Hi All, I have a 1986 Coupe. It is all original, and the radio works fine when in range of radio stations. I have been using a little MP3 player for years for walking, mowing lawns, etc. I found a gadget that allows me to use the MP3 player with the cassette deck. It works great, however is limited to the music I already have on it, and I seem to have fallen behind in technology these days because when I could once buy any song I wanted to in a MP3 format. I may end up subscribing to pandora so I can download music to play from the phone.
What are the options for someone like me to have the stock radio playing music from another source? Is there a bluetooth cassette unit? I'll have to google around, but I thought maybe some of you have already gone this route and could offer suggestions.
Thanks

 

I use an FM transmitter. It plugs into the lighter. Has Bluetooth phone connection and SD card player that holds 32GB of music files. I'm all set.

Green LED ring matches pretty well

I wired a switch in the ashtray so it can stay plugged in..

 

Is there a cassette or something to get it into the radio?

 

No. You set an FM frequency and match to the radio. No direct connection required. Allows for hands free phone use too if you're so inclined.

 

Hi Chap

You can download Music from Amazon onto your Phone and then plug your phone into a Cassette adapter that goes into your Stereo in place of a real tape, where the Wire from the Cassette adapter plugs into the ear piece socket of your phone

That is what I used to do and it worked great or you could even plug your MP3 Player into it if you prefer

You can get a Cassette Adapter off ebay or Amazon for about £5

 

I installed a bluetooth FM transmitter that plugs into the antenna jack of the stereo back and then the antenna jacks back into it. So there is little to no sound quality and volume loss. Costs $200 off amazon

 

Thanks OB, that is what I am doing now, and it does work great. The thing with that is I used to be able to buy just individual MP3 songs, or CD's and rip them to an MP3. Now it seems amazon wants you to subscribe to prime music. So I guess it's either that or pandora. Sometimes things seem like they are changing too fast for me to keep up!