Greetings and thank you for welcoming me to your community !
As a first post I show you my latest toy
I swapped the rotten tape player from this SRC-7495 for my old 2nd gen iPod touch.
The iPod is powered with a wall charger installed inside the box. I also mounted a USB B jack on the rear panel for computer connection. Switching is done with a relay.
I mounted tact switches on a piece of stripboard behind the tape chassis in such a way that they can be actuated with the transport buttons. Play, pause, rewind and fast forward buttons are wired to an inline remote. Record and stop operate the home and sleep buttons of the iPod.
Finally, I added a BT receiver. Like the iPod it is attached internally to the tape input. Selection between either is done with the conveniently named Tape Select switch that had an unused pole. This switch has 3 positions, so I have another "internal input" available for future use.
That box was saved from a trip to the landfill and is quite beaten, much more fun to operate than to look at but still, here it is...
As a first post I show you my latest toy
I swapped the rotten tape player from this SRC-7495 for my old 2nd gen iPod touch.
The iPod is powered with a wall charger installed inside the box. I also mounted a USB B jack on the rear panel for computer connection. Switching is done with a relay.
I mounted tact switches on a piece of stripboard behind the tape chassis in such a way that they can be actuated with the transport buttons. Play, pause, rewind and fast forward buttons are wired to an inline remote. Record and stop operate the home and sleep buttons of the iPod.
Finally, I added a BT receiver. Like the iPod it is attached internally to the tape input. Selection between either is done with the conveniently named Tape Select switch that had an unused pole. This switch has 3 positions, so I have another "internal input" available for future use.
That box was saved from a trip to the landfill and is quite beaten, much more fun to operate than to look at but still, here it is...