Hey guys! I'm new here, but I would appreciate some help.
In June I acquired a 2000 Mercedes E430 with about 80,000 miles on it. It has been impeccably cared for and it's hard to believe it's been driven at all sometimes. I'm very, very happy with it.
Downsides? It's 2014 and it has a cassette player. I resisted it for a while and suffered in silence, but then I decided to embrace it. The only cassette I knew I had was my dad's copy of the soundtrack for Judgement Night that I played on repeat for a week or so. The other day my friend called me and told me he got me a present. It turns out that he found a cassette copy of the soundtrack for Space Jam. I was ecstatic, as that's a childhood favorite of mine (can you believe it's still not on Netflix? I've emailed them like four times). I popped it in and only made it through "I Believe I Can Fly" before I pressed rewind. Then things got weird.
Space Jam jammed a little too hard it seems! All of the radio functions were preserved, but the display was stuck on "Rewind." It wasn't rewinding, it just said it was. After some Googling (mostly hitting this awesome forum) I checked the fuses (all fine) and did a battery pull (the previous owner supplied me with a Post-It with the radio code written on it, so I wasn't worried). Then, lo and behold, the radio is completely dead. No screen, no radio, no nothing. The only function that STILL works is opening the cassette door (it ejected Space Jam, thank goodness) but I was only able to because I remembered which button it was.
Any ideas? I'd appreciate any help you can offer!
In June I acquired a 2000 Mercedes E430 with about 80,000 miles on it. It has been impeccably cared for and it's hard to believe it's been driven at all sometimes. I'm very, very happy with it.
Downsides? It's 2014 and it has a cassette player. I resisted it for a while and suffered in silence, but then I decided to embrace it. The only cassette I knew I had was my dad's copy of the soundtrack for Judgement Night that I played on repeat for a week or so. The other day my friend called me and told me he got me a present. It turns out that he found a cassette copy of the soundtrack for Space Jam. I was ecstatic, as that's a childhood favorite of mine (can you believe it's still not on Netflix? I've emailed them like four times). I popped it in and only made it through "I Believe I Can Fly" before I pressed rewind. Then things got weird.
Space Jam jammed a little too hard it seems! All of the radio functions were preserved, but the display was stuck on "Rewind." It wasn't rewinding, it just said it was. After some Googling (mostly hitting this awesome forum) I checked the fuses (all fine) and did a battery pull (the previous owner supplied me with a Post-It with the radio code written on it, so I wasn't worried). Then, lo and behold, the radio is completely dead. No screen, no radio, no nothing. The only function that STILL works is opening the cassette door (it ejected Space Jam, thank goodness) but I was only able to because I remembered which button it was.
Any ideas? I'd appreciate any help you can offer!