![]() ![]() I'mma try a couple more things just cuz, & maybe I will be able to help someone else with whatever I find out. So begins Chapter 3, tomorrow though, I have one working so I gotta walk away for now. Worked on it for a good min, but nope, nothing worked. But who cares right I am what I am though & had to try again on adapter#1. Lol, paid off cuz I finally got fabulous audio on side B, all speakers, side A still had the same issue. Now idk what actually fixed the problem, I was pushing every button, flipping sides, FF, RWD, eject. Adapter 2,same, but relentless me refused to give up. ![]() Tried adapter 1, no dice, same exact issues. I tried the adapter again & it worked!! Chapter 2.Now I had 2 audio issues side A had almost no sound at all, side B had fabulous audio, but only on left speakers tf? Ok, opened em both back up & flipped the cord. The third time I ejected, there was a sound, like a part in the deck that was stuck suddenly got unstuck. However, I happened to still have some cassette tapes from the good ole 80s.popped one in that was working fine before, but it immediately started the same flipping! I was thinking great, now the deck is ruined, but I'm relentless, so I ejected & retried. The little mf was still flipping repeatedly & stopping. The main fix instructed here did not appear to have worked at first on either adapter that I have. I may post pictures if it is not clear.Įnded up trying a couple different suggestions and omg, what a mess this problem is! Here is my cassette adapter saga, the first chapter of mine may help others who thought this fix didn't work at all. Feel free to ask questions if you have any. On the electrical side of things, for optimal sound quality (indistinguishable from MP3.obviously not lossless like FLAC), ensure you have bought a device with a stereo tape head (has two distinct points of connection on the top of the aluminum part), and ensure that the PCB inside has at least 3 wires connected to the internal board with some capacitors for smoothing. Therefore, simply remove all gears except for the central gear and the two toothed wheels. Not mentioned is that most modern tape decks require that the tape wheels become synchronized, so you MUST have the central gear to connect the two tape wheels. After taking apart the tape deck and studying how it all worked, and then testing various parts of the circuits and mechanical sections of various adapters, I found that indeed you must remove the auto-reverse limiting gear with its two sub gears to prevents the tape deck from locking. Also If you have problems with low volume after the fix you may need to reverse the wire and insert the adaptor the other way around.Īs an Electrical Engineer, it bugged me that I couldn't get this to work. ![]() It seems like you can actually get away with removing all of the gears! although I haven't tested this. Secondly if you still experience problems after this fix, make sure to read through the comments as there are several suggestions/improvements put forward. all you need is a screwdriver.ĮDIT: Firstly thanks for so many kind and amazing comments! - it makes me so happy to know that so many have been helped by the instructions (and saved from insanity). I found this solution in more than one internet forum but there were never any pictures to show you how, so I thought it would be worth an Instructable. It even seemed like all adapters, no matter how expensive, would eventually end up doing the auto-reverse flip-flop.Īnyway I did learn of an easy way to solve it. I discovered that this was a VERY common occurrence. After ripping the thing out of the tape deck and smashing it against the dash several times didn't fix it, I tried to find a solution on the internet. The constant 'kerchink-flip-kerchunk-flop" is unbelievably annoying. others (usually when there is a podcast I really want to listen to) it will kick in almost immediately. One of the worst things is that it has an element of randomness there seems no logic to when it will happen. The fact that a cassette adapter doesn't have an 'end' or even an other side seems to mean nothing to car stereos. This is where the car stereo thinks it's got to the end of the cassette and tries to auto-reverse your adapter and play the other side of it. For the last few months, while listening to my ipod through the car stereo via cassette adapter, I have been driven to near insanity by what I call "auto-reverse flip-flop". ![]()
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