Connecting MP3 player via tape deck - low volume output - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

fangtl · 8th November 2005, 04:33

My player is a Creative Zen Micro 6GB connecting via a Sony cassette adapter. In every other car I have tried this on, it has produced decent sound; however in the M5 the volume output is very low, low enough in that I have to turn the MP3 player to full volume to achieve listenable output. In every other car I have tested 1/2 max is all thats needed.

Are there any ways to turn the volume of the tape player up? My radio and CD sound output levels are fine, just this darn cassette player is driving me up the wall.

divere · 8th November 2005, 17:58

Why the tapedeck there is not mutch of a quality thru the tapedeck

I have used a connect 2 adapter en it works fine with a dmp3 harddisk

Garissimo · 9th November 2005, 02:08

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Originally Posted by fangtl

My player is a Creative Zen Micro 6GB connecting via a Sony cassette adapter. In every other car I have tried this on, it has produced decent sound; however in the M5 the volume output is very low, low enough in that I have to turn the MP3 player to full volume to achieve listenable output. In every other car I have tested 1/2 max is all thats needed.

Are there any ways to turn the volume of the tape player up? My radio and CD sound output levels are fine, just this darn cassette player is driving me up the wall.

I have the exact same setup, but with an iPod nano on my 2000 M5. Sound quality is surprisingly good. You will hear a hum if you turn the volume on the BMW receiver way up but as long as you stay below "11" it's fine.

You might try running a cassette cleaner through your cassette head to see if that gives you more signal? I'm sure someone still sells them.

JohnL · 9th November 2005, 16:35

I had a similar problem, low volume and most was coming from the left channel using my sony minidisc and Ipod. I ended up flipping the cassette adapter and going from side a to B. This fixed the problem Works great now. Occassionally I still have the problem and just reinsert the adapter until it fixes itself. This is probably just due to the tale head not lining up with the adapter pickup. I have had simialr problems with other cassette players.

greg · 9th November 2005, 18:22

I use a cassette adapter w/ my iPod. Works fine.

Try reversing the direction of the tape deck (auto-reverse button) if (as suggested) flipping the adapter doesn't help. Otherwise I think your adapter may be bad.

Although I can drive the inputs on my home stereo with the iPod volume at full, that overdrives my cassette adapter and causes distortion. I have to lower the iPod's volume to somewhere between 66% and 75% to get clean audio through the cassette adapter.

trj · 9th November 2005, 18:56

Try turning up the volume on the mp3 player frist, then the volume on the car.