OverviewTurn your tapes into digital files and listen on your computer, iPod, iPad in the car, or in the palm of your hand! Tape Express Plus is a portable, handheld USB tape player that works with all kinds of tapes. It has an easy-to-use USB connection for sending the music on your tapes right into your computer where it's instantly turned into a digital file. You can listen to digital music files on your computer, load them onto your portable music player, or record them onto a CD and listen in your car. Rediscover those old songs with Tape Express Plus! Tape Express Plus is designed with your on-the-go life in mind. Its portable design fits in virtually any bag and enables you to play and transfer music anywhere. It runs on battery or USB power when connected to your computer for easy operation wherever you go. Tape Express Plus comes with ION's exclusive EZ Vinyl/Tape Converter software. This powerful yet easy-to-use program guides you through transferring your music via iTunes. In addition to converting your tapes, Tape Express Plus has an audio output that enables you to listen on the included headphones, or connected to your stereo or other speaker system for hours of enjoyment. It plays both chrome normal cassette tapes. Reconnect with the music on your old cassettes anywhere you go with Tape Express Plus. iPod and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.Key FeaturesConvert your cassette tapes to digital files for music on the goComes with EZ Vinyl/Tape Converter software to guide you through transfer stepsBattery or USB-powered with a portable design to play and transfer anywhere! (Batteries not included)Load digital music files into your digital music library or onto another mobile player1/8 audio output enables you to listen on your stereo, headphones or other speaker systemsPlays chrome or normal tapesHeadphones includedThis product is class compliant; it does not require drivers.IncludesTape Express PlusHeadphonesUSB CableSoftware CDQuickstart guideSafety & Warranty guideSystem RequirementsMicrosoftWindows XPWindows Vista (32/64-bit)Windows 7 (32/64-bit)Pentium 4 CPU (or comparable) or betterAppleOS X 10.4 or betterG4 PPC or Intel CPUHardwareUSB 1.1 or 2.0 portMinimum Memory (RAM): 1GBMinimum free hard drive space: 300MBMinimum processor speed; 1GHz or better
P**E
I like this but,
I do not think this has the capacity to allow you to convert side 1 and side 2 of a tape so that it will be in the format of just 1 album to play all songs together whether or not you burn it to ITunes, Media Player or a cd.
M**R
Poor Quality
This does play to record, but the sound is such poor quality If I had know I sure would NOT have purchased it It will not do at all for putting my tapes to CD's.
T**!
they might be ok for the teen and young folks ?
but I am 60 and the program go's in to the computer fine then you get a screen with a couple 100 things to read or should know if your a teen or bubble gum chewer that does more of this then school work and knows how to use it. or wants to put a career into use it But for a few tapes and I will not under stand it don't even want to know it bought a couple and I found some kids going home from school and yelled you want any this #@#$%$ for playing with .they took and so I did not have to throw in trash! you know to me for a plastic peace of ! well I won't say but its not worth what they are selling for at any store or trying for me to under stand at any price ! for that much you should not have to any thing .Christ its dumb to me and I am telling you. good luck if your still a rocket scientist
D**E
Put them on my iPhone sound isn't bad.
No problem converting tapes. Had to fiddle with it a bit but beats buying all new ones from iTunes. Some tapes require you switching them in the player so I just do one side and then do the other side. Put them on my iPhone sound isn't bad.
Z**E
One Star
Sorry piece of junk, sent it back immediately.
A**T
Not worth the price
Seemed to work fine at first. Now when I hit play, it keeps switching directions. Even with the ones I did convert, they're so low I can barely hear the music. It's a piece of junk as far as I'm concerned!
J**2
IONTape Express : Facile et rapide à mettre en oeuvre, a fait le job
J'ai acheté le ION Audio Tape Express début février 2020 et j'ai attendu d'avoir bien utilisé le produit avant d'écrire ce commentaire pour avoir du recul (2 mois). J'ai numérisé le premier week end 5 K7 audio vieilles de 25-26 ans sur laquelles j'avais enregistré mon journal de bord composé d'enregistrements de ma voix et de chansons captées sur la radio.Premier constat, la qualité du résultat dépend bien de la qualité des supports (les K7 de marque Métal et Chrome laissent mois de souffle) et de leur état de conservation : conservés au sec, sans de gros écarts de température et à l'abri de la lumière : l'enregistrement n'a pas vieilli !Deuxième constat, l'appareil ION est tout simple : on installe le soft fourni sur le CD, puis on relie l'appareil au PC sur n'importe quel port USB, l'appareil est immédiatement reconnu par le soft. On appuie ensuite sur la touche "enregistrer" du soft fourni, puis "play" sur le convertisseur ION Tape Express et c'est tout ! Avec la touche autoreverse enclenchée, l'appareil va même enregistrer de lui même les 2 faces de la K7 en un ou deux fichiers au choix.Si vous voulez retoucher le son, il est possible de le retravailler avec n'importe quel logiciel dédié. Je conseille Goldwave très simple et complet ou Audacity, plus complexe mais gratuit.
J**.
Muy interesante, funciona bien, mejorable las instrucciones
Necesitaba un reproductor de casetes porque tenía unas cuantas conferencias antiguas grabadas en cinta. Viene con un CD con el software de grabación, que también puede descargarse de su web. Para pasar conferencias se debe desmarcar la casilla de “dividir en pistas” ya que entonces se parará cada vez que hay un silencio. Marcando la casilla Podemos introducir una cinta de música y detectará los silencios para dividir en pistas, lo hace muy bien.El único inconveniente es que se oía un ruido de arrastre “tac tac”, del que veo alguna queja, el problema no es el aparato, es el puerto USB, para que tenga potencia y no se oigan ruidos de “tac tac” o clipeos de interferencia si usas un portátil TIENES QUE CONECTARLO A LA CORRIENTE ELÉCTRICA.Lo único que podría mejorar un poco es la calidad de los materiales, mucho plástico pero claro, entonces costaría el doble, así que está bien como está. También pondría en las instrucciones lo que he dicho sobre el USB y lo de separación en pistas, si estuviese mejor explicado la gente no se quejaría y sería más fácil los inicios con el aparato.El producto llegó en buenas condiciones y relativamente rápido a Canarias, gracias Amazon por no olvidarse de las islas. A los vendedores que no envían a Canarias decirles que el Gobierno canario sacó un Decreto por el que no es necesario presentar la Declaración Única Aduanera en envíos de hasta 150€ por lo que no entiendo como a día de hoy algunos vendedores no envían a Canarias. En Correos ya no hay problemas, y no debería haberlos porque cualquier intento de cobrar por el DUA sería sancionado con severidad. Esos vendedores están renunciando a un mercado de un millón y medio de personas por nada.Saludos.
ふ**き
使いやすいです 死蔵品のカセットが救われそう
安いし、小さいし、使い勝手も簡単です。説明書によると、iTuneをアプリとして入れておく必要がある、と書かれていますが、別になくても使えました。私はwindows10を使っています。最初、録音された音源がパソコンのどこに入っているのか、は、パソコンの「ミュージック」の中に入ってました。普通の楽曲なら、ポーズごとにファイルにしてくれます。死蔵品になっていたカセットが生き返り、喜んでいます。乾電池も単3電池2つで単体でも使えますが、パソコンに音源を取り込む際は、乾電池なしでもusbでつながれていればちゃんと動きます。もうカセットとして聴くのには使わないので、電池なしで使えるのも便利です。
F**D
Erfüllt seinen Zweck
Ich benötigte ein Gerät, mit dem ich alte Kassetten digitalisieren kann. Auf einfache Art, d.h. anschließen am Computer, Cassette laufen lassen, ist drauf, fertig. Genau das klappt hiermit. Hatte erst Sorge, ob der Gleichlauf ok ist, ich hatte wohl etwas Glück, denn da zeigen die Rezensionen, dass Ausreisser nach unten nicht selten sind. Wundert mich nicht, ist schon ein Billigteil, aber was solls, bei mir funktionierts!Die Software "EZ Audio Converter", die auf CD mitgeliefert wird, hatte ich bereits auf dem Computer, weil ich einen Plattenspieler von Ion besitze, der dieselbe Software benötigt. Diese Software ist idiotensicher, irgendwelche Sound-Einstellmöglichkeiten gibt's hingegen kaum. Ist mir wurscht, ich will ja gerade Einfachheit, und Eins zu Eins-Übertragung, mit Brizzeln (von der Platte) und Rauschen (von der Cassette). Die Software packt das Aufgenommene automatisch in iTunes 'rein, passt mir auch, habe keine Probleme mit Apple.Besonders angenehm: Stromversorgung über den ohnehin nötigen USB-Anschluss, kein Gefummel mit zusätzlichem Netzteil.Das Gerät bietet sozusagen den Minimalstandard der Übertragung alter Audioaufnahmen von Cassette. Mehr verspricht es auch nicht. Weil es genau dieses Versprechen hält, für einen sehr bescheidenen Preis, gibt's von mir die Maximalpunktzahl. Wer höhere Ansprüche hat, der greife zu besseren Geräten und aufwendigerer Software.
A**R
Really easy to use
I read all the reviews on here and was uncertain about buying this as it had a lot of differing reviews.However, upon receipt, it was a real doddle to use. Just plug it into a USB port (worked absolutely fine without a power supply, and that was off the back of a keyboard USB port) using the supplied cable (though its a mini USB output anyway) and then I installed the software provided. The software was really simple and its just a case of pressing play on the tape and record on the software. You can then add track breaks if you need to manually as its going on. At the end of the recording / tape side, you click next and it converts to itunes. Thats pretty much all there is to it. I adjusted the thumb wheel on the tape player to max and left the gain on the software alone and it worked great.I recorded a spoken audio tape and the result was excellent, with no hiss or variations in tape speed or any of the other problems people have encountered.I then downloaded Audacity (which is only in Beta for Win 7 and Vista) and had a quick look. Maybe I will use that if the supplied really simple software is insufficient for my needs, but Audacity does look overly complicated for my need and would not recognize the Ion tape drive as a recording source. Maybe this is because its beta or maybe I overlooked something, but either way, the supplied software worked fine and did all I needed.The unit itself is pretty simple and the cover feels a bit fragile, but I wont be taking it out and about (you wouldnt want to as its a bit ugly) and once my tapes are converted (will that ever take some hours), I'll not be using it again. Its got a headphone socket which was a surprise, so I guess it "could" be used standalone with a 3V power supply. Flimsy or not, it must have a warranty and it wont take me over a year to copy my tapes, so it will do what I want.So all in all, does what it says and does it well at a pretty decent price.I'm a pretty critical user of gadgets and although not the prettiest or most robust thing, its more than good enough and the feeling of having my old tapes on my computer so easily was good.
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