Posted by: gui
Car adapters - 05/09/2001 01:08
After getting my car in an accident, breaking and fixing my empeg, I now face the prospect of a 6 day driving holiday with a tape deck! Unless I can find a fag lighter adapter that will run it and a tape adapter by 6pm tonite.
The tape adapter should be pretty straight forward but without having the empeg anywhere near me the fag adapter will prove tricky. Does anyone know of a make/model/specs on the power socket on the empeg etc etc and I get out to Tottenham Court Road at lunch to find me one?
Many thanks
Phil
Posted by: muzza
Re: Car adapters - 05/09/2001 01:18
Standard car power adapters should be fine. Most have a 3A fuse or something. As long as the plug fits the empeg and the other end fits the car, you'll be right.
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Posted by: Roger
Re: Car adapters - 05/09/2001 01:24
You'll probably also need to do some hacking on the tape adapter -- most come with a single mini-jack connector, and you need a pair of phonos.
Roger - not necessarily speaking for empeg
Posted by: BryanR
Re: Car adapters - 05/09/2001 01:50
You can get double-female jack adapters, which is what I used in conjunction with a double-phono to stereo jack cable.
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Posted by: altman
Re: Car adapters - 05/09/2001 02:09
I went into comet to get such bits before going to america (use it in the hire car :) ) - they sold a suitable PSU (12v, 1A, 2.1mm centre positive - actually, it was a "one fits all" adaptor which had the right plug).
The tape adaptor is a bit more tricky, you need a phono-to-3.5mm jack (eg, PC soundcard output cable) and a barrel 3.5mm-3.5mm adaptor - the tape adaptor will then plug into this.
Down Tottenham Court road, you should have *no problem* whatsoever. Every time I've been there (the last 15 years at least) I've always found some gadget to tempt me - they even had in-car DAT players for 300 quid last time I was there. Someone had found a warehouse of the things (unsold due to them costing about 1500 quid new) and was selling them off. Major 80's plastic design, Blaupunkt and JVC...
Don't forget to haggle :)
Hugo
Posted by: gui
Re: Car adapters - 05/09/2001 04:12
>Down Tottenham Court road, you should have *no problem* whatsoever. Every time I've been there (the last 15 years at least) I've always found some >gadget to tempt me - they even had in-car DAT players for 300 quid last time I was there. Someone had found a warehouse of the things (unsold due to them >costing about 1500 quid new) and was selling them off. Major 80's plastic design, Blaupunkt and JVC...
Exactly. Working in Fitzroy Square for 12 months was the most expensive job I ever had ;)
Phil