**IF** one side of the audio is grounded (as your comments suggest) **then** adding an eg 10k resistor from the pin which gets isolated to V+ will produce a DC signal on plug insertion. If desired an LED across the ground-isolated contact would light when the plug was inserted. (With 10k and 5V and eg red LED level is low but usable. If the resultant standby current is too high (eg 1/2 mA at 5V) the you can use eg 1M (5 uA) or 10M (0.5 uA) at 5V with suitable following logic. An eg xx74x14 Schmitt trigger inverter will wok with 10M and leave you 5 of the 6 gates spare for other use. (Flash an LED when on or whatever).The higher value resistors make the simple LED + resistor indicator impractical but adding a package of Schmitt inverters can add an LED driver + much bonus capability. ___________________ **GETTING BETTER EASIER FASTER ANSWERS** I added the image and your relevant comments and edited YOUR questionvery slightly. **Now:** 1. Add the ebay link 2. Stop arguing :-) 3. Answer good technical questions politely rather than resisting them - if you knew what was wanted and/or relevant you would not need to ask the question. If you maximise information and answer technical questions and describe what you are trying to do and known constraints then you **WILL** get a good solution here if the question is on topic (and maybe also if its not). But, hiding photos, hiding source and data references, hiding real use and more (all of which you are effectively doing ) leads to a long slow misunderstood teeth pulling approach.