Who makes or made a timer equipped cassette deck?

[Andy King]

Hi

I would like to buy a cassette deck that would allow me to tape a given input at a preselected time like what you do with a VCR. I would also like it to be an auto reverse unit.

There is a weekly show in NPR that I like to record and now I have to be standing next to the unit at 10:00 am and hit record.

Any help or ideas?

Thank you
Andy King

[Mark D. Zacharias]

Andy King wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to buy a cassette deck that would allow me to tape a
> given input at a preselected time like what you do with a VCR. I
> would also like it to be an auto reverse unit.
>
> There is a weekly show in NPR that I like to record and now I have to
> be standing next to the unit at 10:00 am and hit record.
>
> Any help or ideas?
>
> Thank you
> Andy King

Many cassette decks from the '70s and '80s had timer switches for use with
an external timer. Don't know of any which had a clock built in.
A few years ago, someone was marketing a sort of combo table radio /
cassette with timer specifically designed to record talk-radio programs. It
was advertised on the Limbaugh show and others.

Mark Z.

[Mark D. Zacharias]

Mark D. Zacharias wrote:
> Andy King wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I would like to buy a cassette deck that would allow me to tape a
>> given input at a preselected time like what you do with a VCR. I
>> would also like it to be an auto reverse unit.
>>
>> There is a weekly show in NPR that I like to record and now I have to
>> be standing next to the unit at 10:00 am and hit record.
>>
>> Any help or ideas?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Andy King
>
> Many cassette decks from the '70s and '80s had timer switches for use
> with an external timer. Don't know of any which had a clock built in.
> A few years ago, someone was marketing a sort of combo table radio /
> cassette with timer specifically designed to record talk-radio
> programs. It was advertised on the Limbaugh show and others.
>
> Mark Z.

P.S.

There are programs which allow timer recording of external audio sources,
such as from a tuner, using your PC. Audiograbber (free) and Total Recorder
are a couple that work well. TR will also record streaming audio from the
internet.

Mark Z.

[DaveW]

I have not heard of any manufacturer offering such a device.

--
DaveW

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"Andy King" > wrote in message
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>
> Hi
>
> I would like to buy a cassette deck that would allow me to tape a given
> input at a preselected time like what you do with a VCR. I would also
> like it to be an auto reverse unit.
>
> There is a weekly show in NPR that I like to record and now I have to
> be standing next to the unit at 10:00 am and hit record.
>
> Any help or ideas?
>
> Thank you
> Andy King
>
>
>
>
> --
> Andy King

[Uncle]

Try CCrane.com.
The C. Crane company sell all sorts of radios and accessories. I'm
sure I've seen or heard about a radio recorder with a timer.
--
Uncle


On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:26:59 +0000, Andy King wrote:

>
>Hi
>
>I would like to buy a cassette deck that would allow me to tape a given
>input at a preselected time like what you do with a VCR. I would also
>like it to be an auto reverse unit.
>
>There is a weekly show in NPR that I like to record and now I have to
>be standing next to the unit at 10:00 am and hit record.
>
>Any help or ideas?
>
>Thank you
>Andy King

[H. Brown]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:26:59 +0000, Andy King
> wrote:

>
>Hi
>
>I would like to buy a cassette deck that would allow me to tape a given
>input at a preselected time like what you do with a VCR. I would also
>like it to be an auto reverse unit.

These used to be easily available about 10 years ago. I made daily use of
various brands of timer-enabled, auto-reverse machines with 100 minute tapes.

Within a short time, each machine would decide to start eating the tapes. It
was easier to buy a new deck than repair it. I went through 2 or 3 machines
before I decided on an alternative solution.

As you will likely not find any new timer-enabled auto reverse tape decks, I
cannot suggest you start purchasing used ones, given the questionable
reliability.

My first alternative solution was minidisc (MD), with about 6 hours available
using MDLP LP4 (long play) mode on a "80-minute" MD, and was more reliable. You
can probably find timer-enabled decks, used.

The newer Hi-MD technology has timer-enabled decks and bookshelf units
available in Japan, but they are not cost-effective to purchase and import,
unless you are invested in using the format. Each US $5 Hi-MD disc can hold 1G
of data, about 34 hours at Hi-LP. Pros: you can come home, eject the Hi-MD
disc, slap it in a portable player and you are mobile, also MD allows to
advance the speed of playback to such as +33%, +50%, and +100%, with pitch
control.

What I suggest as a cheaper solution is to connect your radio tuner into the PC
(analog line in) and use Total Recorder software to schedule recordings from
line-in. You will have to leave the tuner on, and the PC on unless your PC has
a time-on and time-off setting in its BIOS. This avoids the inconsistent
quality and reliability of internet streams, assuming your station streams in
real time at all. The result will be your audio saved as a file to your
computer, which you can manually convert and download to a mobile device, or do
whatever else.

Good luck and let us know what you decide and how it works out for you.

>
>There is a weekly show in NPR that I like to record and now I have to
>be standing next to the unit at 10:00 am and hit record.
>
>Any help or ideas?
>
>Thank you
>Andy King

[H. Brown]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:26:59 +0000, Andy King
> wrote:

>
>Hi
>
>I would like to buy a cassette deck that would allow me to tape a given
>input at a preselected time like what you do with a VCR. I would also
>like it to be an auto reverse unit.
>
>There is a weekly show in NPR that I like to record and now I have to
>be standing next to the unit at 10:00 am and hit record.
>
>Any help or ideas?

Another solution:

You can still use your VCR, just connect the tuner to the audio-in of the VCR,
and set the VCR timer to record the audio at the desired times.

HTH

[Tzortzakakis Dimitrios]

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>
> Hi
>
> I would like to buy a cassette deck that would allow me to tape a given
> input at a preselected time like what you do with a VCR. I would also
> like it to be an auto reverse unit.
>
> There is a weekly show in NPR that I like to record and now I have to
> be standing next to the unit at 10:00 am and hit record.
>
> Any help or ideas?
>
Hi,
many boomboxes sold in Europe have this feature (rec.timer),mine has it for
sure,it's a sony.If you can still find a boombox (in USA?) with tape deck it
might still have this feature.(Do they still manufacture boomboxes with tape
decks?)
Hope this helps,


--
Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering
mechanized infantry reservist
dimtzort AT otenet DOT gr

"DaveW" > wrote in message
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>I have not heard of any manufacturer offering such a device.
>
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> DaveW
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> "Andy King" > wrote in message
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>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I would like to buy a cassette deck that would allow me to tape a given
>> input at a preselected time like what you do with a VCR. I would also
>> like it to be an auto reverse unit.
>>
>> There is a weekly show in NPR that I like to record and now I have to
>> be standing next to the unit at 10:00 am and hit record.

There are plenty of cassette decks that can be started in RECORD by simply
plugging them in, or running the deck from an outboard timer. I own 4 of
them.

But the best solution is still a VCR, which already comes with a timer and
can record audio for 8 hours. If you insist on ending up with an audio
cassette, you can dub the videotape to a cassette recorder.

Norm Strong