Are you fed up with the ear buds that came with the new iPod shuffle that you just bought? The fact that the controls for the iPod are located on the headphones, using your own can be quite problematic.

But lucky for you theres a fairly simple way to use your own ear buds without loosing that almighty button that controls all aspects of the shuffle.

Now, I know that this video was actually made for the iPhone ear buds but the concept is the same. The whole process is actually really simple, just follow this tutorial you will do fine.

Alternatively if you dont want to risk destroying your ear buds you could just cut the wires, strip them and then solder the leads together.