Vintage 80's Boombox to Bluetooth DIY Repurpose 

That's great to hear. If you don't end up wanting to make your own let me know. Also, I strapped a boombox to the back of my 80's Honda CT110 and it's a beautiful sight. So I def share your vision.

Whynotmake I want to do one similar to this but I would like the original button volume equalizer and so on to work. Do you think that ampboard can be connected to the original or do you have any other ideas how I could do this? I really liked your video and project you inspired me to do my own, it will be a fun father son project

Michael Mendez yeah I made a video on just adding a battery pack, check it out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-seK1CQfOYLc.html

So on some of them I've actually moved the switch from the battery pack to a new rocker switch on the side of the boombox that I installed. Depending on the battery pack, it's usually just a matter of removing the switch from the battery and adding wire it to move it to the new rocker switch. The TalentCell batteries I often use do need to be turned on when you charge them so the Bluetooth board is also on, which hasn't been an issue. I've got another video to post soon where I used the Dayton Bluetooth amp board from Parts Express and those boards provide more options regarding power switching, volume, lights etc. I'll try and post that soon. Good luck with your own project and let me know if you have any other questions.

@@Whynotmake Dude you're the BEST!! Thanks

Sounds like a cool idea. You’d just have to figure out a new mechanism for opening and closing the cassette door

So far, I've only been able to keep the existing functionality on a couple of them. Specifically if I find one that works and has an aux input I've internally wired a bluetooth receiver. Most of the time the stereos I use don't work to start with so I just replace everything.

I used a 12v lithium ion battery pack sold on Amazon by Talentcell. It's about $25. Hope that helps.

This killed me inside to see.. sad .. u should of just bought case not used a real 1

Thanks! I’ve been putting a tape in them lately and it def looks even better. I put a handwritten “mix tape” label on the cassette.

Hi Ian, I got the battery pack on Amazon. I have a link to each component on my website- www.whynotmake.com

Thanks for the info. How much play time do you get out of that battery?

No problem. I need to do a test to see the exact lifespan of one charge. In my real world experience the only time I've had the battery run down was when I accidentally left it on for days. I would think you could get 10+ hours of listening time. I'll try leaving one playing overnight tonight from a full charge and see how long it lasts.

Oscar Daniel what is it? Crazy is good!

What do you mean? This amp board doesn't have those inputs.

Whynotmake In the radio signal can use it how input with a switch.

Sure. But that's a nicer one so if it's working or fixable I'd go a different route and integrate bluetooth into the working system, which is also something I like to do.

@@Whynotmake how do you integrate bluetooth into the working system?

ChrisATV301 here’s a link to a vid I did that can hopefully help ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DkLsEbzoa-g.html If you need more help just holler!

a lot of times the boomboxes don't have aux inputs unfortunately

or find a cassette input

@@Whynotmake hey mate, could you please do a video how you wired the battery pack? Amazing job btw

I'll have to try that next time, thanks for the feedback!

@whynotmake did you ever try that

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve started adding a tape lately.