Just use the aux input, In your case (DIN), search ebay for DIN audio cable, or buy just the plug and make your own DIN Aux in cable, as i have done , i do on my ones no mods needed, and i can tape my spotify playlist to cassette
I believe that the 110 volt input plug has a little switch inside of it that disconnects the positive battery input preventing it from sending voltage to the batteries and causing them to explode or leak.
Lowes sells Kobalt 24v lithium rechargeable batteries for 10 dollars. For 40 dollars you can get all the stuff on eBay to convert that 24v down to 12 volt and adapt that battery to work on that jam box. Basically two things, the 24 to 12v buck conveter, and a universal Kobalt adapter.
If it has an Aux input you can hook one to it and just stick it to the back of it. I wish I still had mine, I saw one like it sell for nearly $500.00 and some are selling for over 1K so be careful with mods on these old collectables.
Очень интересные идеи и нестандартное их решение. Автору Mega LIKE! Надо бы еще подключить к балансировочному разъему LiPo аккумулятора звуковой тестер, который подаст сигнал, когда напряжение снизится до 3,0V на 1 ячейку. LiPo аккумуляторы боятся глубокой разрядки. Удачи! :-) Very interesting ideas and innovative their decision. For the author Mega LIKE! I would have to connect to the balancing connector on the LiPo battery sound tester, which will signal when the voltage drops to 3.0 V on 1 cell. LiPo batteries are afraid of deep discharge. Good luck! :-) Sorry for my French! :-)
you used the mic input. Music is coming in too hot for this mic level input. The DIN connector is the line-in as others have mentioned. That should be used instead. Nice video though.
Thanks, that was awesome, ABB! Maybe you don't have the slightest idea of how nice this video was for the inventive-creative & curious inner child of some different folks out there, but I can assure you it was an interesting trip back, way down the memory lane - with a soundtrack to match! ;) I mean, to remember those times back when these devices could actually be bought and modified/improved or fixed at will, depending only on the User's ability and technical skill. Nothing like what we have now, when everything is purposefully cheaply made in China to be discarded (luckily!) in a couple of years, while its build is quite technically out of our hands and knowledge to fix it. Then all you gotta do when they don't work anymore is to send it to the nearest landfill, to build up that huge pile of electronic dump, to gradually rust and pollute/poison everything around. If this was a different world, it'd be very handy in each (industrially) developed country to pass a simple "Refurbishing Act" of some sort, consisting of a basic rule: that every manufacturer have a Recycling Facility of what they put out, in order to use the same knowledge they employed to have made the goods to properly recycle it, when its time were up. That'll cause less dumping, which equals less waste and less pollution. Yeah, but it's a shame that this is not a "different world" - and those "Politicians" in charge of it are just a bunch of... greedy "Pollutants" themselves! (see how the words "Politicians" and "Pollutants" are so similar?) I foresee & sense that that horrific (I couldn't past the 10' mark...) "Wall-E" animation movie could be a prophetic one... well, I'll keep my fingers crossed here that we will wake up beforehand and it won't happen... Again, thanks for keeping your "Curious & Creative Mind" alive - and for sharing its endeavors! Cheers!
The DIN jacks were mostly a European thing. It's a lot easier than running four RCA cables. The funny thing is that it was mostly in use for a brief time in the early to mid '70s , so that one's quite late in the game. Being as there's no AUX position on the selector switch I'd be willing to bet that it's just line level out. It could be that it'll work as an input when the tape deck is in record mode, though. Going counterclockwise on the jack (not plug): Pin 1 is in left Pin 2 is ground Pin 3 is out left Pin 4 is in right Pin 5 is out right IF it's wired as a tape deck. If it's wired as an amplifier the ins and outs are revered. That's why it never really caught on. The two small red wires in the AC jack are connected to a reed switch. That's what switches between battery supply and AC supply. The REALLY funny part is that they cheaped out on the fuse by just throwing a jumper in. At lest she has real tweeters. A lot of those things used (almost completely useless) piezo elements.
abbtech that digital noise you hear at the end at 47:09 won't go away unless you isolate the circuit... Did you get to fix this issue later on ? Good video thanks.
Bom dia ,eu montei este esquema em 2 radios meus o jvc-m70 e o panasonic 5350,funcionou,mas ocorre um problema,ligado na tensao de 12vdc do proprio aparelho ,fica com um ruido(interferencia) que afeta o tape deck e radio ,muito alto e quando alimento com uma fonte externa fica limpo sem chiados ou interferencia ,por favor voce poderia me dizer aonde eu estou errando,
If it's tall and flat, like that one, it's a "jam box" not a boombox. I don't know why everyone is calling those boomboxes, the 80s wasn't all that long ago. It's like no one remembers what they called them. So sayith the fly one.
Just use the aux input, In your case (DIN), search ebay for DIN audio cable, or buy just the plug and make your own DIN Aux in cable, as i have done , i do on my ones no mods needed, and i can tape my spotify playlist to cassette
I believe that the 110 volt input plug has a little switch inside of it that disconnects the positive battery input preventing it from sending voltage to the batteries and causing them to explode or leak.
I love that boombox. Nice chrome dustcaps on the speakers. Me, I usually just connect a cheap Bluetooth receiver to the Aux Inputs.
Lowes sells Kobalt 24v lithium rechargeable batteries for 10 dollars. For 40 dollars you can get all the stuff on eBay to convert that 24v down to 12 volt and adapt that battery to work on that jam box. Basically two things, the 24 to 12v buck conveter, and a universal Kobalt adapter.
If it has an Aux input you can hook one to it and just stick it to the back of it. I wish I still had mine, I saw one like it sell for nearly $500.00 and some are selling for over 1K so be careful with mods on these old collectables.
Очень интересные идеи и нестандартное их решение. Автору Mega LIKE! Надо бы еще подключить к балансировочному разъему LiPo аккумулятора звуковой тестер, который подаст сигнал, когда напряжение снизится до 3,0V на 1 ячейку. LiPo аккумуляторы боятся глубокой разрядки. Удачи! :-)
Very interesting ideas and innovative their decision. For the author Mega LIKE! I would have to connect to the balancing connector on the LiPo battery sound tester, which will signal when the voltage drops to 3.0 V on 1 cell. LiPo batteries are afraid of deep discharge. Good luck! :-)
Sorry for my French! :-)
Cheers , I am wanting to convert my huge hitachi boom box from the 80s so I can plug a music player or my iPhone to it for music. 👍🏆
Thanks for this great video 👍🏆
you used the mic input. Music is coming in too hot for this mic level input. The DIN connector is the line-in as others have mentioned. That should be used instead. Nice video though.
Thanks, that was awesome, ABB!
Maybe you don't have the slightest idea of how nice this video was for the inventive-creative & curious inner child of some different folks out there, but I can assure you it was an interesting trip back, way down the memory lane - with a soundtrack to match! ;)
I mean, to remember those times back when these devices could actually be bought and modified/improved or fixed at will, depending only on the User's ability and technical skill.
Nothing like what we have now, when everything is purposefully cheaply made in China to be discarded (luckily!) in a couple of years, while its build is quite technically out of our hands and knowledge to fix it. Then all you gotta do when they don't work anymore is to send it to the nearest landfill, to build up that huge pile of electronic dump, to gradually rust and pollute/poison everything around.
If this was a different world, it'd be very handy in each (industrially) developed country to pass a simple "Refurbishing Act" of some sort, consisting of a basic rule: that every manufacturer have a Recycling Facility of what they put out, in order to use the same knowledge they employed to have made the goods to properly recycle it, when its time were up. That'll cause less dumping, which equals less waste and less pollution.
Yeah, but it's a shame that this is not a "different world" - and those "Politicians" in charge of it are just a bunch of... greedy "Pollutants" themselves!
(see how the words "Politicians" and "Pollutants" are so similar?)
I foresee & sense that that horrific (I couldn't past the 10' mark...) "Wall-E" animation movie could be a prophetic one... well, I'll keep my fingers crossed here that we will wake up beforehand and it won't happen...
Again, thanks for keeping your "Curious & Creative Mind" alive - and for sharing its endeavors!
Cheers!
+guyfromBR
Glad you enjoyed it!
The 5-pin DIN is probably used as a line-in, given the location. They used them for anything back in the days.
+Daniel Bos
I think you are exactly right.
The DIN jacks were mostly a European thing. It's a lot easier than running four RCA cables. The funny thing is that it was mostly in use for a brief time in the early to mid '70s , so that one's quite late in the game.
Being as there's no AUX position on the selector switch I'd be willing to bet that it's just line level out. It could be that it'll work as an input when the tape deck is in record mode, though.
Going counterclockwise on the jack (not plug):
Pin 1 is in left
Pin 2 is ground
Pin 3 is out left
Pin 4 is in right
Pin 5 is out right
IF it's wired as a tape deck. If it's wired as an amplifier the ins and outs are revered. That's why it never really caught on.
The two small red wires in the AC jack are connected to a reed switch. That's what switches between battery supply and AC supply. The REALLY funny part is that they cheaped out on the fuse by just throwing a jumper in.
At lest she has real tweeters. A lot of those things used (almost completely useless) piezo elements.
I love gettoblasters 😎
abbtech that digital noise you hear at the end at 47:09 won't go away unless you isolate the circuit...
Did you get to fix this issue later on ?
Good video thanks.
thats the value of the cap on the 5v power supply?
Bom dia ,eu montei este esquema em 2 radios meus o jvc-m70 e o panasonic 5350,funcionou,mas ocorre um problema,ligado na tensao de 12vdc do proprio aparelho ,fica com um ruido(interferencia) que afeta o tape deck e radio ,muito alto e quando alimento com uma fonte externa fica limpo sem chiados ou interferencia ,por favor voce poderia me dizer aonde eu estou errando,
If it's tall and flat, like that one, it's a "jam box" not a boombox. I don't know why everyone is calling those boomboxes, the 80s wasn't all that long ago. It's like no one remembers what they called them. So sayith the fly one.
What characteristics made a boombox? Are jambox's considered ghettoblasters as well? Or no?
Good song
is there anyway to connect the MP3 player to boombox without opening it?
canada painter use the aux in if it has one, many old ones had
Elna and Nichicon caps 8D
Leave things alone that you clearly know nothing about!
unprofessional work 😑 you must connect switch to cutoff power of bluetooth because it work all time !!!
Deutche industri norm....german industrial norm /standard. Before the 70ies for taperecorder and grammophone connection