Need help playing CD's in a tape player

[BoringLumina]

I have a portable CD player that I want to play through the car stereo with one of those fake tapes that plug into the hedphone jack. Problem is the tape player keeps spitting it out (Factory Delco Radio). I remember there was a way to make the tape player accept the "fake" tape. You have to press two buttons at once and hold or something any help would be accpreciated.

[geoffinbc]

The head of the fake tape should also have an adjustment. You may have to play with that. Also sometimes you can adjust the tension of the spindles too.

[PlatinumZ34]

RE: Need help playing CD

with mine i just split the tape in half little bit and made the wire come out the back. thats all i had to do, then i bought an cd deck 2 weeks later...

[BoringLumina]

Thanks guys but I know there is a Delco radio setting too

The Delco radios have a "Broken Tape Detection" function that automatically switches to the other tape direction and then spits the fake tape out if the little drive wheels are not turning in sync. My wife had a 1995 Pontiac GP with a better radio and I remember that you had to do something like press two buttons at once then the tape player "Broken Tape Detection" was turned off and I could use this same fake tape adapter.

[Doubt_Incarnate]

maybe its the << and >> buttons

[BoringLumina]

Thanks Doubt !!

Yep -

Pop the fake tape in then immediatly press and hold FWD & REV for 3 seconds and it starts playing.

[Doubt_Incarnate]

Sweet! what a lucky guess that was!