How to use a portable cassette player in 2020
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- In this video I will show you in full detail how to use a portable cassette walkman to play all those great tapes you have. We'll go over all the different functionalities of the audio cassette player and even some bonus useful tips.
So leave your dinner overcooking in the oven and sit down, watch and learn.
How to rewind a tape without using battery life:
• Rewinding a Tape with ...
The device used in demonstration for this tutorial is a Sony Walkman.
*Music played in the video is youtube free stock music and not actually music from the tapes shown.
#cassette #tape
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Are you rocking?
Yeah
Yup
Hey if your reading this where did you get this certainly cassette player I wanted that one
Yeah dude. I just replaced the belt in my Sony wm-fx407.
Yes but I am anti rolling
I love how this had an almost sarcastic vibe to it, but actually it was extremely informative and completely helpful to anyone not already knowing all of this. And even having a couple less known tips or facts to go with it. Like the tape selector, and the battery switching! Excellent info infovideo. Great job!!
To be honest here, I actually miss these cassette tape player Walkman.
They were like the coldest thing back then, especially for a 13-year-old. Let me see here, if I could remember the five first cassette tapes I bought back then.
Cinderella night songs, iron maiden somewhere in Time, stryper in God we trust,
dokken back for the attack and Ozzy Osbourne no rest for The wicked.
Oh yeah, I cannot forget riding my skateboard while listening to these cassette tapes too. Good times and great memories,
Great video right here and I enjoyed watching
No Rest for the Wicked was made by Cage The Elephant, no?
@@Atnomenthe ozzy osbourne one is a full album, the one youre talking about is just a single song.
I'm from the 2000s but I still remember when cars had cassette players in them. My mom had one in her Chevy Prism and my dad had one in his Ford Tempo.
In my country we usually buy used cars that come with one of those.
Fun Fact
If you want your batteries to last longer switch the tape to the other side and fast forward instead of rewinding as rewinding kills batteries quicker
Oh brilliant, good tip!
Some of my cassette players don't even have a rewind function and i hate taking the tape out to rewind a song. i dont care about battery life because i use rechargeable as everyone should these days.
i suddenly want a casette player
They have them on amazon
same
Bought a panasonic cassette player with radio, cost me 50$
Ask your parents/ grandparents most of them will have at least one Cassette Deck/ walkman type devices
Then get one. It's cheaper than a spotify premium subscription.
I'm getting my first ever portable cassette player today! I was able to snatch one for $9 via FB marketplace. Now my problem is to get cassettes lol. Thanks for this tutorial and tips!
Feeling grateful for my interest in cassette players and older technology because I eventually was able to find one on ebay and it works like a dream.
As a kid, this was my most prized possession . loved it ! 😍
That was incredibly comprehensive. More than I expected it could be.
taking the batteries out is such an important thing people overlook. I think the biggest issue I find with used....anything with batteries... is the insane amount of corrosion and acid that forms from sitting in a drawer.
Did you know you could actually connect a tape player like that to an auxiliary cord to a newer vehicle?
@@AverageDoggo Oh okay
The problem with the newer "digital" sony Walkmans had those loud ass beep noises so turn it down first.
@@Miguelramirez-ow7ot digital like ipod touch walkmans or the cassette walkmans with a digital tuner cus I got a cassette Walkman with a digital tuner and it doesn't do that
Every vehicle should be equipped with aux inputs. I use it for my smartphone.
Amazing, 30 years ago we could not imagine that one can handle a walkman in such a way. We tried all different things but never ended up being so creative as you now in 2019! We tried to let music pass the microwave or played baseball with our portables, but the sound never ended at the opposite
I had one just like this. I was always playing 80s Metallica on it. I did notice that the tape would start to slow down when the batteries got low. But I could still squeeze a couple hours out of it using the fm tuner.
What mine does is that the audio slowly disappears and then completely goes away, but the tape is still playing. It’s very weird.
I was born in 2004 but I know to use one am only here cause I bought one and my mum said do you even know how to use it I said yes she didn't believe me and she sent me your video link great vid am leaving a like
That WM-FX10 is the perfect backup Walkman. Dirt cheap, still pretty easy to find at thrift, and solidly "good enough".
Advanced super user tips: if it's playing too slow and you know the batteries are good, there's a pot switch through a small hole on the back that adjusts the speed. If it won't move at all then the belt is probably bad (it's fairly easy to replace if you can dig up the service manual.) If the fast forward doesn't work correctly then do as I did and ignore the problem; if your experience mirrors mine it'll fix itself with 3-5 months of use. In the meantime flipping the tape and rewinding = fast forward.
The rotation at 2:00 was magnificent
4:44 that truly is a lifesaver... Used to do that all the time....😉😉😉
I've always wanted a cassette player after my dad told me about them but since I was a tiny child couldn't get one. I knew the basic functions and how it worked cause my grandma had a vhs player at her house that we used to watch cartoons and I read about them In books. Recently I have come to realize I am a full grown adult and can now actually [AFFORD] one. My mom texted me to send my grandma my Christmas list though so ima have her buy it for me and pretend to be surprised. You might be wondering what I'm doing watching this video if I already "know" how it works. Well I just wanted to make sure so I don't have my grandma buy me something that I'll never use and will end up in my closet. ....which it probably will anyways. But at least I'll know how to use it. .... uhh.. .. yeaaaa...
Dang I had that exact one as a kid! So cool to see and get a flashback of the memories
feeling old when there's a video teaching you how to use one of these (realizing some people never used a cassette player before)
I just bought my favorite book for a cassette tape and I’m excited
I keep coming back to this video, because it's great and in a way, nicely humorous
I was born in 2007 and had a Walkman all through elementary school because of my adhd and it helped. Now in high school I'm pulling it back out because they are taking our phones away during school and I still have adhd and music still helps. I already know my teachers are gonna find it funny when I walk in with it so I don't have to worry about it getting taken away.
i know this video is sarcasm, but i honestly love walkmens and have a cassette collection. some might say the audio quality sucks. but its nostalgic to me. love it
Wow, you learn something every day, it just 2day wasn’t one of these days.
Just got mine today and thanks to you I’m listening to journey!
This is life not just downloading an app and touch the screen, this actually felt like you not only listen to the music but you can feel the music physically too. #backintheday
YESSSS
Exact
At 4:28, plug a aux cable into the Walkman and your computer (Use Microphone/Line-In if your computer has that) and start a sound recorder to record music off a tape
Nice tips thank you
found a walkman at my parents room. Just put some batteries and i felt like star lord
0:54 I love that pun 😂
Me being born in 1991… We had that exact same Walkman around my time as I remember. I never owned one but it’s on my watch list right now on eBay for $199.99. I do have a cheaper Walkman however… but it was $30 on Amazon and it’s an Unbranded type with poor sound quality, but it does at least have good Bluetooth connectivity. Wish me best luck to win and buy this exact same Walkman I’m watching on eBay… Which is the one you reviewed. Cool video too.
I thank you very much for that battery trick. It's helped me with many things. I briefly fixed my grandpa's remote doing when he ran out of batteries.
Him: "It will roll that way"
Me: "I thought you said it had a anti rolling mechanism"
Hey, so nice I found that one. Just revived my Sony WM-EX10 from 1990 and love to play my old cassettes ... even doing new mixtapes now !!! :-)))
I used to have a phone like that.
we had one of these back in 98 and had a tape that played No Scrubs. such memories!
are you single
@Romeo Murcury forget it
I grew up with these. It's funny if not patronizing to teach the young kids who like to say, "OKAY, BOOMER!"
P.S. You are right about not allowing batteries to corrode.
Love that what’s the story morning glory 😂❤️
I just bought an old Walkman and I can't hear the tapes, only radio
If you read this you need headphones
They often had a switch to select between radio and tape.
I’m having the same problem
If you have not found out the problem yet,it might need a new belt for the cassette player
If you switched the Walkman to tape and still then you got bad belts
Lmao I found a cute hello kitty cassette player and I had no idea how to use it thank you so much for this great video !! 😆☺️
where did you find it? I've been looking for a cassette player for a while
My two primary walkman are the Sony WM-3 and a 90s Sony with antirolling. I used to have a sports walkman with all the bells and whistles but it kept eating my tapes.
This is such a masterpiece.
Been rocking cassettes since 95 , don't have one right now though. But that'll change this month or tomorrow.
Can someone lemme know from where to buy it ? I'm just here cause I'm a big fan of hannah baker
i found one on ebay for like ten dollars
@@cameroncalzone8860 I got mine from urban for 20$ and the tapes are 20$ each
@@lalahuseynova3947 holy crap what kind of tapes are you buying
At least in my state, they sell new ones at Meijer and JCPenney. They might sell them at other stores too.
@@lalahuseynova3947 thats way too expensive
Oh good I need one to play my Mother Love Bone cassettes! ❤️
It's so weird watching this be explained on a video nowadays.
Can you do a video of just the sound effects from the player?
Sure, right here: ua-cam.com/video/7sM0GiKoe10/v-deo.html
I found that Bryan Adams cassette for 10c at a garage sale, so I didnt have any issue with that step.
Same lol, except I found mine at a record store.
Any Bryan Adams tape!!! 🤣 Perfect.
I remember having one as a teenager around 05-06. I couldnt afford a discman or an ipod and goodwill was practically giving these things away.
That's not what anti rolling is for. Anti rolling is to stop the problem where it briefly fast forwards while you're stopping it because the pinch roller pulls back before it stops allowing it to roll the tape at full speed for a split second causing it to be a few seconds ahead next time you push play.
Having a heaver wheel on the capstan is what prevents the speed from fluttering while it'd bouncing around and only direct drives mechanisms can fully prevent that.
Bruh.... I literally still use my walkman from when i was a little kid.... And it's the exact same model as this one.... only mine is blue..... Its the Sony Walkman WM-FX10
Ik this is probably in a sarcastic light (but nonetheless also educational), but thanks for the video! Im young(aka not an adult yet) and have this weird fascination with cds and tapes, and want to just collect a-ton of them and use them to their fullest (+ love the preservation aspect of it all).. so its nice to feel guided sense i grew up in a generation where we only really used dvds - not cds or tapes and so on.
Came here to show my kid what a cassette player is. Can't believe I am that old already!
Why im watching a tutorial dad taught me everything when i got one... smh
Der Judenpharao could you suggest one to get? I want to buy one but I can’t figure out what to get.
@@sophia-nb4mw any Sony model but you may have to replace the belts, my advice is to get a newer one and make sure it has been refurbished as they always cost less
It's like watching tutorial you teacher taught you.
I had one in 2015 and it lasted me till 2018 that 20 dollar cassette player was my would the id broke and i gave it to my friend and Idk if he still has it but now I'm getting back into it
Dang Gen Z doesn't understand this technology an need a video like this. That see thru phone is cool.
Gen Z does understand this tech but alrighty then lol
The anti rolling mechanism, also prevents Rick Roll.
Don’t know why I’m watching this because I know how to work one. Haha nostalgia
Im buying one today. I fuckin love the 80s but didnt grow up then unfortunately. Im 23🥲 so ready to buy one and buy some tapes
I can't believe this haha I still have mine when it was it new discman x10 anitishock. I have reel to reel (Akai GX-260D), record player pioneer PL-740 turntable.
I just found one of these and I’m so excited! Great video :)
Thanks, I think this might work for my “new” Sony M-430
I knew what cassettes were for years, I used to record myself singing with a kids microphone when i was 3 in 2005, but barely know how the a side and b side of them work.
Listening to Robert Downey Jr singing Smile on my RCA Model No RP-1868B. Just to note, the headphone jack can also be used as an AUX out jack, unless your model has a dedicated AUX out jack, which can be connected to AUX In jacks on stereo systems that don't have cassette decks.
I Heard aclot of songs on walkman..Nice feeling that days.
Very nice video. Could you please tell me what model of Walkman you use in the video
This saved me😄Thankyou
I finally opened it.
Damn, i miss my og 30gb zune
IAM SAVING UP FOR MY FIRST CASSETTE PLAYER FOR CHRISTMAS SHHSHSHS
CANT WAIT HEHEHE
Im like a REALLY early gen alpha/ late gen z kid but i was raised right and love all the old stuff, and im just tryna figure stuff out before i grt one 😮💨😮💨
I’m Jen Alpha all my first words were back in the old days. I love old style stuff, cars, electronics, especially cassette players,
Even more cooler if the Walkman had an auto reverse feature so you would not have to take the tape out at the end of the side
some Walkman's didn't have rewind, meaning if you want to rewind a tape, you have to flip it over and fast forward it,
can u do a tutorial on how to put on pants??
I like your channel dude
I love this video. So WEll made!
Prepare for the dad joke: 0:53
cheers man fantastic video
Hey, it's Hannah. Hannah Baker. That's right. Don't adjust your...whatever device you're hearing this on. It's me, live and in stereo. No return engagements, no encore, and this time, absolutely no requests. Get a snack. Settle in. Because I'm about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you're listening to this tape you're one of the reasons why. I'm not saying which tape brings you into the story. But fear not, if you received this lovely little box, your name will pop up. I promise.
I finally get this reference!
That's how being a podcaster before UA-cam.
Thank you for the information.
I really want one because I have so many tapes that my uncle owned and he recorded Indian and other songs on them.
My Sony walkman was all digital tuning, touch buttons auto reverse and Dolby B nr I think I paid 130 for it in 1993 lol
i have a cassette player but when i push the play button the button doesn’t stay down and the music doesn’t play i tried figuring it out myself and think i messed up 3 of my favorite and only cassette tapes :/
I just wanted to listen to tiny meet gang
I
showed this to my 10 year old daughter and she was like what is this nonscence
I've got one problem with an Aiwa Walkman, it sounds in 2 sides (left and right) in radio mode, but in tape mode it only sound in right and left only hear the hiss
All tapes I've got are in good condition
(Sorry for my English 😁)
How did you know I was trying to play a Bryan Adams tape?
I played the odds
Using audio cassettes is extremely easy.
If anybody doesn't know how to use a cassette player by looking at the symbols on the keys or reading what it says on the player theres a problem and rechargeable 1.5v cells li-ion work as well
Amazing
Thanks so much for this!!
you are welcome
What do I do if my tape only plays on one side and won't rewind? But it was playing fine
Roll the batteries in your palms to use the last juice it has
I had almost this exact same unit, the only difference is it had a switch on the front for bass boost. I wonder what ever happened to it.
wow now i want to buy a cassette player
They were a hassle but I miss using cassettes
Recently picked up one love it already one question how do I record my own music on a blank tape when I tryed to do it it sounds distorted
What equipment did you use to record? Or do you have a voice recorder that uses tape?
I have this type of cassette walkman in Philips and front side 3 graphic equilizer
Now I want to buy a Walkman.