Does anybody remember? What was the last year a cassette tape player was available in the Prius? And can a cassette player be added in a 2007 model? Thanks - Marvin
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Marvinh @ Nov 12 2007, 01:40 PM) [snapback]538463[/snapback]</div> Cassette Player???? What's a casette player? Is that simalar to a floppy drive? (Just kidding... On the 2005, you had to buy the upgraded radio package in order to get the cassette player. Kind of ironic, don't you think?)
Time for another threading resurrection. Has anyone added even a wired remote cassette deck in their system simply plugged in to the 1/4 input? Thanks...
Bump... Time for another threading resurrection. Has anyone added even a wired remote cassette deck in their system simply plugged in to the 1/4 input? or fully install a cassette deck / tuner. I have a 2007 fully loaded package 5 Nothing special in the cassette deck. I just prefer it. Here it is on a din chassis. Thanks...
Bump... Time for another threading resurrection. Has anyone added even a wired remote cassette deck in their system simply plugged in to the 1/4 input? How about adding just a cassette installed in the car then just plugging it in the 1/4 input. Anyone tried it? Thanks...
This will work: Portable Cassette player (like a Walkman) aux-jack to FM transmitter adapter (pick an unused FM station) working FM radio in car (tuned to the frequency selected above) Long ago we used to have one so that we could play CDs in our 2000 Subaru (head unit only had a cassette). We also had an adapter that was a modified cassette with a wire to an aux jack that could be plugged in. Didn't like the latter as much because for some reason it got very hot and we were afraid it would eventually damage the head unit. It looks like most of the adapters now have built in rechargeable batteries, the one we had back in the day took power from the cigarette lighter socket.
I'm pretty sure there is a direct aux input—no need to detour through FM. I think it uses a 1/8" / 3.5 mm jack, though, not 1/4. can be...
Ha, you whipper snappers with your new fangled cassette loaders. I had the "joy" of working with both punch card decks and rolls of punched paper tape. Both of which sucked but were better than the alternative, which was toggling the programs in manually on the front panel, which was still an option on many computers of that era.
I have a good walkman that sounds close enough for what I want and plug it into the 3.5 jack. It actually sounds good to very good which is quite fine with me. My problem with using it is I don't have a stationary placement or a docking station or mounting station. Its not really what I want to do in long term using. So if I can have a mounting place and bracket, that would be fine. Or if I can get something like this which is a 1/2 a size of a din chassis radio with wirings, I could possibly squeeze this inside the last open door bay. Or even get a din box and mount it under the lower dash. The problem with installing a head unit stereo cassette in my car it has a navigation and extras. No one in my area can replace the whole stereo unless its plugged into the 3.5 jack which is available in my car. This is nothing about better and best. I just prefer the cassette option. It has a working CD player and I don't use it.
