Coby CA-747 Dual Position CD/MD/MP3 Cassette Adapter
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Customer Review: superb sound and convenience
Summary: 4 Stars
The Coby CA-747 Dual Position CD/MD/MP3 Cassette Adapter works as described with great sound quality. I bought this so I wouldn't have to keep making music cds all the time. The sound quality is almost as good as cd quality except, the bass is a bit lacking (might be my mp3 player). I adjusted the bass on my car stereo and that problem was fixed.
I bought the cassette adapter rather than a FM/AM transmitter because I heard the sound quality was better on cassette adapters. This is half true in my experience. A friend of mine had an FM transmitter with less than desirable sound quality and another had an AM transmitter with excellent sound quality. It really depends on the model I guess. Keep in mind, FM/AM transmitters require a power source. With cassette adapters, mp3 players can be stretched one to two feet from the radio whereas FM/AM transmitters can be used anywhere in the car. The decision to buy an FM/AM transmitter versus a cassette adapter is really a matter of personal choice.
Customer Review: Work As Expected
Summary: 4 Stars
Given that you are converting your digital iPod or MP3 player to an analog cassette player that probably hasn't been use in awhile ( or ever), that this concept provides any measure of audio quality it amazing. But this Coby does the job. You lose some high and low frequencies in the translation, but unless you have an ultra high car stereo (then you probably have an MP3 port) you really aren't hearing those frequencies anyway. I move the unit from a Passat to an Outback, one the cassette goes the long way, the other the wide way, both work find with no cord binding. I have had no trouble with any autoreverse issues in either car. I select Dolby off on both factory decks for a wider range of sound. I have tried some different brands with all kinds of problems, and had none with the Coby. So if you have a stock deck, or aftermarket with no MP3 input, this is the way to go on the cheap. It sounds better than FM radio in both cars. For the price, it can't be beat.Customer Review: Works great after simple modification
Summary: 5 Stars
It does its job! I use it to hitch my iphone up to my car stereo
The only way I got it to work right was to do the simple modification mentioned a few reviews up. For anyone not completely sure how to do it, here's my own version...
Problem:
Tape players that have an auto-rewind feature (almost all 'modern' players do) get confused with this device in and keep trying to rewind it or spit it out
Solution:
- Remove all the tiny screws on BOTH sides of the device, and carefully pull the two halves apart. Make sure it's laying flat so the gears don't fall out.
- Between the flat white thing covering some small gears, and the three large gears, is a small pea-sized gear that looks like two gears stacked on one another. Remove that.
- With that gear missing, the covered thing will be loose. Tape it all the one in one direction so it isn't loose any more.
- Reassemble everything
Customer Review: Great Sound / Exceeded my Expectations
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the Coby cassette adapter as an alternative to making a $500+ replacement of my factory installed Harman Kardon cd changer that was on the blink. Decided to try the casette adapter after my research indicated sound quality may be an issue with respect to the FM adapter alternative. To my surprise the Coby cassette adapter provides very good sound quality on my premium car stereo system; almost as good as my now defunct CD player, and better sound quality than I achieve through FM radio broadcasts. The cable can be attached for front loading or side loading cassette players making installation a breeze, and the curled cable is pleasing, asthetically. I connected the adapter to a 30 GB Zune and can now commmute for weeks without hearing the same song twice. I would highly recommend this product to anyone with a high quality cassette player who desires to connect a MP3 player (through the headphone jack) to his/her audio system.Customer Review: Poor Quality - Can't take the heat
Summary: 1 Stars
This product performed very well when I first opened it and began using it. But less than a week after I received it, it stopped working properly. The sound quality was completely out of whack, as though the internal equalizer was shot. Only one instrument in a song's mix would be audible and the others would fade into the background. It made the music completely un-listenable. Granted this is July and the inside of my car was probably over 100 degrees for most of those days, it was still permanently damaged after only 5 days!
The instructions told me not to leave my device in the cassette player while it was not in use so I removed it and left it either in the glove compartment or in between the two front seats. My friends who have similar products always leave theirs in the player and haven't had any problems. Maybe the instructions are flawed and that led to its downfall. Either way, I don't recommend this as a summer buy.