Callumrt93 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Hi all, I've been reading the forum for a number of years now but this is the first post. So please go easy on me :). I have recently been given a bunch of coomber tapedeck and radio combos with built in amp and speaker. I'm sure you all know the ones I'm on about. Anyway to the point... As technology has moved on the tape deck has become redundant and I am hoping to convert this to an iPod dock now. So the question is does anyone know how easy this would be? Is it just the matter of taking the old audio feed from the tapedeck and replacing it with an iPod connector with the correct pin outs? Or is it more complex than that? I am currently studying an advanced electrical apprenticeship so I do have knowledge of electrics and the such but am not too sure how to go about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advanceCallum Tompkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage1 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 If you wanted a really easy way of doing it you could always use a tape adapter.. but yes it may be just as simple to find the audio feed from the tape deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 ... coomber tapedeck and radio combos with built in amp and speaker. ...Which model? Quite a few of them had external input sockets as standard. You can get a manual from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadhippy Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 if its got a radio built in use a wireless ipod ,The old trick to add to an extra line in was just before the volume control,I wouldnt bother with the tape heads,they are a very low level signal and possible have a little bit of filtering added so your ipod will overdrive the thing and sound a bit strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callumrt93 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 I'm not too sure of the model but I will get back to you. My idea was to completely remove the tape deck and put in the iPod dock instead. So that I can dock my iPod in my workshop whilst still keeping the retro look of the coomber. I have looked at the wireless radio convertors but I would much prefer for it all to be wired in as there is less chance of interference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Tape heads have a characteristic frequency response to their low level signal, so you will need to add the "flat" line level signal at a suitable place in the circuitry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sound Man Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Depending on the model there should be a two or three jack sockets in there. The earlier ones had a couple of 5 pin din sockets as well. Would you be able to add a photograph of one of the units? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 <Insert mildly humorous comment about Badminton Courts here> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callumrt93 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 <Insert mildly humorous comment about Badminton Courts here>???? Am I missing something? With regards to photos as you can tell by the late posts I'm currently working on a show so will get a photo up as soon as possible when I get a chance in-between sleeping and working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljoshua Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 <Insert mildly humorous comment about Badminton Courts here>???? Am I missing something? With regards to photos as you can tell by the late posts I'm currently working on a show so will get a photo up as soon as possible when I get a chance in-between sleeping and working!Coomber always rated their system's outputs in the number of Badminton courts they would be suitable for. Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Rather sensibly in fact, as most school halls have at some point in their life been marked out for badminton courts, providing a useful measure for the non technical staff often found in a school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtheenchanteruk Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 In other ways, quite pointless as it makes no account for how loud you want the "badminton court" to be. Where I worked they bought a new coomber to cover 2 "badminton courts" and it turned out to be not loud enough for their purpose of 40 odd teenagers doing aerobics in an echoey (is that even a workd) gym. in a quite space, it seemed quite loud, get teens jumping around, giggling and being generally teenish its a bit weedy. That said, the good things about coombers is their ease of repair (everything literally just plugs in inside, just replace the damaged module for a working one, and away you go)They also have a large number of interchangable parts. best bit is they are so BUTT UGLY, that the kids dont WANT to nick them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinE Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 We had one of the newfangled Coomber tape PA systems, this was to supplement the Grampian stuff that only had a wireless and gramophone facility. If that's any help? <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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