Factory Cassette deck?

[jesterbomb]

There is a really nice turntable that connects to a computer via USB, and there is a cassette drive that installs in a desktop 5 1/4 inch slot... they both have software for converting the media into MP3 format and cleaning up noise.

Here is the tape deck: http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/7a8d/
And the record player: http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/8be8/

LOL! I was just about to post that exact link! I love Thinkgeek! :laugh2:

As to the OP, I would just send you mine, but the only reason i replaced it in the first place is because the tape deck has the nasty habit of kicking tapes out five or six times before accepting it. I just got a 60 dollar one from Wally-Mart to get me through.

I think the worst thing about getting a new head unit is the fact that ALL of the replacements available seem to be designed with teeny boppers and rice racers in mind. The only way to avoid Flashing lights and carbon fiber is to pony up a huge wack of dough for a german unit. Even then, chrome is hard to avoid...

 

[jforse]

I have a cassette/cd player from my 99 limited. Works great. PM me if you want it!

 

[Matthew Currie]

LOL! I was just about to post that exact link! I love Thinkgeek! :laugh2:

As to the OP, I would just send you mine, but the only reason i replaced it in the first place is because the tape deck has the nasty habit of kicking tapes out five or six times before accepting it. I just got a 60 dollar one from Wally-Mart to get me through.

I think the worst thing about getting a new head unit is the fact that ALL of the replacements available seem to be designed with teeny boppers and rice racers in mind. The only way to avoid Flashing lights and carbon fiber is to pony up a huge wack of dough for a german unit. Even then, chrome is hard to avoid...

I agree on the head units. I just replaced the rather nice Pioneer in my 99, which worked, but had a bad display that went dim, and lost some segments, with a new JVC that works fine, but the style is awful, and it has a needlessly busy display.

On the factory tape unit, that's exactly what this one was doing, except that it gasped its last, and would not accept a tape at all. I suspected the complicated stack of clutches and ratchets in the mechanism, but in the process of trying to access it, I tried to unsolder the motor, and I ***ed up one of the flat wiring connectors. I'd let the kid buy his own replacement if it hadn't been for this. I feel some responsibility.

 

[RichP]

I have 98 and a 97 am/fm/cass factory deck, going out in the trash when I get back to cleaning the cellar out but I'll have another one after those coming out of my 97TJ once the am/fm/cd/bt unit gets here...

 

[Rob Mayercik]

As to the OP, I would just send you mine, but the only reason i replaced it in the first place is because the tape deck has the nasty habit of kicking tapes out five or six times before accepting it. I just got a 60 dollar one from Wally-Mart to get me through.

I think the worst thing about getting a new head unit is the fact that ALL of the replacements available seem to be designed with teeny boppers and rice racers in mind. The only way to avoid Flashing lights and carbon fiber is to pony up a huge wack of dough for a german unit. Even then, chrome is hard to avoid...

You know, you just described exactly what went wrong with the OEM deck in my '92 several years ago, and my opinion of the aftermarket selections at the time.

I ended up getting a Kenwood KRC-308 (AM/FM/CASS, removeable faceplace, and has CD Changer input), and am quite pelased with it. I even got it installed flush with the dash panel just like the old one was. The only downside to the Kenwood is that the display isn't too readable in the glare of direct light, but I've filed that under "minor annoyances not worth grumbling about".

Rob