Hi, thanks in advance for any help! It is greatly appreciated.
I have an '87 325es and stock sound system (which is still very impressive!). I use the tape deck for a tape with MP3 jack and plug it into my iPod and it works great - except for one thing. With seemingly no rhyme or reason, it switches from "1" to "2" - which I assume means side 1 of the tape to side 2 of the tape, every couple of seconds for minutes at a time. This is very annoying as the music cuts out every time it switches.
I thought it was maybe because it thinks one side of the tape is finished so it switches to the other side, but I was wondering if anyone knows why this may be happening or how I might go about avoiding it.
Once again, thank you very much!
MP3 Tape Deck switching from 1 to 2
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Brianmoooore
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Pushing it a bit for an E30 tech query, but there will be a peg or roller that pushes into the tape as it travels past the tape head (two, maybe; one each side), and is forced back when the tape goes tight at the end of a side.
It's possible that your adaptor doesn't have provision for this peg or roller, and is being permanently held back in a position where it trips the reversing shuttle.
Probably a bit of surgery in the correct place on the 'tape' housing will cure the problem.
It's possible that your adaptor doesn't have provision for this peg or roller, and is being permanently held back in a position where it trips the reversing shuttle.
Probably a bit of surgery in the correct place on the 'tape' housing will cure the problem.