TheDingo

I ejected the tape from the player last night, tried to put it back in this morning and it will not go in. It will slide 3/4 way in and just stop going. It feels like an obstruction is there but It doesn't look like anything is in the way and it normally will grab it and pull it in but it's not doing that. This is the tape I use to play music through my phone in the car.

any help is appreciated.

TheDingo

I took a regular tape out there and it kind of accepted it but said TAPE ERR, so I ejected it. Next, since it had tried to accept that tape, I decided to try the converter tape again. This time it went in and worked like a charm. No problems.

If the problem persists again, I will post up and let you guys know.

Kirk3272

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Tapes..........Wow.

eggyhustles

1995 called...

csmeance

wow guys, a ton of hate on tapes!


The tape decks can be a bit finicky if you rush the eject or pull the tape out to quickly. I've had this happen a few times when listening to some oldies that barely made it onto tapes, let alone CD's and DVD-A!

BlueAc

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I'm guessing you don't have an aux input?

o4Komodo

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Mine fried.
Goes in, ejects itself. Never plays.

LoveMyTL-S

Time for the IPOD dock mod.

TheDingo

I'm using the tape deck for one of the adapters that allows me to listen to my iPod while I'm driving. There's no aux input in the vehicle as my car is an 05. Is there a place to attach an auxiliary cable at the rear of the stock stereo? Either way, this is an easy alternative and it's been working well for me... other than this one mishap lol

csmeance

you can buy an AUX adapter that goes behind the radio for simple audio input, then there are the IPOD adapters which can charge an ipod, change the tracks from the steering wheel. Then there are the Upgraded Ipod adapters which show track information on your navigation screen so you know what song is coming on!

Noober

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I can't remember the last time I've seen a tape.. LOL

imj0257

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^ lol same.

I also used to use the tape adapter that let's me listen to my ipod while driving, then I used the fm adapter. Now I just use my CD player lol.

But if some people still want to use tapes...

Jcaron9gt4

It still amazes me that there's a tape player in this car. Maybe because it appeals to the older folks, but still...every time someone gets in my car the first thing they say is, wow...is that a tape player? It just looks out of place next to a navigation screen.

Mafyoso

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Yeah IDK if mines works cause ive never used it. If i could take it out and give it to you i would without any doubts cause I havent Needed a Tap Player in over 10 years LMAO

1995hoo

I keep a couple of them in the car, one a mixed tape I recorded in 1993 that is 100 minutes long and won't fit on a CD. I suppose I could transfer it to a DVD-Audio by recording each side onto a CD-RW using my Pioneer CD recorder on my main home stereo, then rip that CD-RW to my PC, then use HD-Audio Solo Ultra to burn the DVD. But I haven't bothered. Among other reasons, the tape plays perfectly well and it's more convenient just to leave it in the car. Recording the tape to CD can only be done in real-time and it's just a nuisance to bother. Other thing is, when I made mixed tapes I often challenged myself to try to minimize or eliminate the gaps between the tracks. Problem is, I got too good at it. The result is that the auto track break feature on my CD recorder doesn't register the track break, so I either have to sit there manually inserting the track breaks or record the whole side of the cassette as a single track.

I find it amusing how some of the younger posters on this board seem to be offended by the presence of the tape player. If you don't want to use it, don't! Some of us like having the option. I imagine the people who complain about that would be baffled by the stereo component mounted to a wall rack in my house that contains a 12-inch platter and an arm with a needle in the end of it that raises and lowers by moving a lever when the arm is in the right position.

Mafyoso

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Does that Platter come with 8-Track player? I Remember those ha ha Parents had tons of them I use to listen to. Personally I can care less for the Tape Deck in our cars. With that said I would much rather have some use for all the things in my car and that's something I don't use at all. But I dont knock the people who use it, at least someones using it

1995hoo

My wife has an old 8-track player in storage. Doesn't have very many 8-tracks to play on it, though.

My turntable (a Rega Planar 3 with a Linn Adikt cartridge run through a Rotel phono stage) sounds a hell of a lot better than the crappy lossy-compressed stuff that a lot of people seem to like today. It's not too practical for use in the car, though! At some point I want to transfer a few LPs to DVD-A as described above....they're at least easier than the cassettes because generally the track-break issue isn't a problem.