Speaker to line-in?

[Grumble]

I was wondering if there is a way of converting the speaker output of a
cassette player to a signal suitable for line-input of a PC audio card.
There is no headphone-out on the device. The intention is to fit a car audio
cassette player into the PC. Will it even fit? Has anyone tried to do the
same thing? I know there is a company that makes one but it ain't cheap
http://plusdeck.com/englishsite/index.asp or at least it ain't as cheap as
I'd like it to be! I'd like to convert the family tape collection to mp3 but
I'm sick of all the cables and leads festooning this computer as it is
without adding any more to it with another piece of stand alone kit.

Thanks for any help

Ian

 

[Jasen Betts]

On 2006-03-10, Grumble <grumble53@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

I was wondering if there is a way of converting the speaker output of a
cassette player to a signal suitable for line-input of a PC audio card.

there's two potential problems.

1> the speaker signal level is too high for the line in

2> the speaker outputs may be bridged meaning they're not ground referenced.
also the soundcards aux input may not be ground referenced.

on the good side.
the PC's +12V supply should be compatible with the cassette player.

1> can be cured using resistors in a configuration called an L-pad

2> can be cured using an audio isolating transformer, two for sterio.

There is no headphone-out on the device. The intention is to fit a car audio
cassette player into the PC. Will it even fit?

I've not compared the din outline with a 5.25" half-height drive bay.
memory tells me they're about the same size, but I can't say for sure

FWIW the drive bay is 145mm accross and 41mm high,

Bye.
Jasen