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Created:Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1517
Total number of notes:13349

780.0. "Portable CD + BMW?" by MDVAX1::HARVEY () Tue Jun 09 1987 14:45

Problem:  Trying to use my portable Technics CD player in my BMW 325es,
    using one of those cassette adapters.  The problem is, it won't
    work.  The cassette deck "looks at" the tape adapter for a while
    (up to 30 seconds), then spits it back out.  This adapter/CD player
    combo works in every other car I have tried it in.  The guys at
    the BMW dealer don't seem to have a clue.  Tried covering various
    parts of the cassette adapter with tape (as friends suggested) but
    to no avail.  Any ideas?
    
    Sorry if this has been covered earlier or elsewhere, but I couldn't
    find it.
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780.1VLNVAX::KARLSONOnly 199 shopping days until Xmas!Tue Jun 09 1987 14:577
    
    RE: .-1
    
    	It's worked in different models of cars, but has it worked in
    the same model tape-deck?
    
    								-rjk
780.2HULK::DJPLDo you believe in magic?Tue Jun 09 1987 15:373
Some tape decks have a sensor to detect if tape is passing the heads.  If 
the adaptor doesn't fool this, the deck will think you have a broken tape 
and spit it out.
780.3QUARK::LIONELWe all live in a yellow subroutineTue Jun 09 1987 17:267
    .2 is probably right - those adaptors don't work with Pioneer
    decks, and perhaps not the one that BMW installs.  You're probably
    out of luck.
    
    I have heard of adaptors that transmit on the FM band, but I think
    they are mono (and lower fidelity, too).
    					Steve
780.4Is it Alpine?VINO::GSCOTTGreg ScottFri Jun 26 1987 18:134
    I don't know if this helps but the BMW units are made by Alpine.
    Does anyone out there use a cassette adaptor with an Alpine player?
    
    GAS
780.5VLNVAX::MDLYONSMichael D. Lyons DTN 297-5911Fri Jun 26 1987 21:053
    	Yes, I use a Recoton adapter with an Alpine car cassette
    deck.  It works just fine.  I don't remember the model number
    of the Alpine offhand, but it's a couple of years old...