to a non amplified speaker and it just sounds better especially in the Lowe's
Very interesting.. I was trying to understand why some video needed a resistor..so thanks for the explanation..
Can I ask, what do you mean by you can't turn the volume up on the google home mini? It had a volume control..does it stop working?
If you send too powerful of a signal to the input of a stereo it can potentially fry it
Because it's expecting the volume to be equivalent to what would be coming out of the headphone jack on a phone. So it's not that you can't turn the volume up it's the fact that you don't want to turn the volume all the way up In fear of damaging something
Make it work That means If I Put the Google Home Minis Volume to (let's say) 20%, I won't need a resistor to be sure not damaging my Stereo ?
I'm Not familiar with Audio signals and things like that but is it possible to build a resistor into the AUX cable in order to prevent damaging my Stereo ?
Great video by the way :)
Thank you! Yes, it is totally possible to put a resistor in the aux cable, or you can mount the resistor in between the blue and black wires and the headphone jack end, as shown on the diagram at 5:20 ( the way I wire it in the video wasn't correct; it only had the one channel working so use the diagram).
P.S. Without a resistor I typically use maximum 30% volume when going into a stereo.
Great video , however I am sure there is Digital sound processing going on to make this small speakers sound like good,so the sound you going to get is highly process specifically for their speaker your speaker is not likely going to sound good since it’s different , also
This is mono solution so not really good axe out , better use the Bluetooth broadcasting ability of the mini
still great video , thanks
I must be the only one that noticed he disassembled it left handed and put it back together right handed.
Good observation! I'm not sure I even noticed it at the time.
and if you want a stereo sound???
try Bluetooth
Ahahahah un Frankenstein Google home!
Basta usare un ricevitore Bluetooth allo stereo! 🤣
peccato che significa un ulteriore accessorio radio da alimentare ;/ io lo avevo, ma a parte che devo avere 3 spine per ascoltare musica, spesso si disconnette :/
Bit it's mono
Its easy to make it stereo
@@trevorphilips9368 Even if you connect it to two speakers it's still playing the same channel, therefore its mono.
That pin connector is a real pain in the ass to get back on. On one, the whole solder uprooted when I tried to pull it out and I ruined it. Ugh.
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Hay just a hit if you're gonna use a bigger speaker use a external amp
Bigger speakers need less power in most of the cases
Ex: kiplish forte III only needs 2w to be driven to a normal volume
We have long resisted getting an Echo. Never really saw a need. czcams.com/users/postUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-dKeb4aB When we recently completed some remodeling in our home, we realized we had failed to add a switch to turn on a certain lamp across the room. We couldn't run new wiring (which would have been expensive if we could), so we got our first Echo which completely solved our problem for about $40 (Echo Dot and smart plug). We just ask Alexa to turn on/off that light. Heartily recommend it to solve this kind of conundrum!
Didnt he mean a 3.5mm headphone jack???
Yes, or, commonly referred to as an 1/8" headphone jack, that's what threw me off, why in the world would anyone want a 1/4" jack on a mini!?!
you forgot to say - using a makita ;)
add the resistors ! czcams.com/video/bMfcrZYOAnE/video.html
do it with 2 home mini devices and stereo pair them ! (now its mono )
I don't believe that would work because in stereo you want to separate tracks and both minis would be combining the tracks to make a single source so it would be the exact same linking two of them as what I have currently
all that work for a horribly eq'd mono signal. lordy lordy
Use a leather hole punch instead of cutting with an xacto knife and use heat shrink tubing on your solder joints instead of electrical tape:
www.amazon.com/OWDEN-PIECES-HOLLOW-CUTTING-LEATHER/dp/B07GCWY3HH - leather hole punch set
www.amazon.com/MulWark-415-Pieces-Box-Applications/dp/B072LTD1LT - heat shrink tubing
You can pill off the orange rubber thing easily after heating it with a hair dryer, it is just a sticker...then you can reapply it no issues
Signal is amplified, dont plug in to speaker/device aux!!!
Just use the Bluetooth and a Bluetooth receiver ..have it hooked to my stereo system 25 bucks and its stereo not mono
Or you can buy a normal speaker
What did you just say
But it has Bluetooth!
I would rather have microphone jack, the mic on mini is such a garbage. I suffer buyers remorse. :(
Be careful! Do not use this google mini. It gonna destroy your router and killing ur wifi connection!! Watch my video!!! Its just the matter of time this problem gonna appear..
Or just buy an Alexa
Chromecast Audio is cheaper.
pretty janky