While it's easy to pinpoint the SC 430 as the last car with a tape deck, there isn't really a final cassette album, so much ...

Then tape decks began appearing, eventually being joined by CD players. Now, Tape decks have disappeared as a factory option (the last car to come with a tape player was sold in 2010), and the CD ...

Especially if you own a car that's too new for a tape deck but too old for a factory 3.5-mm auxiliary input, this might be your key. Because long before radios had aux inputs on the front, ...

Re-Discovering the Car's Cassette Deck. Published: Sep 30, ... And tape cassettes were the music medium of choice for many millions of folks, especially when they were driving.

Cars have had DRM-like measures for longer than you might think. Go back to the 1990s, and coded cassette decks were a common way to stop thieves being able to use stolen stereos. Sadly, they becam… ...

Your typical car cassette adapter works through the use of a single-sided writing tape head. This is similar to the recording head on a traditional tape deck. Connected to this is, usually, a ...

Though the last new car to be factory-equipped with a cassette deck was reportedly a 2010 Lexus, more than a quarter of light-duty vehicles on the road are at least 15 years old, according to a ...

The takeup spool is driven by the deck via a slipping clutch that allows it to NOT turn without damaging the motor, stretching the tape, etc., if the supply is all used up. <BR><BR>If the deck ...