1996 Explorer Sport Radio Cassette to ipod

[XedLos]

Ok so i tried connecting my iphone to my car stereo through a cassette to 3mm jack. The thing is that at first its fine and i can get my music to play but at a certain point the radio changes the cassette to the other side. SO its playing and all of a sudden it pauses and changes tape sides and then plays again. Then it trys to change sides again and it ejects the cassette. I have a stock radio, is there anything i can do to not have my radio eject the cassette?

 

[techieman33]

That's weird, mine never stops to switch sides and i've had it going for 6 plus hours straight.

 

[Hyper26414]

I would try a new tape adapter. Try a friends if you can.

 

[fixxxer]

Do normal cassettes play ok in your deck? You may have a broken or slipping belt in the cassette deck and when the deck sees the spool hub not turning, it thinks it's at the end of the tape and tries playing the other side.

 

[XedLos]

The adapter works fine on another car. I will try to play a regular tape if i can find one

 

[BlueOvalProud]

i-device to stock Ford radio adapter

Ok so i tried connecting my iphone to my car stereo through a cassette to 3mm jack. The thing is that at first its fine and i can get my music to play but at a certain point the radio changes the cassette to the other side. SO its playing and all of a sudden it pauses and changes tape sides and then plays again. Then it trys to change sides again and it ejects the cassette. I have a stock radio, is there anything i can do to not have my radio eject the cassette?

You may want to try a wireless FM transmitter. It's about the same price as the cassette adapter and has much more fidelity. Only downside is finding an available frequency. Some major markets have stations that cover all the available frequencies, especially in Metro NYC.

I believe there is also a wireless FM transmitter on the market that is a Bluetooth patch making the entire thing wireless, although not sure how long the battery lasts.

 

[anarky321]

i had the same problem, i had to go through 3 adapters before it worked, try another adapter, if you bought yours from Advance buy one from Autozone, or vice versa

 

[Dodger_me]

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=266178&highlight=input

Just did this last weekend, Works Amazing.
Cost me about 20 bucks for The Rca jacks and plugs so i could plug the cd player back in if required

 

[Glen4X4]

Kind of an old thread but I had this problem when I had the stock stereo and it did it with a couple different vehicles so what I did was take the cassette apart and take the wheels out and then after it worked fine.

 

[David in NC]

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=266178&highlight=input

Just did this last weekend, Works Amazing.
Cost me about 20 bucks for The Rca jacks and plugs so i could plug the cd player back in if required

Instead of using RCA jacks, could you wire in a 4PDT switch and then wire the iPod line into that? It seems that then you could switch between CD and iPod input.