Hi, I finally got to be able purchace my long-time favorite boombox which brings me back to my teens. I was all so happy to see it has a line-in possibility but so frustrated I can't find a way to make use of it. As I know there's bound to be some Hitachi gurus here I'm hoping someone will help. I would also be very gratefull if there is a pdf of a user manual I could get ahold of. Thanks in advance.
Is there a way around the cassete player to run? Is it possible to mount a switch that simulates it? Anybody done that? If possible in a way it can be reversed if I wanted it back to original. Thanks
I haven't had the chance to see one of these in person. They look like they can produce some impressive sound. There's at least one member that collects a ton of these, the first thread was years ago but here's a newer one. I don't know if this is the same guy but they would probably be able to help you. http://stereo2go.com/forums/threads/my-hitachi-3d-collection-2017-getting-there.1075/
Then all you need is this And plug whatever you want into the headphone socket, ie. phone, ipod, cd player and so on
Thanks, but it's not what my problem is - I know how to get the signal to the device but how to get the 3D7 to play this signal without the casette player to run in a recording mode - thats another challenge. So I'd like to find a solution which will trick the player to think it is in a tape recording mode but without motor running.
It must have a position on the function switch that selects the line in? Usually in the order of 'radio' 'tape/radio off' 'line in'
I had a 3D7 from new in the 80s (for the money, it was hard to beat for volume & bass wallop, being one of the earliest 'extra bass' boomers) & I still have it. As has been explained, unfortunately, there isn't a simple way to use aux in, something Hitachi rectified on the 3D8. This wasn't much of a problem when the cassette was king in the 80s, but when I rekindled my boombox interest in this century, I bought a Digisette cassette-shaped mp3 player, which sounded great, especially as the deck was all but worn out. These days a Bluetooth-Cassette-Adapter is probably more useful. Hope you get booming with it soon
Line input, requires you to press the button to record, Other functions can follow the user interface...and I really like this machine.
I actually bought a toasted one last year, it's on the bench, I started going through the wiring and everything is getting voltage but for some reason it's still not turning on. There's not a lot on the inside but they're so cool looking.
