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  • Spectrum +2 tape playerHi all, the tape player on my +2 has gone silent on me. There's power getting to it but there doesn't seem to be any sound getting to the computer, e…

    [QUOTE=hypostomus;358812]Looking at the tape player PCB, which is the amplifier chip?
    cheers
    Chris[/QUOTE]

    Its the 14-pin IC chip. Labelled LA6324.
    FrankT FrankT June 2009 Hardware
  • GIGASCREEN with MULTICOLOUR 8*2Riskej made the pic. Pulsar coded the engine. I'm watching it on the 128+ at the moment and it is very stable. The file: [url]http://speccy-live.u…

    ... /ground of the tv and tape recorder and spectrum are not ... in a loop causing a buzz. Basically you'll get interference ...
    csmith csmith September 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • GIGASCREEN with MULTICOLOUR 8*2Riskej made the pic. Pulsar coded the engine. I'm watching it on the 128+ at the moment and it is very stable. The file: [url]http://speccy-live.u…

    ... /ground of the tv and tape recorder and spectrum are not ... in a loop causing a buzz. Basically you'll get interference ...
    Arjun Arjun September 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Transferring programs on real tapeHi, I've converted a TZX to WAV by using "TapeToWav" utility. Then I've tried to transfer the wave to a real tape, connecting the sound card speaker …

    ... sound on tape is not clean, but a strong buzz (not simple ... use a MIC input of tape recorder? You should not do ...
    ingo ingo September 2009 Hardware
  • Transferring programs on real tapeHi, I've converted a TZX to WAV by using "TapeToWav" utility. Then I've tried to transfer the wave to a real tape, connecting the sound card speaker …

    ... the player.
    Still - the amplifier is required.
    WAVs and ... because there is less of tape errors and also you can ...
    Mister Beep Mister Beep September 2009 Hardware
  • Transferring programs on real tapeHi, I've converted a TZX to WAV by using "TapeToWav" utility. Then I've tried to transfer the wave to a real tape, connecting the sound card speaker …

    ... the player.
    Still - the amplifier is required.
    WAVs and ... because there is less of tape errors and also you can ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN September 2009 Hardware
  • Transferring programs on real tapeHi, I've converted a TZX to WAV by using "TapeToWav" utility. Then I've tried to transfer the wave to a real tape, connecting the sound card speaker …

    ... player.
    Still - the amplifier is required.
    WAVs ... there is less of tape errors and also you ... to restore some damaged tape to be used on ... s just for keeping my tape collection useable and, sometimes, ... loading, useable only when tape is loaded in a ...
    dg67 dg67 September 2009 Hardware
  • issue 2 sound /loading problemsHello im a newbie to the forum ..have owned spectrums for years..I have a issue 2 board in a dk tronics keyboard that i purchased off of ebay..works …

    ... try that if loading from tape still works.

    In ... :[LIST]
    [*]Use good old tape recorder (yeah I know it ... that (=use multimedia speaker as amplifier).
    [/LIST]
    Oh: and ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie December 2009 Hardware
  • issue 2 sound /loading problemshi guys ive just done component video conversion on this issue 2 board that went well..but when i had case off i did notice that there was a glass di…

    ... anything, except preventing the MIC/TAPE signal (ULA pin 28 ) from ... (not line) ouput of an amplifier? :-?

    Anyway: if it ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie December 2009 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum not working - Please help.Hi there, I am new to this forum and was pointed in this direction by a fellow Youtuber after uploading the following video and then explaining that…

    ... i can`t here the tape through the spectrum speaker although ... possibility is to use an amplifier, or if you have a ...
    guesser guesser January 2010 Hardware
  • Using tzx on a Real SpectrumMy parents recently suprised me with my old Speccie giving me a flood of memory and happy hours tapping at the Rubber keys. I have been using a emul…

    ... images to generate up the tape noise to be loading on ... not have to fiddle with tape machine.
    [/QUOTE]

    amplifier
    guesser guesser July 2010 Hardware
  • Schematics for loading amplifier?I'm interrested in making an external portable amplifier in order to be able to load speccy games using an mp3 player. I looked in the internet but c…

    ... indicated is in a pre-amplifier configuration. It's intended to ... not designed as a power amplifier.

    You could, however ... and then have a power amplifier.[/QUOTE]

    Hi,
    tape drive - and there is no ...
    ingo ingo July 2010 Hardware
  • Schematics for loading amplifier?I'm interrested in making an external portable amplifier in order to be able to load speccy games using an mp3 player. I looked in the internet but c…

    ... will never need a power amplifier for the loading input of ... well as nearly any other amplifier.
    It makes no sense ... signal is inverted by any tape drive - and there is no ...
    Sparky Sparky July 2010 Hardware
  • Loading from audio source via laptopI am having trouble loading my Spectrum tapes with my tape player - it is connected to my laptop, and I have tried the microphone and headphone socke…

    ... my Spectrum tapes with my tape player - it is connected to ... />

    You need to amplifier the signal of you laptop ...
    Jose_Leandro Jose_Leandro August 2010 Hardware
  • Possible tape loading modI've got an idea for improving the reliability of loading from mp3 players or computer soundcards on the +3 or Black +2... It seems to work but I ju…

    ... stereo wave file with the tape sound, as always, but with ... output as one push-pull amplifier.

    [url]http://www ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2010 Hardware
  • Possible tape loading modI've got an idea for improving the reliability of loading from mp3 players or computer soundcards on the +3 or Black +2... It seems to work but I ju…

    ... stereo wave file with the tape sound, as always, but with ... output as one push-pull amplifier.

    [URL]http://www ... earth, so shorting out the amplifier.

    Works okay with ...
    guesser guesser October 2010 Hardware
  • Schematic ErrorThere appears to be an error in the Schematic for the 128k +2A and +3 the error is present in both the redrawn TIF version and the original drawing …

    ... audio signal from outside the tape to the Spectrum. The TEST ... stage of the audio amplifier on the tape PCB, so an audio ... signal would be processed by that amplifier ... audio signal generator (MP3, external tape, etc) wouldn't be directly ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2010 Hardware
  • What Spectrum to choose?Hi i'm new to the Spectrum. I read 'bout it in CDA (Polish game magazine) and watched LGR review of the 48k and it REALLY interested me. What model m…

    ... them have a flawed audio amplifier circuit which makes the sound ... ) all have the built in tape deck, which I have read ... control. Also if the intrenal tape deck packs up totally, there ... you can attach an external tape deck with no modification. If ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 November 2010 Hardware
  • Tape playerHi Is there still a decent tape machine in production out there that is suitable for use with the Spectrum ? Thanks.

    ... ) which is strange considering the tape-recorder has automatic level of ... /> Then I connected additionally the amplifier and it started to load ... was to have a small tape-recorder and to NOT to ...
    Mister Beep Mister Beep December 2010 Hardware
  • Speedlock - a loader or a virus?Believe it or not, my rubber refuses to load 100% anything Speedlock related. At least the later ones used in 1988-1990 games. I was using the output…

    ... the output of Spectaculator through amplifier and the real machine always ... are loading the original cassette tape of the game then you ... audio artifacts introduced by your amplifier (clipping perhaps?)

    As ...
    Turkwel Turkwel February 2011 Games
  • Horace in the Mystic WoodsCame here wondering what people were saying about this only to discover that, for some reason, no one's started a thread yet, not even Bob Smith. And…

    ... the mp3 player into the tape input of my +2 but ... ]

    One word.
    **Amplifier**.


    In +2 ...
    Mister Beep Mister Beep March 2011 Games
  • Grey +2 soundJust tried the tape in sound mod on the +2 and it works :smile: [url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/zx128+2-load-save.jpg[/url] Veleosoft strikes…

    Ahhhhh using the tape-deck internal amplifier!!!

    clever idea =)
    Zetr0 Zetr0 April 2011 Hardware
  • What am I doing wrong with loading?I recently got my Spectrum working, but I'm having troubles loading games. I plug a cable from my computers soundcard out to the Ear port, type LOAD …

    ... , Pac-Land gave me a tape loading error.

    This ... adding a simple inline mono amplifier for input from low-sources ... on using a 5v mono amplifier [B]similar[/B] to this ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 April 2011 Hardware
  • What am I doing wrong with loading?I recently got my Spectrum working, but I'm having troubles loading games. I plug a cable from my computers soundcard out to the Ear port, type LOAD …

    ... adding a simple inline mono amplifier for input from low-sources ... increase the sensitivity of the tape input on the +3.
    amplifier on the tape deck PCB but I ... also use a mp3 car tape adapter thingy. That would save ...
    guesser guesser April 2011 Hardware
  • What am I doing wrong with loading?I recently got my Spectrum working, but I'm having troubles loading games. I plug a cable from my computers soundcard out to the Ear port, type LOAD …

    ... increase the sensitivity of the tape input on the +3.
    amplifier on the tape deck PCB but I ... also use a mp3 car tape adapter thingy. That would save ... other day, using the internal amplifier from the tap-deck, velesoft ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 April 2011 Hardware
  • What am I doing wrong with loading?I recently got my Spectrum working, but I'm having troubles loading games. I plug a cable from my computers soundcard out to the Ear port, type LOAD …

    ... frequency range that an amplifier actually needs for tape loading. I don ...
    guesser guesser April 2011 Hardware
  • Cheap media player for speccy ?Although sort of non Sinclair hardware directly, I want a cheap media player to transfer wav / mp3 tapes (any other recommended formats?) to my specc…

    ... the trick.
    With an amplifier help, however.[/QUOTE]
    Not ... feeding the signal to the tape deck, need a much lower ... been powered by an external amplifier. A cheap PC loudspeaker ... with an internal amplifier and a headphones socket will ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2011 Hardware
  • Cheap media player for speccy ?Although sort of non Sinclair hardware directly, I want a cheap media player to transfer wav / mp3 tapes (any other recommended formats?) to my specc…

    ... feeding the signal to the tape deck, need a much lower ... you're using the amplifier in the tape deck to obtain the ...
    guesser guesser May 2011 Hardware
  • Is this pure bulls@*t or what?Read [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-PLUS-48K-REFURB-COMPOSITE-OUT-/170691876340?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item27be0755f4#h…

    ... &W video out (and tape!), but the Spectrum has YUV ... which is a common collector amplifier. There's no mod (short ... -on of another common collector amplifier with a 75R resistor doesn ... impedance for a common collector amplifier is more complex than just ...
    Winston Winston September 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Is this pure bulls@*t or what?Read [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-PLUS-48K-REFURB-COMPOSITE-OUT-/170691876340?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item27be0755f4#h…

    ... &W video out (and tape!), but the Spectrum has YUV ... which is a common collector amplifier. There's no mod (short ...
    Macc Macc September 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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