Teddy working with Ipod

[eeveykins]

I bought a tape adapter from Amazon and tried the Ipod yesterday with one of my metal tape player boys but the animation was very off. It also seemed to have motor studder, now these are tracks I downloaded from the archives website as MP3 is there anything else I need to do to the files? I don't have very many tapes of my own and since I fix these guys up I want to give one to my best friend as a baby gift with an Ipod shuffle or something. Any suggestions? It has been pointed out to me that yes I could buy her a new one that is more child sized and everything but for personal reasons this is something special I want to do for her.

On a side note, my original Teddy Ruxpin from when I was a kid he's a plastic player, I switch him on with or without a tape I hear the speaker for a second and a slight wheel turn and than nothing. He doesn't move he doesn't make any other noise and I have to drill out his screws so I haven't gotten him fully opened yet. Any ideas what's going on so I have something to look for? My fear is it's something with the tape deck itself which I have no experience with not that I'm not willing to learn but when I first started working on these guys I actually bought a used pair to get my feet wet and it went well. Mine is pretty special to me I got him at the children's hospital from Teddy Ruxpin when he came to visit the kids there and I won mine I have a polaroid with the Teddy Ruxpin that visited and everything. So I guess I feel more pressure to not break anything beyond repair with him. Thanks guys!

[Bognostrocleetus]

Hi! Adaptor problem could be multiple things, maybe the volume levels. Try starting out really low - here's a guide that may help you. You have tested working tapes in this tape deck just to confirm it works?

That sucks that you had to be hospitalized at such a young age, but what a wonderful story you can now share! You won a Teddy Ruxpin!? Was it like a drawing or a contest or something? That's so interesting, did you happen to get anything that normal collectors wouldn't have? I would love to see the photo anything else you'd like to share. Since you are the original owner, and you have photos to go with your story, I would never alter this Teddy in any way! He's too special and too rare even non-working.

[oldkid]

I've had success playing the tracks through my MacBook Pro. He needs a pretty specific volume to work well (about level 5 on MacBook). I tried it with an old iPod too and it didn't work properly for me either.. I think what was happening was that the iPod doesn't amplify the track enough for Teddy to pick up the data stream.

With my Teddy, I can also hear the data track playing lightly in the background. I've tried with multiple stereo adapters and this is always the case. I don't know if this is just a downside to using an adaptor or if my Teddy has something wrong with him, as I don't have a real tape to test with.