cassette player pissed off at me
03-15-13, 06:04 PM
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cassette player pissed off at me
Hello Friends,
My 2003 LS430 ultra all of a sudden no longer can play cassettes. It started when the adapter ( cass w/ aux wire ) just popped out. I bought another and it did the same thing. I tried a few cassettes and they too all popped out. I have about 100 tapes and over 200GB of MP3's. I cleaned the inside w/ alcohol, blew w/ air also. Any ideas?
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My 2003 LS430 ultra all of a sudden no longer can play cassettes. It started when the adapter ( cass w/ aux wire ) just popped out. I bought another and it did the same thing. I tried a few cassettes and they too all popped out. I have about 100 tapes and over 200GB of MP3's. I cleaned the inside w/ alcohol, blew w/ air also. Any ideas?
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03-15-13, 08:47 PM
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My experience has been that those cassette adapters can sometimes ruin tape decks.
I know nothing about how they work, but it's almost like the motor burns out because they play at a higher rate in that adapter mode.
It happened to a previous car I owned where I rarely used the cassette deck except for that purpose and it didn't last very long.
I know nothing about how they work, but it's almost like the motor burns out because they play at a higher rate in that adapter mode.
It happened to a previous car I owned where I rarely used the cassette deck except for that purpose and it didn't last very long.
03-16-13, 05:20 AM
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My experience has been that those cassette adapters can sometimes ruin tape decks.
I know nothing about how they work, but it's almost like the motor burns out because they play at a higher rate in that adapter mode.
It happened to a previous car I owned where I rarely used the cassette deck except for that purpose and it didn't last very long.
I know nothing about how they work, but it's almost like the motor burns out because they play at a higher rate in that adapter mode.
It happened to a previous car I owned where I rarely used the cassette deck except for that purpose and it didn't last very long.
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03-17-13, 08:11 AM
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Maybe it can be repaired. This Florida company charged only about $25 to repair my 00 LS Nakamichi in 2008: http://carstereohelp.com/lexus.htm
If you want to play MP3's, maybe install an aux-in - sound quality will be far better than from a cassette adapter. VAIS is probably the most expensive aux-in adapter and it's pretty cheap: http://www.vaistech.com/dev/sl2u.php
If you want to play MP3's, maybe install an aux-in - sound quality will be far better than from a cassette adapter. VAIS is probably the most expensive aux-in adapter and it's pretty cheap: http://www.vaistech.com/dev/sl2u.php
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