wow its been a long time since I seen one of them umm 40 yrs ago
I believe not sure been long time
slide into your 8trac and turn button on push button in front is am/fm
and silver long knob is tuner
should have a magnetic head like old cassettes did
would not mind having one
sam
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mafiamen2
Yeah, i found that link and cant see how to contact him.
i have a clue though,clicking on the webmaster link gets me what appears to be his email.
his site was last updated in 2013,, not sure if i am contacting anyone or not.
Pretty cool piece of history there! I had my share of 8 track car decks back in the day, but never used one of those. I'm not sure how it got power or antenna, but if you're wanting to use it as a stand-alone radio you'll need to amplify the output. It connected to the tape head someway and used the 8 track deck to amplify and control volume, etc.
It would make a better display if you found an old 8 track car deck to plug it into, then all you'd need is 12 volts and a couple of speakers.
I have used cassette adapters to play MP3 players through a factory car cassette system. They also fed through the tape heads but didn't need power or an antenna and they worked a lot better than I thought they would:
I had one of these,,,it had a rubber bumper that went agains the head of the 8 -track machine,,,How it worked ,,could never figure out,,,good luck---CHEERS
Why re-invent the wheel? What I would do is pick up a stand alone eight track tape deck from a garage sale or second hand shop, one that has a power amp built in, and use it as it was intended. As for how it operates I am not certain, it may steal power from the solenoid circuit, but how it inputs audio into the tape decks amp is another story, I guess it uses the playback head of the eight track deck.
Regards
Arran
