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JENSEN® Cassette Player/Recorder
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Compatible Devices | MP3 Player |
Brand | Jensen |
Hardware Interface | USB |
Microphone Form Factor | Built-In |
Format | MP3 Audio |
Headphones Jack | 3.5 millimeters |
Product Dimensions | 9"D x 6"W x 2"H |
Memory Storage Capacity | 64 GB |
Item Weight | 0.2 Pounds |
Screen Size | 3.5 Millimeters |
About this item
- 1 Touch Recording, Fast Forward and Rewind
- Headphone Jack, Volume Control, Automatic Level Control
- Built-in Condenser Microphone, External Microphone Jack, Auxiliary Input Jack for Connecting Your iPod, MP3 or other Digital Audio Players
- Carry Handle. Power: 120V AC Adaptor (Included) or 4 x ‘C’ (UM-2) (Not Included)
- Refer to Page E-8 of user manual for troubleshooting steps.
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Customer Ratings | |||||
Easy to use | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
Sound quality | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
Value for money | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | — |
Battery life | — | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | — |
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hardware interface | usb | usb | usb3.0 c | usb | usb2.0 |
memory capacity | 64 GB | 64 GB | 48 GB | 72 GB | 32 MB |
display size | 3.5 millimeters | — | 8 inches | 2 inches | — |
format | mp3 audio | wav | digital | mp3 audio, wav | mp3 audio |
battery quantity | — | 1 aaa, 2 lithium ion | 1 a, 1 lithium ion, 1 9v | 1 lithium ion | 2 aaa, 2 aa |
weight | 0.2 pounds | 30 grams | 90 grams | 0.17 pounds | 100 grams |
mic form factor | Built-In | Built-In | Built-In | Built-In | Built-In |
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JENSEN MCR-100 Portable Cassette Player and Tape Recorder with Built-in Microphone and Retractable Built-in Handle, 1 Touch Recording
Rediscover the joy and simplicity of recording with the JENSEN MCR-100 Cassette Player/Recorder, a modern take on the classic "shoebox" design. This device is not just a throwback to the golden era of cassettes but a versatile tool for anyone looking to capture or relive audio moments in a tactile way.
The MCR-100 excels in its ease of use. The one-touch recording simplifies the process of capturing audio, making it ideal for a range of activities, from recording interviews and lectures to creating your own audio diaries or musical demos. With its automatic voice level control, the recorder adjusts the audio input level to ensure consistent and clear recordings, eliminating the need for constant manual adjustments.
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VERSATILE LISTENING AND RECORDING OPTIONSNot only can you play and record cassettes, but the auxiliary input also allows for the connection of smartphones, tablets, or other audio sources. This feature transforms your cassette player into a dynamic, multi-source audio recorder, bridging the gap between analog and digital. |
PORTABLE AND USER FRIENDLY DESIGNWith its classic “shoebox” style and retractable carrying handle, the JENSEN Cassette Player/Recorder offers nostalgic charm with modern convenience. It's perfect for on-the-go use, whether you're recording outdoors, in a classroom, or moving from room to room. |
EFFORTLESS AUDIO CREATIONDive into the world of recording with the JENSEN Cassette Player/Recorder's one-touch recording feature, making it simple to capture lectures, music, or personal notes. Whether you're a student, a musician, or just love to document your thoughts, this device turns your audio recording into an effortless, enjoyable task. |
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 12 x 6 x 2.5 inches |
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Item Weight | 3.2 ounces |
ASIN | B00UY8QEGW |
Item model number | MCR-100 |
Customer Reviews |
4.0 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #2 in Portable Cassette Players & Recorders |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | June 1, 2015 |
Manufacturer | Jensen |
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Product Description
Jensen Brings Back An Old Favorite With The Mcr-100 “Shoebox” Style Cassette Player/Recorder. The Unit Includes A Top Loading Cassette Deck That Both Plays And Records Along With A Retractable Carrying Handle For Taking It With You! The Unit Features Easy To Use Buttons, A One-Touch Record Button, And An Automatic Voice Level Control. You Can Record Using The Built-In Microphone Or The Included External Microphone With Handy Desk Stand. A Headphone Jack Is Included For Private Listening, And You Can Attach Other Players To The Unit Using The Auxiliary Line-In Jack. The Mcr-100 Operates On Four (4) X "C" Size Batteries (Not Included) Or With The Ac Adaptor (Included).
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Customers like the ease of use of the voice recorder. However, some customers have reported issues with the buttons and speed. They say that the buttons would not allow them to record or play their cassettes. Customers also are disappointed with battery life. Customers disagree on sound quality, performance, value, and quality.
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Customers like the ease of use of the voice recorder. For example they mention it's a simple device that's easy to handle and use. The push and play buttons make it simple to play the cassette player and record if desired. Overall, most are satisfied with the ease and convenience of use.
"easy to use, sound quality no so good." Read more
"I like the cassette recorder. It’s easy to use and works great for recording my verbal Korean lessons...." Read more
"...and this works just as well needed for project turned out perfectly easy to understand" Read more
"...I enjoy mine for story tapes. Love the tapes because it is so easy to just hit stop and come back days later and just hit play to continue in exact..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the voice recorder. Some mention that it's a good quality product at a reasonable price, while others say that it is not a high quality recorder, and that the time spent recording will not be wasted. Some say that the product is made of cheap plastic and seems delicate.
"...The only part of the recorder that seems delicate and might break easy is the slide out carrier handle which is why I dont give a solid 5..." Read more
"...as the cheap China usb recorder, but I know that the time spent recording will not be wasted and the recordings will be as good as the tape....and..." Read more
"So it does work as intended. not the best built quality. The hole for the built in microphone still has thin plastic in it...." Read more
"...The cord with the AC adaptor is very thin and almost brittle. The sound is not that good either, static when the volume is turned up...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the voice recorder. Some mention that it works great for recording and that the power cord works perfectly. However, others say that they have had it for over 3 months and it doesn't work anymore, the play function doesn' t work, and the rewind and fast forward work really well.
"...I tried various and sundry cassettes, none would play. I tried different outlets in the house, thinking I might have blown a circuit. Nothing...." Read more
"...Works much better than the headphone jack. This plugs in to my windows laptop and makes it easy...." Read more
"...almost a week and a half for this, and I'm very disappointed it doesn't work correctly...." Read more
"...back a few seconds to re-hear certain parts and this player does a pretty good job...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the sound quality of the voice recorder. Some mention that the sound is so good that they can clearly hear when they are speaking, while others say that it isn't great, has a terrible hum or buzz sound, and stops working suddenly. Customers also mention that you have to set the volume low to prevent the device from over-driven, and that there is a persistent grinding noise.
"...and sorry that you are trying to record all those tapes with poor sound quality...the buzzing is so loud that you can not listen to the recording...." Read more
"...sound quality for the professionally produced tapes I was listening to was really horrible." Read more
"Great sound, has a plug, can use batteries, has a microphone, rewind/forward works great!!!And super great price!!! Best Buy!" Read more
"easy to use, sound quality no so good." Read more
Customers are mixed about the value of the voice recorder. Some mention it's good for the price, while others say that it'd be too cheap to bother returning.
"...batteries, has a microphone, rewind/forward works great!!!And super great price!!! Best Buy!" Read more
"...Thank you for a good quality recorder at a reasonable price!" Read more
"Good for voice - not meant for music. Well built for price." Read more
"...I wouldn't buy again but I'll not complain. For a cheap player it's spot on." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the button on the voice recorder. They mention that the buttons stick when they are opened, the play button does not work, and the rewind and fast forward buttons do not work. The stop/eject button does also not operate properly.
"...Pause button had been pressed in error by my Mom causing the Play button to not play. Everyone is happy again...." Read more
"...never interacted with a cassette player much I found the record button wouldn’t stay down unless I pressed very hard." Read more
"...mashed in, so that they had stuck, and the rest of the buttons could not be pushed. Not thrilled with this purchase.UPDATE 2/1/2022..." Read more
"...He was really looking forward to this. The eject button did not work. Had to push the button, and pull up on the door...." Read more
Customers are disappointed with the battery life of the voice recorder. They mention that the materials and the motors do not hold up, and the battery does not last long. Some customers say that the product broke after 1 month and was faulty.
"...The only part of the recorder that seems delicate and might break easy is the slide out carrier handle which is why I dont give a solid 5..." Read more
"...I knocked it down one star because it doesn't run on batteries but is otherwise satisfactory." Read more
"...deal but I just bought it today and it’s already already showing signs of wear and tear?..." Read more
"...It lasted about two weeks before it died. I was in a hurry to complete my project and never returned it...." Read more
Customers have issues with the speed of the voice recorder. They mention that the speed was off, the pause button would not work, and the tapes would play really quick. The recording slows down and the voice quality sounds poor. The rewind and fast forward feature does not work properly, and it does not re-wind or fast-forward. The playback is choppy and broken. Overall, customers are disappointed with the performance of the product.
"...Also, it stops on its own when rewinding before the tape has run out...." Read more
"...I took a look and realized that the speed was off. Soon afterward, the entire unit ceased to work entirely...." Read more
"...a few years ago and for a while, it worked fine until the reverse feature stopped working...." Read more
"...a few tapes, it stopped playing completely, although it would fast forward and reverse. Very cheaply made, I bought it because of the Jensen brand...." Read more
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This 2 minute read will save you HOURS OF TIME....I wish some one wrote this before I started on this project. I bought this due to the positive reviews and that it is made by Jensen and they are supposed to be an audio company right...car stereos anyone. Anyway, I have about 30 cassette tapes from the 1990s that have interviews, my kids talking and playing guitar with friends. I used a $50 boom box with the worlds worst mic(built in to the boombox) for some of the recordings so I did not have the best equipment at the time and did not realize that I would be messing with these 30 years later. I am a computer graphics person, musician and a semipro photographer...so I use computers and software a lot. I also tried the best rated usb cassette recorder that amazon sells the Cassette to MP3 Converter, BlumWay Portable Cassette Recorder Player, It was hard to use and would not record to the usb after 2 tapes...sent it back. Do not waste your time with it if you value your cassettes. The Jensen is about $8 more, solidly built and will last. SO buy it as it is easy to operate and you can see the tape moving...big buttons...and it just works like it is supposed to. Even your grandmother can use it. It is the best alternative for doing this project...I spent HOURS trying to find the best option and even considered buying a $200 cassette deck of ebay, but I did not want the cost and the hassle of setting up a big unit that I would not use again once the tapes were recorded.
I used the Jensen with a VTOP USB2.0 Analog Audio Capture Card Device Compatible for Windows (price $19). Works much better than the headphone jack. This plugs in to my windows laptop and makes it easy. You can use the headphone jack but this picks up a lot of random noise. The recorder takes 4 C batteries and also comes with a AC power plug. So here is the IMPORTANT part...If you use the power plug(wall outlet) you will get very loud humming/buzzing or electrical interference when you try to listen/record through the computer. So loud it will ruin your recordings. I tried multiple plugs and computers in my house and all had the hum(it is a grounding issue with the recorder itself and it picks up electrical interference which will end up in your recording) It will not do this if you use the batteries and the recording sounds fine. I have a lot of tapes and did not want to mess with buying C batteries or getting a rechargeable kit of batteries($25more). The solution and the answer is this problem is a noise isolator...
"Smof Ground Loop Noise Isolator for Car Audio/Home Stereo System (Eliminate The Buzzing Noise Completely) with 3.5mm Audio Cable, Black Ground Loop Noise Isolator for Car Audio/Home Stereo System"
The cost is $10 and it removed ALL of the electrical noise and the recording is as good as the tape! If you do not use one of these you will be frustrated and sorry that you are trying to record all those tapes with poor sound quality...the buzzing is so loud that you can not listen to the recording. Any noise isolator will work and a $30 one is not any better than a $10 one as they all do the same thing.
So for about $50 I have a good system to digitize my tapes. NO it is twice as much as the cheap China usb recorder, but I know that the time spent recording will not be wasted and the recordings will be as good as the tape....and you will SAVE TIME in the end. I use adobe audacity to capture the recordings as I have a subscription for my work, but most any program will work. A good FREE software is audacity sound software.(audacityteam.org). It is pretty basic and easy to use. When I put a tape in the Jensen to record, I set a timer on the software for the length of the tape, usually 46 minutes for my 90 min tapes, so the recording will auto stop when the tape is over. That way I just load a tape and hit record and it stops recording when the timer is up(I put one in and go to bed). It keeps you from making hours long recordings that you have to edit later....no timer and you have to turn off the record button or sit by the Jensen to stop it(again a time issue if you have lots of tapes). Audicity also has a timer mode and a quick google search will tell you how to set it.
** Also save your recordings as wav files for the original and make a mp3 copy of the file to share.
**Also, do a 1minute test recording before you start to record the entire tape so you can set the volume on the Jensen correctly as it acts as the gain for the recording. Failure to do this can result in a recording to low or too high and both will sound bad
***So if your cassette tapes are important to you, do it right the first time and spend a few $$.
I found that I could use my left hand thumb to press play & rewind quickly and then use my right hand thumb to pause the tape while my mind processes the newest information where I need to reply put loud so that the tape does not get too far in front of me. So yes you are working two handed and it is very time efficient.
If any of you are doing the same I also found that when the pronunciation is sketchy I could use my iphone to listen to the tape and write out the sentence so I could see what is going on with text. Fantastic !
Anyway, the unit is made of strong plastic as the old days of solid metal are over. The only part of the recorder that seems delicate and might break easy is the slide out carrier handle which is why I dont give a solid 5 rating.
Music enthusiasts should consider something else as the intent of this machine is not for high quality audiophile. At highest volume the speaker does rattle the sound a bit BUT things are still completely acceptable.
Stay away from those fancy blue-tooth with radio option products if your main reason is to listen to or record tapes. I returned one already and wrote a review. I found the sound quality for the professionally produced tapes I was listening to was really horrible.
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Works fine for playing tapes. It’s capable of decent sound quality when a prerecorded tape is inserted.
Recording tapes:
The recording is abysmal, especially when using the auxiliary input. I mean, to be fair, this is a portable cassette recorder, so I didn’t expect recording to be pristine. Thus, I didn’t give this product a one star review. However, I am using a good quality aux cord, high quality music files, and high quality proper type tapes. The sound quality recorded is not enjoyable when played back, and often times the songs are recorded so poorly they’re unrecognizable. The volume also fluctuates all over the place, and you can hear clicks and tape whirrings.