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obtuse - 2009-05-29 09:46

Went to find a servicable Walkman for occasional cassette listening in the car (via aux in). After testing several likely suspects (many of which either didn't work, or were too far gone cosmetically), this WM-FX423 came out a winner. A little more plastic than I'd like, but it sounds good, and everything works. Another lesser Sony model donated it's belt clip.

A great tip...bring a few AA batteries with you to test with. I got lucky and found a CD Player in the bin with semi fresh ones.

As for the Casio TV, it works great (really good tuner). Too bad it will be pretty much obsolete after June 12th (I fabbed up an antenna cable to use with my cable system when that happens). Last few times the power went out, the cable continued to work where I live, so it may come in handy (and the price was right).

The best part...the TV and Walkman were both marked $3.06. When the cashier saw the Walkman, she said "that can't be right" and reduced the price to $1!

jcyellocar - 2009-05-29 13:04

Love the casio. We'll be able to use stuff like that for another year and a half over here in Canada. It's too bad it's all gonna be useless soon.

aa.fussy - 2009-05-29 18:59

Nice Walkman-notived it has auto reverse.

johnedward - 2009-05-31 06:26

Hey Obtuse... fun finds and price is right. QUESTION I have a Sony Watchman, JVC first LCD portable TV can you give details how you made a signal from your cable produce signal the portable TV's with antenna can read and produce picture ?
thanks

obtuse - 2009-05-31 11:49

Most of these portables have a 1/8" antenna jack (same as a 1/8" mono audio plug). I took an old 1/8" mono audio cable, cut off one end, and mated it it to a coax cable (1 wire goes to center pin, the other to the ground/shield).

Or there's this easy solution at Radio Shack:

http://www.radioshack.com/prod...sp?productId=2104084

As long as you have analog cable, or a cable box/source with coax/RF out...even a digital converter box or VCR, it should work.

Coming straight from the wall, I get 2-13, plus several other cable channels on the UHF band.

dumpstermyass - 2009-06-03 16:11

Hey, I had the same Walkman in High School! Man, that was a great little radio. I even got amplified head-hugger headphones to go with it, and it stayed on my dome most of those 4 years. That was probably one of my favorite personal stereos I have owned, and it's cool to see that someone has one and is putting it to use

And the TV rocks too, in a very 1989, neon colored Spandex pants with Hypercolor shirts kind of way. Slap a 1/8 to female cable connector in the aux jack, and connect it to a digital converter box, and you can use it when digital takes over in 9 days! Woohoo!

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Originally posted by Obtuse:

Went to find a servicable Walkman for occasional cassette listening in the car (via aux in). After testing several likely suspects (many of which either didn't work, or were too far gone cosmetically), this WM-FX423 came out a winner. A little more plastic than I'd like, but it sounds good, and everything works. Another lesser Sony model donated it's belt clip.

A great tip...bring a few AA batteries with you to test with. I got lucky and found a CD Player in the bin with semi fresh ones.

As for the Casio TV, it works great (really good tuner). Too bad it will be pretty much obsolete after June 12th (I fabbed up an antenna cable to use with my cable system when that happens). Last few times the power went out, the cable continued to work where I live, so it may come in handy (and the price was right).

The best part...the TV and Walkman were both marked $3.06. When the cashier saw the Walkman, she said "that can't be right" and reduced the price to $1!

aa.fussy - 2009-06-09 20:17

I have a similar model-the WM-FX465 that is slightly better featured (has Dolby B NR and a GROOVE bass boost setting).

Mine also has upto 20 AM/FM presets like the WM-FX423.