Tape Head won't work...

[kaineo 10+ year member]

I have a 1992 Camry LE and the tape head is acting up. I insert casette and it will read it for a bit, play the music, and then eject it back out. Any tips on how to fix it?

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

This is a stock tape player?

Could be the mechanism is dirty, have you tried using a tape head cleaner?

 

[kaineo 10+ year member]

I've tried every available tape I can find. I also tried to put a tape head cleaner (form of a tape) in to clean it, it reads it like a normal tape, and then automatically eject out.

I'm trying to get the tape head working because I have a tape adapter for my mp3.

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

wow dude its 14 years old... might be time to upgrade

 

[kaineo 10+ year member]

the reason why i want to fix this is so i can use a tape adapter for my mp3 player - that way i dont have to burn the mp3 out to cds everytime i wanna listen to it

ps. dont have money to upgrade the car, might have some for miscellenious stuffs

 

[SuperTrooper 10+ year member]

I feel for ya bro. my 8 track been acting funny for a while now to.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[frzninvt 10+ year member]

Playing low resolution MP3's through a tape head adapter OMG through stock speakers! Yikes! It must be horrid. You should be able to get a cheap CD player for $50 or less used I would think.

 

[kaineo 10+ year member]

but the point is, i dont want a cdplayer since the cdplayer cannot play my mp3

so no suggestion as to what happen? and how to fix it?

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

i honestly dont even remember how tape decks work..

ur best bet is to just get a new cheap deck with aux inputs and you can hook ur mp3 player up through that

i remember those tape adapters breaking or messing up all the time too

 

[MegaHurtz 10+ year member]

get a cheap cd playerr with aux in and use the aux in for your mp3 player

 

[kaineo 10+ year member]

well i just went and got a JVC for $220 (not including tax, included service)

and that fixed the speaker problem ^_^

cheap aux in - cheap is how much really?

 

[turn it up 10+ year member]

You bought a $220 deck and it doesnt play mp3? Are you sure? I would check and if not get one that does. For that price range I'm sure you can find one easily.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

What model # is that JVC?

 

[MegaHurtz 10+ year member]

Aux in adapter for that deck will probably be $40+

 

[kaineo 10+ year member]

http://electronicssuperstore.net/images/jvc-kdg420.jpg

thats what i bought