#Hope for the tapedeck Bluetooth#

It’s in the pile of “must write up project sometime” hacks for now: Posted in Arduino Hacks, Musical Hacks, Radio Hacks Tagged bluetooth, cassette tape hack Post navigationįunny to see this great hack, having done something very similar (but wired aux, not BT). Join us after the break for a couple of videos with all of the details.

#Hope for the tapedeck Bluetooth#

Using a logic analyzer figured out what logic signals the original unit put out and replicating that in his Arduino code.Īudio is handled by the guts of a bluetooth speaker with the output redirected into the radio where the signal coming off the tape head normally would have been directed.

Tricking the radio into thinking there is a tape inserted is handled by an Arduino. Some real work went into convincing the stereo that the BT receiver was the stock tape deck.Īttacking the outdated Cassette deck knew that inside the maze of gears and leavers, most of it is moving around actuating switches to let the radio know that there is a tape inside and that it can switch to that input and play.

So why not hack it? This isn’t just a mechanical marriage of a Bluetooth dongle and an elderly stereo. When you want to play your tunes from your mobile what do you do? Buying an adapter, or a new head unit for that matter, isn’t any fun. When you have an older vehicle there’s not a lot of options in the stock stereo department, often a CD player and tape deck is what you get.