In the early 70's, Sony made some great-sounding small mono radios and boomboxes. I gave one to a blind friend who uses it (with a cassette adapter) to listen to his talking books because the sound quality is perfect for listening to the spoken word.
Got a bit of kit at home that you would love, A B&O Beosound Century. Glass door covering the front, when you wave at it you gain access to the CD and Tape deck! I have the DIN connector for use with my iPhone and it still sounds epic! We have owned it since new and is around 20 years old now! As a testament to their quality they only stopped producing it a couple of years ago! It will probably be replaced with a new system soon but it will always be a fantastic bit of kit!
Cool video I almost forgot about those 80's ghetto blasters having a 5-pin DIN connector on them. My dad had a Hitachi back in the late 80's (not like yours the speakers didn't detach and it was smaller) but I always wondered how to use that DIN connector when I was a kid and I would look at it.
This works with absolutely any 3.5mm source. If a phone or another device doesn't have a 3.5mm jack, then most things have adaptors available that can be easily found on eBay...
These older tech sound systems usually put out a higher quality sound than most new systems you buy. One cool thing I did with a guitar, effects peddle, and FM transmitter was playing through a car's stereo. If you don't have a proper amp, you can pick up a cheap FM transmitter and tune your car radio in and jam out.
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I'd like to point out that for the second ghetto blaster, the Sharp I believe it was, I have two things that could have been used for input from an iPod. One is a cassette adapter that can be purchased from a dollar store which simply slide into the cassette compartment with a wire coming out to a 3.5 millimeter jack, which simply transmits the signal to the pickup head in the cassette compartment and the second is an FM radio stereo transmitter which I also have and works very well which can be received by the FM band of the tuner in that ghetto blaster.
Taking my Cable in tomorrow :D. Got a Sharp GF-9191 at work. Unfortunatley Shes seen a couple of Dings in its past (Tapes Packed in too).. But the System sounds Lovely for a 1979 unit.. Love it.
I'm sure you can appreciate that the person mixing it wants it to sound a certain way, and with digital that can be much more accurate! Granted it's a good copy of course.
I had one similar to your Hitachi. It was sold by "Montgomery Ward". A Co. in the U.S. that's no longer in business. Not sure who made it but after seeing this vid I'm starting to believe maybe Hitachi,as they're extraordinarily similar. Then again in the eighties most boom boxes/ghetto blasters were quite similar.lol
Just out of couriousity, what walkman do you have ? I have a little 80s corner in my room full of sony stuff. Hopefully I can a sweet tape deck/record player in the future for it :D
Hiya. In regards to the Sharp GF-4747 ( which is the stereo equivalent to my GF 1740 :D ) this may be one of those [annoying] boomboxes where you have to "press-play-for-aux". Yes, when you use the DIN socket on the back, to get the sound to come out on the speakers, *AND* be able to use the boombox's vol control, you have to press play on the tape deck. A few of my boomboxes are "press-play-for-aux", & it's like as if they couldn't be bothered to put an aux switch on the 'box! -BoomBoxDeluxe.
I have a Sharp GF 9090 but I guess like your Sharp - there's no use trying to put music in through the DIN cos it doesn't go through the Sharp's amplifier right? Otherwise I would go to Maplin and buy a jack plug/DIN lead.
Thanks man! In my update video I give all of the dates and timeframes related to the PowerPC challenge. It begins at the start of my summer holidays. That's not for a while yet. There'll be upgrade videos before then though, and some other G4 related stuff... :)
hey, i've just found out on the sharp stereo how to play ipod/iphone through the amp. you have to press the play and record button on and that turns on the amp and plays music very loud!! I have a 3.5mm to RCA and then RCA adapter to 5pin, and only plays loud through the left speaker?? would you suggest using a 3.5mm to 5pin cable??
I don't really fancy cutting into a piece of vintage collectable equipment, especially when there's an easier way / better way of using your iPod with it :)
They work fantastically in cars because the tape is exposed. In these stereos, the cassette compartment is completely enclosed so there's absolutely no room for the cable to come out...
I vote that we ban the word retro from anyone who doesn't know what it means. There is not one piece of equipment in this video that is retro. Those radios are old, vintage, collectible, classic or even historic. Retro refers to some new piece of equipment designed to look old. Period. Just because you say the word "retro" fifty times doesn't make it so.
Mmmm! That Hitachi! That's a really nice 'box. I wanted one of those some years ago, but never got around to one. Whenever one came up for grabs, the bids would go to silly-money! :-O That little mono-box is cute. I have a mono-box (Sharp GF-1740) and it's rather much a mono equivalent to your Sharp GF 4747. It has the same controls, carry handle & things. Even the speaker grilles are almost the same. :D Yes, three nice 'boxes in this vid. :-) Thanks for showing, -BoomBoxDeluxe.
Or you could rewire that DIN connector on the 80's boombox so it feeds into the line-input on the main amp. If that didn't work just tap the volume control and then all you do is press play on the tape to turn on he amp. You could wire in a switch to turn the amp on without pressing play. And I have an 80's retro style boombox that can play ipods and record and play from SD cards and USB drives.
Also, this Boombox I'm looking at doesn't have a 5 pin din, it only has a Left and Right Mic sockets on the top of the unit. The ebay seller says If i use the right cable I can still play ipot but not sure if I can?
i remember turning p to a party with my sharp gf-8989 metal boombox i had a drum and bass tape and it was really loud and i had batterys in i was so cool ahah and these 5 pin din you can get plenty of old cables and electronics at charity shops for cheap
Really nice, dude! Also great Cover from the Doors, have you also heard about it in the movie "The Lost boys"? I switched it on my ipod, too! I will remember your tutorial, if i get a ghetto-blaster one day! Thumb up! :)
Yo! I just bought this Ghetto blaster on a little market, and i guess it's similar to the 2nd one you showed (the Sharp GF-4747). It's a Sanyo MW160L and I would really like to connect it to my phone/ipod/etc. Would this be possible? I also have the same 5 pin plug on the back. Please respond quick! :)
you could of bought a cassete tape that has an aux cable built in i use one on my retro radio and it works flawlessly you can get them really cheap at radio shack and ebay.
what about the little cassete with the headphone jack wire sticking out of it...you pop it in the cassette player of the machine an plug in your phone or ipod...cheap on ebay
shawnlyndacouch not the best option. Mine is a Belkin one and I still get a constant humming / buzzing noise which makes for a very poor signal to noise ratio
i remember my freind having that ghetto blaster and some turntables and a mixer and we would make mix tapes and dj all day long we would then duplicate the mix tapes on his dads tape duplicator and try to sell them in the streets we made quite a little bit of money of that for £5 per tape :) ah those where the days
hi, I have this philips type d 8454 sound machine ghetto blaster and it has a line-in rca jack but when I connect the rca plugs (red + white to aux) with my mp3 I get no sound :( can someone help me out?
Yepp! I use the Lost Boys soundtrack version in this video. I have a video about the soundtrack on my channel :) it's one of my favorite films of all time. I love it!
I just run my iPod directly into my surround sound receiver using an AUX cable,and my AUX cable has ports on it to let me hear my DVD recorder without disconnecting my iPod
I went from iPhone music with Bluetooth speaker. To now making my own cassette mixtapes and buying the old speakers and my grandads Walkman. But I've always hated the music of my generation. I'm 18 and I don't know and don't listen to any of the new rubbish these days. I love my classics, The Who, Halls and Oates, Led Zeppelin...
Remember we are talking about a girl here... I don't think my sis care's as much as we all do about sound quality, It was just a cheap option. Plus the video was about the retro sound and your on about making it more clear. lolll You lost the whole plot son.
They work fantastically in cars because the tape is exposed. In these stereos, the cassette compartment is completely enclosed so there's absolutely no room for the cable to come out...
In the early 70's, Sony made some great-sounding small mono radios and boomboxes. I gave one to a blind friend who uses it (with a cassette adapter) to listen to his talking books because the sound quality is perfect for listening to the spoken word.
Got a bit of kit at home that you would love, A B&O Beosound Century. Glass door covering the front, when you wave at it you gain access to the CD and Tape deck!
I have the DIN connector for use with my iPhone and it still sounds epic!
We have owned it since new and is around 20 years old now! As a testament to their quality they only stopped producing it a couple of years ago!
It will probably be replaced with a new system soon but it will always be a fantastic bit of kit!
Cool video I almost forgot about those 80's ghetto blasters having a 5-pin DIN connector on them. My dad had a Hitachi back in the late 80's (not like yours the speakers didn't detach and it was smaller) but I always wondered how to use that DIN connector when I was a kid and I would look at it.
This works with absolutely any 3.5mm source. If a phone or another device doesn't have a 3.5mm jack, then most things have adaptors available that can be easily found on eBay...
These older tech sound systems usually put out a higher quality sound than most new systems you buy. One cool thing I did with a guitar, effects peddle, and FM transmitter was playing through a car's stereo. If you don't have a proper amp, you can pick up a cheap FM transmitter and tune your car radio in and jam out.
I'd like to point out that for the second ghetto blaster, the Sharp I believe it was, I have two things that could have been used for input from an iPod. One is a cassette adapter that can be purchased from a dollar store which simply slide into the cassette compartment with a wire coming out to a 3.5 millimeter jack, which simply transmits the signal to the pickup head in the cassette compartment and the second is an FM radio stereo transmitter which I also have and works very well which can be received by the FM band of the tuner in that ghetto blaster.
Could you post a link to the FM radio stereo transmitter that you mentioned?
You can buy a cassette that has a 3.5mm jack coming out of it. It sounds weird, but they do make them.
but they're junk.
Taking my Cable in tomorrow :D. Got a Sharp GF-9191 at work. Unfortunatley Shes seen a couple of Dings in its past (Tapes Packed in too).. But the System sounds Lovely for a 1979 unit.. Love it.
I'm sure you can appreciate that the person mixing it wants it to sound a certain way, and with digital that can be much more accurate! Granted it's a good copy of course.
I had one similar to your Hitachi. It was sold by "Montgomery Ward". A Co. in the U.S. that's no longer in business. Not sure who made it but after seeing this vid I'm starting to believe maybe Hitachi,as they're extraordinarily similar. Then again in the eighties most boom boxes/ghetto blasters were quite similar.lol
Just out of couriousity, what walkman do you have ? I have a little 80s corner in my room full of sony stuff. Hopefully I can a sweet tape deck/record player in the future for it :D
Hiya. In regards to the Sharp GF-4747 ( which is the stereo equivalent to my GF 1740 :D ) this may be one of those [annoying] boomboxes where you have to "press-play-for-aux".
Yes, when you use the DIN socket on the back, to get the sound to come out on the speakers, *AND* be able to use the boombox's vol control, you have to press play on the tape deck. A few of my boomboxes are "press-play-for-aux", & it's like as if they couldn't be bothered to put an aux switch on the 'box!
-BoomBoxDeluxe.
Oh, mine is worse, i have an early 90's Sanyo and it will only play from AUX if you have the tape in the RECORD position, LOL.
Hello from Spain.
I wanted to ask the name of the ghetto blaster cable (boombox) to ipod (jack)
thank you very much
I have a Sharp GF 9090 but I guess like your Sharp - there's no use trying to put music in through the DIN cos it doesn't go through the Sharp's amplifier right? Otherwise I would go to Maplin and buy a jack plug/DIN lead.
It stops hiss and general tape noise a little, so the recording sounds a little cleaner.
Nice toys.. lucky for us here in the USA, our vintage ghetto blasters have RCA's... :D
Thanks man!
In my update video I give all of the dates and timeframes related to the PowerPC challenge. It begins at the start of my summer holidays. That's not for a while yet. There'll be upgrade videos before then though, and some other G4 related stuff... :)
Nice video dude, what happened to your G4 series?
Hi! You still there for answer some questions?
Heya! Wanted to know if most retro boomboxes have a 5 pin din connector? Looking to buy one atm but needs to be able to connect to Ipod! xx
hey, i've just found out on the sharp stereo how to play ipod/iphone through the amp. you have to press the play and record button on and that turns on the amp and plays music very loud!! I have a 3.5mm to RCA and then RCA adapter to 5pin, and only plays loud through the left speaker?? would you suggest using a 3.5mm to 5pin cable??
this dosen't really relate to the video but I have a 1.6GHz PowerMac G5 I've been looking at some ATI Cards can you recommend 1 ? Thanks in advance
I don't really fancy cutting into a piece of vintage collectable equipment, especially when there's an easier way / better way of using your iPod with it :)
They work fantastically in cars because the tape is exposed. In these stereos, the cassette compartment is completely enclosed so there's absolutely no room for the cable to come out...
I vote that we ban the word retro from anyone who doesn't know what it means. There is not one piece of equipment in this video that is retro. Those radios are old, vintage, collectible, classic or even historic. Retro refers to some new piece of equipment designed to look old. Period. Just because you say the word "retro" fifty times doesn't make it so.
I agree!
Mmmm! That Hitachi! That's a really nice 'box. I wanted one of those some years ago, but never got around to one. Whenever one came up for grabs, the bids would go to silly-money! :-O
That little mono-box is cute. I have a mono-box (Sharp GF-1740) and it's rather much a mono equivalent to your Sharp GF 4747. It has the same controls, carry handle & things. Even the speaker grilles are almost the same. :D
Yes, three nice 'boxes in this vid. :-)
Thanks for showing,
-BoomBoxDeluxe.
Or you could rewire that DIN connector on the 80's boombox so it feeds into the line-input on the main amp. If that didn't work just tap the volume control and then all you do is press play on the tape to turn on he amp. You could wire in a switch to turn the amp on without pressing play. And I have an 80's retro style boombox that can play ipods and record and play from SD cards and USB drives.
Could you also link the cable/DIN connector I should buy please?
Btw, you're retro collection is awesome!
Haha
Also, this Boombox I'm looking at doesn't have a 5 pin din, it only has a Left and Right Mic sockets on the top of the unit. The ebay seller says If i use the right cable I can still play ipot but not sure if I can?
I wonder if it will work if I connect a Bluetooth receiver.
Great video, really interesting
That Sony Radio looks fantastic, love Sony hardware
A good condition cassette in a lovely cassette deck would be my preference over digital formats any day of the week :)
i remember turning p to a party with my sharp gf-8989 metal boombox i had a drum and bass tape and it was really loud and i had batterys in i was so cool ahah and these 5 pin din you can get plenty of old cables and electronics at charity shops for cheap
Really nice, dude! Also great Cover from the Doors, have you also heard about it in the movie "The Lost boys"? I switched it on my ipod, too! I will remember your tutorial, if i get a ghetto-blaster one day! Thumb up! :)
Hey Tom, please could you tell me the model numbers of the stereos.
I have a old 80s boom box tape player radio and I have loads of cassettes for it.
problem is I cant find it
Yo!
I just bought this Ghetto blaster on a little market, and i guess it's similar to the 2nd one you showed (the Sharp GF-4747).
It's a Sanyo MW160L and I would really like to connect it to my phone/ipod/etc.
Would this be possible?
I also have the same 5 pin plug on the back.
Please respond quick! :)
cut a cable sized slot in the side of your plastic?
you could of bought a cassete tape that has an aux cable built in i use one on my retro radio and it works flawlessly you can get them really cheap at radio shack and ebay.
Hey great vid, i have just purchased a sharp gf-7500z and wondered if you or anyone knows what i need to connect my iphone5?? Please help
I have a 1982 AIWA CS-200K and I connect my Sony PSP to it from 2008
your hairstyle is so RETRO
I have a Panasonic D8300 boombox with aux input in the back.however my music doesn't play from my phone ?!
same with mine
Sinthujan Vinacithamby you got to press play or record on the cassette deck
No problem at all! Thanks for watching :)
What's the Sony model number
what about the little cassete with the headphone jack wire sticking out of it...you pop it in the cassette player of the machine an plug in your phone or ipod...cheap on ebay
Its lit
shawnlyndacouch not the best option. Mine is a Belkin one and I still get a constant humming / buzzing noise which makes for a very poor signal to noise ratio
Thank you alot i have a full dj set up and it only has 5 pin din connectors so now i can use it from the tv thanks
the problem i find is that the batteries are a pain in these and most of the time the belt for the tape deck is broken
Mitch McCann true, but it can be solved easily by putting some rechargeable lithium batteries in there. 18650's work fine
why the hell do people dislike ????? DONT LIKE IT DONT WATCH
i remember my freind having that ghetto blaster and some turntables and a mixer and we would make mix tapes and dj all day long we would then duplicate the mix tapes on his dads tape duplicator and try to sell them in the streets we made quite a little bit of money of that for £5 per tape :) ah those where the days
Whats the song at 6:50?
hi,
I have this philips type d 8454 sound machine ghetto blaster and it has a line-in rca jack but when I connect the rca plugs (red + white to aux) with my mp3 I get no sound :( can someone help me out?
Yepp! I use the Lost Boys soundtrack version in this video. I have a video about the soundtrack on my channel :) it's one of my favorite films of all time. I love it!
I love Vintage stuff
Yeah! Old school is cool.
I just run my iPod directly into my surround sound receiver using an AUX cable,and my AUX cable has ports on it to let me hear my DVD recorder without disconnecting my iPod
No because there is no space for the cable from the cassette to come out. They only work in cars. The quality is also fairly poor.
I went from iPhone music with Bluetooth speaker. To now making my own cassette mixtapes and buying the old speakers and my grandads Walkman. But I've always hated the music of my generation. I'm 18 and I don't know and don't listen to any of the new rubbish these days. I love my classics, The Who, Halls and Oates, Led Zeppelin...
do u have a hamster or something in that cage to the left of the frame.
how much ???
Why not just use a tape to headphone jack ????? its just a tape with a wire that plugs into the headphone plug. my sis used to use it in her old car.
your accent is FUCKIN AWESOME HOW DO YOU EVER STOP TALKIN WITH DAT ACCENT!
Well made video
Good taste in music. :D
This 16:40 minutes video could have easily been done in under 3 Minutes.
Oh yes, just a master-piece in the complete film-history!...Well, the other 2 parts from this century aren't that great in my opinion! :)
You could use a CD Cassette adaptor,that is what i do
Indeed. Should work great :)
Yepp I've got a hamster :) His names Ralph.
Cool vid,if only my friends understood the appeal of cassette tapes. They just don't get it.lol
That Is Awesome!
Nice!
I can see a hamster cage on the left. :-)
nice music
ok there mother theresa
@BtchGotTold It's only 30 bucks, really.
thumbs up for the police
I have a Tecsonic TC 7200.
Remember we are talking about a girl here... I don't think my sis care's as much as we all do about sound quality, It was just a cheap option. Plus the video was about the retro sound and your on about making it more clear. lolll You lost the whole plot son.
you want a prize?
You know in America a white man can not call a boombox a ghettoblaster because it is politically incorrect and would be labeled a racist.
vintege
Buy the real DVD. Don't pirate it
If you really want to dress it up add a 3.5 to bluetooth adapter for10$
People Are Stange!
I can't stand the shit sound quality of tape.
*played on shit equipment
They work fantastically in cars because the tape is exposed. In these stereos, the cassette compartment is completely enclosed so there's absolutely no room for the cable to come out...