Cassette recorder Microphone input plug ?????

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O.k so my old banger gave up and I've brought a new old banger from 2001 ( Hyundai Amica 1000cc ) In keeping with it's age it has a casstte tape player, I thought about pulling it out and fitting something more modern and then thought no ! why throw out a working item ! So my plan is to get hold of an old cassette recorder and record podcasts onto cassette so I can play them on my way to work. My question is in order to transfer them onto tape I will need to make up a lead to go from the stereo output of my laptop to the cassette recorder but will the cassette recorder record mono or stereo and if I go from stereo to mono will I lose a lot of the recording ? It's been sometime since I used a cassette recorder !

Thanks all
 
If you have to correct lead, the cassette will record in stereo.
 
Thanks Mark ,I wasn't sure if cassettes were in stereo or not
 
JonathanRyan said:
Why not just get one of these?

IOMAX Car Cassette Adapter with Retractable Cable: AmazonSmile: Electronics

Then you can just jack your phone into the cassette player and listen to podcasts straight from Spotify. It's like a time machine connecting a turn of the century Hyundai to the future :)
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For under a fiver that would be my first choice, even if it's total garbage you're not greatly out of pocket, but it may not fill that diy itch :ROFLMAO:

By coincidence I'm currently doing the reverse process

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Assuming your podcasts are already on a modern device, would something like this be suitable
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<li>Feature:</li> <li> </li> <li>√ 6 HOURS PLUS FROM ONE SINGLE CHARGE: Built in lithium rechargeable battery and USB lead to charge. CSR 4.0 bluetooth chip installed for lower power consumption to improve battery life.</li> <li> </li> <li>√ UPGRADE YOUR CONVENTIONAL TAPE PLAYER: Bring your...
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jeezuz
fit a cheap mp3 usb stereo you tight wad
 
Thanks for all the replies everyone, much appreciated. My Samsung phone decided to die a month or so ago so I had to revert to an old phone (probably as old as the car !) I have really appreciated having the basic phone for a few reasons one the battery will last for two weeks, two no one contacts me unless they really want me ie: no silly videos or general junk and the thing has out lasted at least 5 smart phones that I have had plus it's truly small ( about as big as a box of Swan Vesta match's). I like old tech and also don't like to see a fully working device/item sent up our local incinerator. Hence the reason for putting it on tape from the PC ( also quite old running Linux) I did have a DAB/MP3 /USB Stereo in my previous car but one day I found that the face had vanished , I can only think that either me a passenger or my dogs had somehow dragged it out of the vehicle with out knowing. I must add I do have a more modern car but don't really like it as it's not really use able in the abusive way I tend to use vehicles muddy dogs,fishermen, mountain bikers, Canoeists , fire wood collecting +++. So really it's a little used spare. I did use one of those tape converters for a while for the same purpose when I was a HGV driver with one of the little MP3 players that were common. I must admit to being a deliberate Luddite some times and thought I must be the only Pearson in the world that is is trying to go Digital to analogue but after doing a little research it seems much more common than I thought !
 
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