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Needs to be a good adapter
Posted by macwhiz [Email] (more from macwhiz) on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:36:11
In Reply to: I Tried the following w/o success, Kevin, Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:51:41
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The Saab cassette deck senses how fast the two cassette hubs are turning, and it throws an error if the two hubs' speeds don't make sense for a cassette tape -- such as would happen if the tape snapped.
If your cassette adapter doesn't have internal gears to turn the two wheels at a speed consistent with a cassette tape, or if the gears have too much play, or if they bind up... you get an error.
Sometimes, depending on the brand of adapter, you may have better luck if you use the auto-reverse button to play "side B" of your adapter. (Some adapters won't support this.)
I've had really crappy Recotron adapters that occasionally needed to be taken out and torqued, as if you were making a very weak attempt to twist the tape in two lengthwise, until it would make cracking noises and then start working again.
I have the Griffin SmartDeck adapter. It works great... when it works. Once it gets below 40 degrees out, it gets iffy, especially if the car is cold. Let the car warm up for half an hour, and it usually works fine. The SmartDeck has a dock connector for the iPod, and it will detect fast-forward/rewind of the tape and send it to the iPod as previous/next song. It also pauses the iPod when the tape deck isn't in use. However, it doesn't charge the iPod, and you can't charge it while it's connected to the SmartDeck, so you're limited to the iPod's battery life.
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