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hot cocoa on the couch posted:i use my cassette deck in my rx-7 but it has a bluetooth cassette in it lol  hell yeah, works way better than you'd think it should too.
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Suburban Dad posted:oh wow, that's a thing. Because of course it's a thing I'm old enough to remember jamming a cassette with a bunch of wires into the tape deck connected to a discman. Usually with a copy of Chronic or NOW Vol I or Aquemini.
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The Chronic, Aquemeni. Yes! My car's cassette player poo poo the bed and had to go for warranty repair, which basically took the entirety of the summer of '92, I ganked my sister's Pioneer boombox and buckled it into the front passenger seat, and listened to Apocalypse '91 on permanent repeat for like 3 months. I'll always think of baseball practice when I hear that album.
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Ether Frenzy posted:I'll always think of baseball practice when I hear that album. I've got so many. Clarion CD player in my AW11. Listening to Counting Crows and feeling on top of the world.
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Late 80's Blaupunkt  (which is what I replaced the aforementioned Sony that kept breaking over and over with). Too bad the brand is poo poo now.
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I've had headunits with Minidisc and Memorystick.
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Full Collapse posted:Alpine > Clarion It's what I could afford on part time $8/hr after school job in 1998.
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The Bluetooth tape seems insane until I realized that the last car with a tape teck was a Lexus in 2010, and the first car with Bluetooth was well before then.
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StormDrain posted:The Bluetooth tape seems insane until I realized that the last car with a tape teck was a Lexus in 2010, and the first car with Bluetooth was well before then. I haven't looked at that Bluetooth cassette, but I'm envisioning a magic box that not only takes your BT music and plays it through the stereo, but also uses the winding mechanism to charge an internal battery, so you never have to touch it again. It's not that magic, is it?
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Most bt adapters I've seen (and own) have a tiny lithium battery and recharge via USB, 4-12 hours use between charges
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Seems like it would be easier to just put the BT receiver in a little cigarette lighter dongle and have a wire going into the fake cassette. Eliminate the shipping concerns and cost that come along with lithium batteries. It would probably give better BT reception that way too. And provide a place to put some buttons for next track, etc. And maybe even provide another USB port for charging your phone. A wire coming out for power probably turns off the retro hi-fi crowd who is probably using these to listen to cell phone music on their 1970s Marantz tape deck at home. Because the analog tape heads make the sound warmer or whatever.
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KakerMix posted:
 What does this button do? Incorrect answers also accepted.
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opengl128 posted:
oil slick behind the car (more than usual)
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opengl128 posted:
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Ironically, that's what the Bluetooth button looked like in the 1990s. The car had BT all along.
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Guinness posted:deploys the windsock Tattered pink sock?
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:i use my cassette deck in my rx-7 but it has a bluetooth cassette in it lol I just use(d) my deck with a dummy cassette that activated an aux cable that I soldered to the head unit:     
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opengl128 posted:
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opengl128 posted:
    Real Answer: It's some sort of traffic information thing for Japan only afaik, top two are Toyotas, then Daihatsu, then Suzuki.
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KakerMix posted:
 I assume the two circled in green are rockers that move the front seat as shown. What is the one in yellow and how does it function? e: Also does front mean front passenger? Are the driver seat controls somewhere only the driver can access? Blowjob Overtime fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Aug 4, 2022 |
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Suburban Dad posted:oh wow, that's a thing. Because of course it's a thing The best part is that it should work even if the belts in your ancient cassette deck are roached. Kinda wish I had an original RX-7 stereo and cassette deck add-on, though my center stack has already been modified for a DIN unit and gauges. An early '80s DIN head unit, maybe? MiniFoo posted:I just use(d) my deck with a dummy cassette that activated an aux cable that I soldered to the head unit: That's the poo poo right there.
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Blowjob Overtime posted:
That was a Toyota Celsior Type C F Package, aka The Lexus LS400 but better. Think of a smaller Toyota Century, with lots of specific options for the rear passengers. I can't say for certain what those rocker switches do exactly, but I think I remember they only effected the front passenger seat to move it forward, tilt it and then move it back, from the driver's position. The rear seats could recline, the entire interior was wool, and you could control the audio from the rear. Also had ultrasonic mirrors to shake the water off them in the rain  Here are the controls in-between the rear seats. From here you can manipulate that front passenger seat as well.    MiniFoo posted:I just use(d) my deck with a dummy cassette that activated an aux cable that I soldered to the head unit: I missed this, but gorgeous.
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MiniFoo posted:I just use(d) my deck with a dummy cassette that activated an aux cable that I soldered to the head unit: That's shockingly beautiful. What kind of car is that, if you don't mind me asking?
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Jim DiGriz posted:That's shockingly beautiful. What kind of car is that, if you don't mind me asking? I'm not MiniFoo, obviously, but: '84-85 Mazda RX-7. Those were pretty decent Clarion-manufactured head units, and could be equipped with factory outboard amps, using a nifty joystick in the center console to control balance and fade. edit: and that's actually 3 separate components, BTW.
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MiniFoo posted:I just use(d) my deck with a dummy cassette that activated an aux cable that I soldered to the head unit: Nth-ing the gorgeous, beautiful and classy comments. Late 70s, early 80s?
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Darchangel posted:I'm not MiniFoo, obviously, but: '84-85 Mazda RX-7. Those were pretty decent Clarion-manufactured head units, and could be equipped with factory outboard amps, using a nifty joystick in the center console to control balance and fade. Thanks. It's a work of art.
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Yeah that head unit is one of my favorite parts of the interior. Was (is?) fully functional, and the cassette/aux jack worked great with the exception that I could hear the spark plugs at higher volume since the condenser/insulator thing broke off in the engine bay. The rear speakers were alright for the time period, but the door speakers left a lot to be desired. Bottom of the priority list for getting Giselle running again, but once we do it'd be nice to upgrade the speakers and install some sort of better amp. I should write up a new thread when I get some time. Unfortunately the most important aspect of the repair is currently on hold, but there's been a lot of progress elsewhere...
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Rusty posted:Blaupunkt is not stock. Also four-speed baby. E-type? More pictures?
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joat mon posted:E-type? More pictures?
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KakerMix posted:That was a Toyota Celsior Type C F Package, aka The Lexus LS400 but better. Think of a smaller Toyota Century, with lots of specific options for the rear passengers. I can't say for certain what those rocker switches do exactly, but I think I remember they only effected the front passenger seat to move it forward, tilt it and then move it back, from the driver's position. The rear seats could recline, the entire interior was wool, and you could control the audio from the rear. Also had ultrasonic mirrors to shake the water off them in the rain Oh that rules. Like many of us I like unassuming cars with luxurious features.
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KakerMix posted:
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Nice morning to drive the 7 in, still splattered with bug guts from my last early morning drive. Makes everything else on the road look absolutely massive. The chrome mirror needs to be replaced, it's useless and ugly. Only complaints at this point are the transmission tunnel gets really warm, 115F in the pedal box, and due to the filler neck design it is an absolute pain to fill at the pump.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Nice morning to drive the 7 in, still splattered with bug guts from my last early morning drive. Makes everything else on the road look absolutely massive. The chrome mirror needs to be replaced, it's useless and ugly. More power to you! I used to get terrible swamp rear end in my Exige in summer with very similar temps in the footwell - drove from Berlin to Katowice in Poland during the summer once. Outside temps were in the 90s, footwell in the 100s, and higher the faster you went. If it wasn’t for the alcantara seats, I’d have needed a spatula to unstick myself from them.
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KakerMix posted:That was a Toyota Celsior Type C F Package, aka The Lexus LS400 but better. Think of a smaller Toyota Century, with lots of specific options for the rear passengers. I can't say for certain what those rocker switches do exactly, but I think I remember they only effected the front passenger seat to move it forward, tilt it and then move it back, from the driver's position. The rear seats could recline, the entire interior was wool, and you could control the audio from the rear. Also had ultrasonic mirrors to shake the water off them in the rain drat, thanks for the rundown. I forget there are "regular" cars that focus so much on the rear passenger.
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Blowjob Overtime posted:drat, thanks for the rundown. I forget there are "regular" cars that focus so much on the rear passenger. I knew this but didn't draw the connection, most rear passenger seats are garbage second tier seats. Hard, uncomfortable, no features. That's why it seems so luxurious to me.
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Blowjob Overtime posted:drat, thanks for the rundown. I forget there are "regular" cars that focus so much on the rear passenger. anybody but the driver is lucky they even get a seatbelt rear passengers are lucky they get a seat.
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