How to use a portable cassette player in 2020 

Are you rocking?

I love how this had an almost sarcastic vibe to it, but actually it was extremely informative and completely helpful to anyone not already knowing all of this. And even having a couple less known tips or facts to go with it. Like the tape selector, and the battery switching! Excellent info infovideo. Great job!!

i suddenly want a casette player

Fun Fact If you want your batteries to last longer switch the tape to the other side and fast forward instead of rewinding as rewinding kills batteries quicker

I'm from the 2000s but I still remember when cars had cassette players in them. My mom had one in her Chevy Prism and my dad had one in his Ford Tempo.

To be honest here, I actually miss these cassette tape player Walkman. They were like the coldest thing back then, especially for a 13-year-old. Let me see here, if I could remember the five first cassette tapes I bought back then. Cinderella night songs, iron maiden somewhere in Time, stryper in God we trust, dokken back for the attack and Ozzy Osbourne no rest for The wicked. Oh yeah, I cannot forget riding my skateboard while listening to these cassette tapes too. Good times and great memories, Great video right here and I enjoyed watching

taking the batteries out is such an important thing people overlook. I think the biggest issue I find with used....anything with batteries... is the insane amount of corrosion and acid that forms from sitting in a drawer.

Feeling grateful for my interest in cassette players and older technology because I eventually was able to find one on ebay and it works like a dream.

I'm getting my first ever portable cassette player today! I was able to snatch one for $9 via FB marketplace. Now my problem is to get cassettes lol. Thanks for this tutorial and tips!

As a kid, this was my most prized possession . loved it ! 😍

Did you know you could actually connect a tape player like that to an auxiliary cord to a newer vehicle?

Amazing, 30 years ago we could not imagine that one can handle a walkman in such a way. We tried all different things but never ended up being so creative as you now in 2019! We tried to let music pass the microwave or played baseball with our portables, but the sound never ended at the opposite

That was incredibly comprehensive. More than I expected it could be.

The rotation at 2:00 was magnificent

found a walkman at my parents room. Just put some batteries and i felt like star lord

4:44 that truly is a lifesaver... Used to do that all the time....😉😉😉

I had one just like this. I was always playing 80s Metallica on it. I did notice that the tape would start to slow down when the batteries got low. But I could still squeeze a couple hours out of it using the fm tuner.

I was born in 2004 but I know to use one am only here cause I bought one and my mum said do you even know how to use it I said yes she didn't believe me and she sent me your video link great vid am leaving a like

feeling old when there's a video teaching you how to use one of these (realizing some people never used a cassette player before)

That WM-FX10 is the perfect backup Walkman. Dirt cheap, still pretty easy to find at thrift, and solidly "good enough". Advanced super user tips: if it's playing too slow and you know the batteries are good, there's a pot switch through a small hole on the back that adjusts the speed. If it won't move at all then the belt is probably bad (it's fairly easy to replace if you can dig up the service manual.) If the fast forward doesn't work correctly then do as I did and ignore the problem; if your experience mirrors mine it'll fix itself with 3-5 months of use. In the meantime flipping the tape and rewinding = fast forward.

I've always wanted a cassette player after my dad told me about them but since I was a tiny child couldn't get one. I knew the basic functions and how it worked cause my grandma had a vhs player at her house that we used to watch cartoons and I read about them In books. Recently I have come to realize I am a full grown adult and can now actually [AFFORD] one. My mom texted me to send my grandma my Christmas list though so ima have her buy it for me and pretend to be surprised. You might be wondering what I'm doing watching this video if I already "know" how it works. Well I just wanted to make sure so I don't have my grandma buy me something that I'll never use and will end up in my closet. ....which it probably will anyways. But at least I'll know how to use it. .... uhh.. .. yeaaaa...

Dang I had that exact one as a kid! So cool to see and get a flashback of the memories

0:54 I love that pun 😂

I keep coming back to this video, because it's great and in a way, nicely humorous

At 4:28, plug a aux cable into the Walkman and your computer (Use Microphone/Line-In if your computer has that) and start a sound recorder to record music off a tape

I thank you very much for that battery trick. It's helped me with many things. I briefly fixed my grandpa's remote doing when he ran out of batteries.

Wow, you learn something every day, it just 2day wasn’t one of these days.

Just got mine today and thanks to you I’m listening to journey!

I just bought my favorite book for a cassette tape and I’m excited

This is life not just downloading an app and touch the screen, this actually felt like you not only listen to the music but you can feel the music physically too. #backintheday

i know this video is sarcasm, but i honestly love walkmens and have a cassette collection. some might say the audio quality sucks. but its nostalgic to me. love it

I was born in 2007 and had a Walkman all through elementary school because of my adhd and it helped. Now in high school I'm pulling it back out because they are taking our phones away during school and I still have adhd and music still helps. I already know my teachers are gonna find it funny when I walk in with it so I don't have to worry about it getting taken away.

I used to have a phone like that.

Hey, so nice I found that one. Just revived my Sony WM-EX10 from 1990 and love to play my old cassettes ... even doing new mixtapes now !!! :-)))

I just found one of these and I’m so excited! Great video :)

Him: "It will roll that way" Me: "I thought you said it had a anti rolling mechanism"

This is such a masterpiece.

I just bought an old Walkman and I can't hear the tapes, only radio

Is there a way one can get a cassette player to repeat its audio even though side a and side b of the cassette have been played and stopped?

Love that what’s the story morning glory 😂❤️

I grew up with these. It's funny if not patronizing to teach the young kids who like to say, "OKAY, BOOMER!" P.S. You are right about not allowing batteries to corrode.

This saved me😄Thankyou I finally opened it.

cheers man fantastic video

My two primary walkman are the Sony WM-3 and a 90s Sony with antirolling. I used to have a sports walkman with all the bells and whistles but it kept eating my tapes.

Thank you for the information.

I love this video. So WEll made!

I have a PiDiEn mp3 converter cassette and idk if i can record music on to a tape or not with it and if i can, how do i do that I want some bangin toons for my college train journeys

I have been looking for someone with the same Walkman what kind of belt are you using

we had one of these back in 98 and had a tape that played No Scrubs. such memories!

Maybe u could help me. I try listening to my Walkman in my car with a direct line into the aux, but everytime it plays fine then all the sudden it will distort and pop really loud off and on the entire time. Basically I can't listen to tapes thru the Walkman in my car. Ive tried several different cassette players and the same thing happens. Any suggestions?

Oh good I need one to play my Mother Love Bone cassettes! ❤️

What year is the Aiwa HS-P12? That’s what I have

What does the bass boost do

Thanks so much for this!!

What do I do if my tape only plays on one side and won't rewind? But it was playing fine

thanks for the video!

Do you have any similar demonstrations for the year 2018? Because I’m not sure 2020 is working for me

What are some tapes for some good music have some advice?

Prepare for the dad joke: 0:53

Im new to this whole cassette thing so this may sound dumb but I see some tapes have side A and B with different songs, how do I switch between them

Don’t know why I’m watching this because I know how to work one. Haha nostalgia

Very nice video. Could you please tell me what model of Walkman you use in the video

I Heard aclot of songs on walkman..Nice feeling that days.

Thanks, I think this might work for my “new” Sony M-430

Any Bryan Adams tape!!! 🤣 Perfect.

Pls bro I need help can you say how to open that wm-fx17 to fix it 🙏🤝

I found that Bryan Adams cassette for 10c at a garage sale, so I didnt have any issue with that step.

Amazing

Hey, i have an Fx28 am/fm and it wont play any of my cassettes unless i press really hard on the play button, any advice?

Recently picked up one love it already one question how do I record my own music on a blank tape when I tryed to do it it sounds distorted

Where can you buy the tape?

What happens if u rewind or reverse without pausing?

Ik this is probably in a sarcastic light (but nonetheless also educational), but thanks for the video! Im young(aka not an adult yet) and have this weird fascination with cds and tapes, and want to just collect a-ton of them and use them to their fullest (+ love the preservation aspect of it all).. so its nice to feel guided sense i grew up in a generation where we only really used dvds - not cds or tapes and so on.

My cassette player must be broken then. I'm trying to listen to a Collective Souls tape I got today and it's not giving me any sound. I tried both sides, tried rewinding, fast-forwarding, and I tried both sides of the player since it's a 2 deck sterio but nothing. Since it's my only tape, I can't test any other tapes to see if it's just broken.

It's so weird watching this be explained on a video nowadays. Can you do a video of just the sound effects from the player?

Can i use speaker instead of headphone?

I want it from where you got

Okay. So what's that thing on the right ? And how do you use it?

Lmao I found a cute hello kitty cassette player and I had no idea how to use it thank you so much for this great video !! 😆☺️

Bruh.... I literally still use my walkman from when i was a little kid.... And it's the exact same model as this one.... only mine is blue..... Its the Sony Walkman WM-FX10

I like your channel dude

I got one from Amazon but it does not have an AC or DC adapter and there is no radio in it, but it works great and it's so cute. I tried all tricks to add a stereo to it in case I get tired of the earplugs but nothing worked. Do you know any miracle that may help me listen on speakers?

Why im watching a tutorial dad taught me everything when i got one... smh

Came here to show my kid what a cassette player is. Can't believe I am that old already!

i have to hold the play button for it to play? anyone know what im doing wrong?

That's not what anti rolling is for. Anti rolling is to stop the problem where it briefly fast forwards while you're stopping it because the pinch roller pulls back before it stops allowing it to roll the tape at full speed for a split second causing it to be a few seconds ahead next time you push play. Having a heaver wheel on the capstan is what prevents the speed from fluttering while it'd bouncing around and only direct drives mechanisms can fully prevent that.

Been rocking cassettes since 95 , don't have one right now though. But that'll change this month or tomorrow.

Can someone lemme know from where to buy it ? I'm just here cause I'm a big fan of hannah baker

The anti rolling mechanism, also prevents Rick Roll.

Um I have a Sony Walkman and it different it say Sony FM/AM WALKMAN but idk how to put the radio :(

What battery do u use??

Mine has a switch and it says “vas- on off” what does that mean?

I had almost this exact same unit, the only difference is it had a switch on the front for bass boost. I wonder what ever happened to it.

Damn, i miss my og 30gb zune

I had one in 2015 and it lasted me till 2018 that 20 dollar cassette player was my would the id broke and i gave it to my friend and Idk if he still has it but now I'm getting back into it

Can you record audio onto a blank cassette using a walkman?

I remember having one as a teenager around 05-06. I couldnt afford a discman or an ipod and goodwill was practically giving these things away.

i have a cassette player but when i push the play button the button doesn’t stay down and the music doesn’t play i tried figuring it out myself and think i messed up 3 of my favorite and only cassette tapes :/

which headphones are you using ? link to the headphones ?

IAM SAVING UP FOR MY FIRST CASSETTE PLAYER FOR CHRISTMAS SHHSHSHS CANT WAIT HEHEHE