Comments on: Bluetooth cassette adapter!

By: SilentMountain

SilentMountain — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:52:37 +0000

Does not support A2DP, which means the iPhone will not broadcast MP3 audio to this device. Also, transmits only in mono, so even with a compatible device it’s essentially useless for listening to audio. Does cause a good deal of interference, and call audio quality is very poor/distorted. Would not recommend this product.

By: Armando

Armando — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:09:07 +0000

I have a combo CD/tape player in the car and have been scouring the internet for a device such as this for a couple of years now.

I bought this and it doesn’t support a2dp so music comes out mono and generally lame.

however… pairing it to my blackberry bold it will very capably play the role of handsfree and will play all my podcasts which is exactly why I bought it!

Since my phone automatically pauses the podcasts when I get a call it’s a perfect commuter’s tool!

Now i’m waiting for them crazy taiwanese to come out with one with a2dp… since the car i got I’m driving into the ground!

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:03:31 +0000

This doesn’t work for music on windows mobile it does work for hands free phone,but that’s not what I was looking for.

By: terry_in_sandiego

terry_in_sandiego — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:48:52 +0000

Ordered one off of ebay in hopes of using it with my iphone 3G S while traveling. It pairs fine, and the iphone will route (mono) voice to it, but not music.

My Stereo bluetooth headset that supports A2DP works fine with both voice & music.

In other words, this adaptor does NOT work with the iPhone for streaming music, as the iPhone refuses to route stereo over a mono BT connection.

By: jakeonfire

jakeonfire — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:31:58 +0000

well the new iPhone 3.0 software now includes stereo bluetooth support, so this would SEEM an ideal match. HOWEVER, all the specs for this thing say it only supports handsfree and headset profiles which I THINK are just mono. A2DP is stereo but I don’t think this thing supports the A2DP profile… can anyone confirm?

By: karlos

karlos — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:17:28 +0000

if i bought an ipod bluetooth transmitter and pluged it into the ipod and this bluetooth tape in my car cassette player will i get wireless music thanx

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:16:43 +0000

I just got this, and I have not been able to get it sync with my Tomtom 720.

I read the instruction, well the passages in english. The battery life is for 5 hours, after 2 hours of charging, and it does not work while plugged into the charger.

By: dramz

dramz — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:23:52 +0000

Has anyone actuall used this item, and how well does it work?

By: Gideon

Gideon — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:49:32 +0000

haha yeah, the second i saw this i was like “why not add a generator and scrap the power plug?” … then I read the comments… Great minds think alike, no? :P course, with that kind of size, anything’s possible… an SD slot or two, even a built in hard drive… why not go all the way? make it an MP3 playing Digital Cassette, with bluetooth (and a remote, also bluetooth, mike?)… t’would be the unchallengeable king of car accessories… (was considering an FM radio… but not really any point… the reception would be terrible within a tape drive, anyway… and most cars that have a casette player also have FM…)

By: cl0s

cl0s — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:21:03 +0000

I would assume it plays the call through your audio speakers since its going through the bluetooth, what it needs is a way to hook up a mic to it instead of the power adapter and have the power generated by the rotating tape spindle instead like the poster above said. Because the way bluetooth works on most phones I’ve seen, if you have bluetooth head phones paired it uses that for headphones and mic.

By: Electronic Gadgets

Electronic Gadgets — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:11:54 +0000

But it also works to take calls in your car too? That sets these gadgets apart from others.

By: SirPsycho

SirPsycho — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:06:22 +0000

Chuck, I think so

By: Chuck Steel

Chuck Steel — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:45:57 +0000

Now, if this were really ingenious it would include a small generator to power it through the tape deck’s moving spindles which normally advance the tape.