I have had about 6 tape adapters for my car. Most of them wear out because one side of the double wire cord detaches from the other. This one only has one cord, so it's not even possible for that problem to occur. Try this one, you will not be disappointed.

On a side note, I personally prefer these over the FM transmitter ones (which are much more expensive) because the FM transmitters rely on the strength of your signal. My car gets horrible FM reception, so they are a waste of my money. If you have a tape player, I highly recommend this product. The cord gives perfectly crisp sound, even if it is a slight annoyance.

I originally bought a Road Trip FM transmitter for using my iPod in the car. It was a disaster, at least for where I live and travel (Boston-NY corridor), because there are few "free" frequencies that do not receive interference from adjacent stations. In addition, as I traveled, stations would fade in and out, requiring me to change the frequency frequently: A real safety hazard when driving. Finally, I do not believe that the Road Trip broadcast in stereo; sound quality was mediocre at best.

This cassette adapter changes the paradigm. Sound quality is excellent (to my surprise), it's a cinch to use, and it costs a fraction of what an FM transmitter costs. Only downside is that it doesn't charge the iPod, but I retained my Road Trip unit to accomplish this.

Highly recommended.

I bought this because my old one for my car broke. I browsed around before i got this, but every place seemed so expensive. This was the cheapest one, & Sony is a reputable brand.

Anyways, this adapter REALLY brings out the harmony's, base & background noises in songs. It sounds amazing~ For the price & the quality of sound, I am incredibly happy with it (The general quality was better in my old one, but for the harmony's this one brings out, I believe I would choose this one over my old one. I love my harmony's~).

Possible Problems:
I would think that some people would hate (statement above) though, since the main vocalist is at the the same volume level as harmony's, therefore making it a bit difficult to hear the singer. If you don't have your car settings right, or if you have a "bad copy" of a song on your mp3 player, you will hear some white noise in the background as well (but its so small, you hardly notice it at all. Nothing a few tweaks of the car radio settings wont fix). Dust can also affect the sound quality of the music (It will sound REALLY uneven when this happens). I found the culprit is dust on the tape heads. A trick I learned as a child NES player when dust ruins game play is also applied to fixing this cassettes problem; Blow gently on the tapes head to remove dust quickly & sufficiently.

I used to have a Monster adapter, this one is much better. Very quiet and functional.

Very effective. With the dolby sound on the radio, minimum noise. Cord is long enough to reach the back seat in the car.

If your car has a cassette player (even though you probably haven't used it in a long time), this adapter is a great, inexpensive way of playing your iPod over your car radio. It's easy to use and the clarity is not too bad....although serious musicphiles will likely argue over sound quality in comparison to more elaborate and more expensive alternatives. If you want a simple and inexpensive way to use your iPod in your car --without spending the big $$, this adapter from Sony is the way to go!

I use this for my iPod in my 1998 4-Runner and I just love it! It was so easy to use--just put the tape in and connected the headphone jack to your device. The sound is excellent.

IMPORTANT TIP:
Make sure the volume on your device is high, but not at MAX. If the volume on your device is too loud, this can ruin the sound with static and scratching. Don't think you have to "inject all of the device power through the cassette player". Using a normal volume on the device will allow you to have better control of the overall volume using the car's dial.

I played it in my 99 ford expedition thank God the tape deck still works it didnt work on one side so I pressed my auto reverse button. The sounds were so great I didnt want to get out my car. It sound better than my CDs no lie. If you want to get the most out of that expensive BB curve I have the 8820 buy this product you will be satisfied.

This works excellent for my ipod in my old car.Great sound quality with little inconvinience. If you want to play your ipod on the older car models,possible 2007 or older,this is the product you want to buy,and it is not expensive either!.

I use this during long trips in my car to plug my laptop in to the car's tape player, and listen to iTunes music over the car's speakers. It sounds better than live radio or cassette tapes.

I haven't had any problems with it, as long as you don't insert it into the tape player upside-down (it seems to work only in one direction, so you might need to hit the Side-A/Side-B button on the car's tape player to see which direction is correct). Sometimes you need to jiggle it to get it aligned properly when you first insert it into the cassette player, but after that, it works well, with very clean sound.

It works great. Easy as pie. Much better than my FM transmitter, which runs down batteries way too fast, and is never clear, always staticky. This is clear as can be, and all you have to do is put the tape in the tape player and plug it up to your mp3 player, etc. I'm very happy with this inexpensive and easy product. :)

While its not unusual for cars nowadays to have a plug for an iPod, my 7 year old BMW didn't have one. I was faced with the option of retrofitting one (which was possible and would allow the steering wheel controls to control the iPod) or simply using the Sony CPA-9C to go via the on board tape deck (and not be able to manipulate the iPod from the steering wheel). The Sony option was 20x cheaper! At that price it was worth just trying it out.

I have to say it works really well. Putting the iPod volume higher than 3/4 causes distortion, but I find I can permanently leave it at 1/2 and the BMW radio amplification is more than sufficient even when you really want it loud. A small amount of engine whine comes through, but only on really soft parts - and I can't say the quality of the BMW sound system is good enough to make one really care. Otherwise sound quality is fine, and is close to the quality of the on board CD player.

All in all, a really good value for money purchase and I would recommend it to anyone. Even if you decide on a more expensive option, this one's so cheap it warrants a try.

This product does NOT work in a Toyota Camry cassette player. Thumbs down. Sound will get through but loud clicking noises predominate and destroy any usefulness whatsoever.

Have been using it for past 2 months with my Sandisk 1GB MP3 player, works like charm. So far no issues.

well they wont let me give 0 stars so i guess i am stuck with one which also represents the amount of weeks it took before it stopped working. i should try to get my money back because i bought this cause my other adapter broke after a year so i figured time for a new one and now i guess i am stuck looking for another one. what more can i say than do NOT buy this. Not a scratch on it but it stopped working so thanks for nothing SONY. just a bad buy

The cassette played quietly while plugged into my iPod for one song and then it made a clicking noise. Despite increasing the volume on the stereo I could still hear the cassette. I owned a cassette adapter that I purchased years ago that finally kicked the bucket and in its old age it never made as much noise as this one does. I would definitely not recommend purchasing this product.Sony CPA-9C MiniDisc and Discman Cassette Adapter

If you are the type of person who likes to crank your music up, don't expect this product to allow it. Even with my car stereo and ipod both set to maximum volume, the volume level isn't amazing. Still, it's able to get loud enough to be enjoyable.

I've noticed in a few areas that it actually picks up some radio stations, even though I have my ipod playing. This only seems to have happened in high altitudes (5th and 6th floor of a parking garage.)

Even so, these are minor things in my book, so I still give the product 5 stars. Especially considering the low price. I highly recommend this product.

I bought this cassette adapter since where I live there are so many radio stations an FM transmitter has trouble finding a clean station. I guess I'm lucky my car is old enough to still have a up-until-now Bose cassette deck. I also bought a cigarette adapter to power the cassette adapter. I now have a very inexpensive way to play my Zune in my car.

I got this product because it was from Sony and I had a clicking noise in my car with my other cassette adaptor. With Sony, there was no clicking or other noise coming from the cassette adaptor, but the sound quality was inferior. The base was less pronounced and the treble sounded kind of tinny. I am glad I kept my old adaptor. I threw away Sony's and went back to the old one.

If you can stand a little clicking in exchange for superior sound quality, I'd recommend the NexxTech Cassette Adapter instead. If I make my music loud enough I don't hear the clicking as much. I'd rather have a little clicking than terrible sound from my speakers.

After a little research online of how to connect my ipod into my 1998 car with only a tape player I came across the Sony CPA-9C MiniDisc & Discman Cassette Adapter and all the reviews I read were right on target. The sound quality is great and it's so easy to use. I highly recommend this product!

Excellent product for listening to your iPod in the car. Although it is not wireless, it works better than the radio transmiiter kits because there is no fading of the signal especially when traveling through the hills. I have tried similar products and so far, Sony makes the best one.

I bought my GF an ipod for our anniversary/her birthday & she loved it. The only problem was, how was she going to use it in her car? This Sony tape deck adapter was our solution. I know that it might sound like a ghetto solution to some, but don't knock it until you've tried it. The sound might not be as crisp & clear as a CD, but I bet the average person can't even tell the difference. She's been using it for 2 months now & hasn't had a single problem. This was the perfect solution to our problem, & hopefully it will do the same for you.

I purchased this Sony Cassette Adapter for use in my 2004 Toyota Tacoma pickup factory cassette player. So far it is working well and is quite an improvement over the Belkin FM Transmitter I used previously. However, when the music or voice gets quiet a popping noise can be heard. This minor problem has been noticed by other reviewers as well.

I've been using this Sony cassette adapter with my iPod for about 4 months now, and it works great. I'm surprised by the sound quality. If you are lucky enough to have a cassette player in your car, this cassette adapter is the best (and cheapest) way to play your iPod or other MP3 player through your car stereo.

This is the most quite casset tape head that I have seen.
I have two others.

This Cassette Adapter is really great! I used a FM transmitter before for my IPod Nano in my car and it was really a pain. Trying to find the correct station and the reception wasn't that good. I thought I'd try the cassette adapter and I'm sure glad I did. The FM transmitter went in the garbage. Great sound and so easy to use. I highly recommend!!

This unit make great blank noise when converting the signal to your cassette player. Do not expect good sound quality from that.

I got this adapter in March and it worked great for about a month. Then I started noticing a faint high frequency "pop" which gradually increased in volume to the point where it was impossible to listen to anything. I tried another adapter to make sure it wasn't my head unit and it works fine. I would have given this product 4 or 5 stars the first month, but now it gets one.

I use this to hook up my mp3 player to my car stereo. Excellent sound very very simple to use.

This item worked for about a week then quit. The cassette player shows an error message and ejects the device. Once in a great while I could get it to stay in. Sometimes when it stayed in I got a very faint sound. Other times it stayed in and worked for a few minutes before ejecting again. One week of use isn't enough! I'm very disappointed in this unit. I bought it due to high praise in reviews but my experience has been anything but satisfactory. Too bad I threw away the packaging or I'd return it to Amazon.

For the price, this is a good product. With the exception of an annoying clicking from the cassette it does the job well. For cars without MP3/IPod Jacks, I think this is a better alternative than the FM option with it's inherent interference

I read reviews saying how great this converter was, spring loaded, noiseless, great range, etc. That's all fine and doodle dandy but they have to last more than a couple weeks! One kept flipping sides. The other one just cut out where if you turned everything up all the way you could barely hear it. I got a Belkin. Maybe that will last more than a month.

I bought it in February already doesn't work. I should have gone with the cheaper version and at least I wouldn't have been out as much money.

This one is much much better than the other cheap(er) options around. But with the unbeatable deal on amazon, why choose them anywayz ?
The sound quality it gives is better than average (I guess it depends on the stereo system) but gives a humming sound in background as you increase the volume. There are times when I notice that sound comes only from right side speakers of the car. I never tried to flip the side and try if it is taken care of (like mentioned in one of the reviews), but if this problem gets taken care of I will give this one 5 stars.

This is supposed to me a fairly simple product and I have used similar products in the past. Unfortunately, this didnt work for me - and I was surprised as this was a 'sony'. Anyways, I just picked up a Griffin from Staples and that works just fine.