2003 RX300's tape deck died

Post by J Golden
Started playing at various speeds the other day. Now when I insert a
cassette, it just says "play" indicates forward, then indicates
backward, then ejects the tape. Same thing when I try to fast foreward
or rewind. Same thing with a cleaning cassette that has very little
tape in it. So I guess the deck is going to need replacing. Any ideas
as to what the cost will be for the replacement or repair at Lexus?
Thanks,
J

You still use cassettes????????

J Golden

2009-10-28 01:50:02 UTC

I've got about 600 of them and an equal amount of CD's. I don't have
the time to copy 600 to CD-R's.

Remember... 2003 was just 6 years ago. 6 years from now, people will
be asking you... "You still use mp3's?" when MP3's are no longer used.

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:33:45 -0400, Archon

You still use cassettes????????

Ray O

2009-10-28 19:21:30 UTC

Post by J Golden
I've got about 600 of them and an equal amount of CD's. I don't have
the time to copy 600 to CD-R's.
Remember... 2003 was just 6 years ago. 6 years from now, people will
be asking you... "You still use mp3's?" when MP3's are no longer used.
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:33:45 -0400, Archon

You still use cassettes????????

You can try United Radio in Syracuse, NY for repair service. I'm not sure
if they still are, but they used to be where Toyota dealers sent audio
equipment for repair.

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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

J Golden

2009-10-29 01:08:02 UTC

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:30 -0500, "Ray O"

You still use cassettes????????

You can try United Radio in Syracuse, NY for repair service. I'm not sure
if they still are, but they used to be where Toyota dealers sent audio
equipment for repair.

Thanks,

my Toyota dealer literally went out of business overnight a few weeks
ago. But wouldn't I need to figure out how to remove the deck to ship
it to them? Believe it or not, in the NYC area I've found only 1 Lexus
dealer whose service I believe lives up to the level of what owner's
expect from Lexus. (My Toyota dealer was better than all the others
which is sad indeed). It's an hour's drive for me, but I'll probably
take it to them for the 95k service and see what they can do with the
tape deck.

Ray O

2009-10-29 05:06:21 UTC

Post by J Golden
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:30 -0500, "Ray O"

You still use cassettes????????

You can try United Radio in Syracuse, NY for repair service. I'm not sure
if they still are, but they used to be where Toyota dealers sent audio
equipment for repair.

Thanks,
my Toyota dealer literally went out of business overnight a few weeks
ago. But wouldn't I need to figure out how to remove the deck to ship
it to them? Believe it or not, in the NYC area I've found only 1 Lexus
dealer whose service I believe lives up to the level of what owner's
expect from Lexus. (My Toyota dealer was better than all the others
which is sad indeed). It's an hour's drive for me, but I'll probably
take it to them for the 95k service and see what they can do with the
tape deck.

Here is a link to instructions on how to remove the trim around the radio.
Removing the radio should be obvious when the trim is removed.

--
Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

J Golden

2009-10-29 12:19:02 UTC

I don't see the link. Can you post it again.

Thanks.

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:06:21 -0500, "Ray O"

Post by J Golden
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:30 -0500, "Ray O"

You still use cassettes????????

You can try United Radio in Syracuse, NY for repair service. I'm not sure
if they still are, but they used to be where Toyota dealers sent audio
equipment for repair.

Thanks,
my Toyota dealer literally went out of business overnight a few weeks
ago. But wouldn't I need to figure out how to remove the deck to ship
it to them? Believe it or not, in the NYC area I've found only 1 Lexus
dealer whose service I believe lives up to the level of what owner's
expect from Lexus. (My Toyota dealer was better than all the others
which is sad indeed). It's an hour's drive for me, but I'll probably
take it to them for the 95k service and see what they can do with the
tape deck.

Here is a link to instructions on how to remove the trim around the radio.
Removing the radio should be obvious when the trim is removed.

Ray O

2009-10-29 16:28:54 UTC

Post by J Golden
I don't see the link. Can you post it again.
Thanks.

That would be because I forgot to paste the link:
http://www.panavise.com/pdf_indash/75136-699.pdf

In place of the hook tool that they talk about in the instructions, you can
use a putty knife covered in masking tape.

If that doesn't work, go to panavise.com, then click on the "Mobile
Electronics Mounts" link on the left side of the page, then click on the
"InDash Custom Dash Mounts" link, then enter your vehicle brand in the
vehicle brand box and click the "find" button. Scroll down to your model
and model year and click on the part number and instructions for installing
a custom in-dash mount will come up. In order to install the mount, you
have to remove the trim piece, which exposes the radio.

--
Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

J Golden

2009-10-30 03:21:02 UTC

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:28:54 -0500, "Ray O"

Post by Ray O
http://www.panavise.com/pdf_indash/75136-699.pdf

Thanks,

the Link worked correctly.

Ray O

2009-10-30 05:13:28 UTC