curtis Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Has anyone else ever heard on this? I just stumbled across one the other day on fleabay. It's a smaller, compact cassette player/recorder designed for the CC-40+. Same color and very similar size as the rest of the 40 peripherals. It's about 2/3 the size of the old PHP-2700. Much skinnier. Sadly mine doesn't work. Motor tries to engage but doesn't turn. I'm going to start troubleshooting and hopefully restore it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Cool needs retrobright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 Actually, it's not that yellow. My camera just decided it didn't need to use the flash. It's pretty clean and near the same color as all the other 40 peripherals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I've seen three or four of these over the years. There was even one for sale as part of an eBay lot a couple of weeks ago, but the seller removed it from the lot sometime between then and now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 I've seen three or four of these over the years. There was even one for sale as part of an eBay lot a couple of weeks ago, but the seller removed it from the lot sometime between then and now. Yeah, I persuaded him to split the cassette player off from that auction ans I honestly wasn't interested in the rest of the lot. And I thought he was a bit steep on the pricing. Wasn't until I had already paid that he mentioned the player wasn't in full working condition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 That cassette player was a rebranded GE 3-5160A. Image swiped from eBay 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 That cassette player was a rebranded GE 3-5160A. Image swiped from eBay I've actually got a couple of these stored somewhere in my semi trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 That cassette player was a rebranded GE 3-5160A. Image swiped from eBay Nice to know. Might be able to snag one of those and combine the 2 to get one functional unit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Well, wouldn't you know ebay has zero of those right now! Plenty of 5158/B's but not 5160's. Oh well, I'll keep an eye open. Unless someone here wants to make me a deal... BTW, I'm in Amarillo, TX. So keep that in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Well, wouldn't you know ebay has zero of those right now! Plenty of 5158/B's but not 5160's. Oh well, I'll keep an eye open. Unless someone here wants to make me a deal... BTW, I'm in Amarillo, TX. So keep that in mind. Yeah, those GE ones don't pop up too often either. We might be able to get a service manual from this guy - arcadeshopper got the one for the TI Program recorder a while back based on it's OEM. Note, he's very particular in how you email him if you choose that route. Here's the page the 5160 is on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Danged! He is rather fastidious with his contact procedures isn't he! Oh well, it's his site and he has the toys. Stand by to stand by. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Question. My eye keeps being drawn to the Radio Shack CCR-82. Looks very similar to the cpr-001. Another clone of the GE? There are several of those on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 Well, I picked up a CCR-82 and can confirm it is NOT the same as the CPR-001 or the GE 3-5160a. Entirely different animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry.peterson Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I have one of the GE models, but mine is more beige than gray. I tried to eBay it a while back with no takers so I stuck it away somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted October 14, 2018 Author Share Posted October 14, 2018 I can confirm the Sharp CE-152 is the same as the CPR-001. And the Sharp is a bit more common/easier to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 I can confirm the Sharp CE-152 is the same as the CPR-001. And the Sharp is a bit more common/easier to find. Yes, and someone has web pages about it! https://www.petervis.com/electronics%20guides/Sharp%20CE-152/Sharp%20CE-152.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Yes, and someone has web pages about it! https://www.petervis.com/electronics%20guides/Sharp%20CE-152/Sharp%20CE-152.html Now that is one heck of a GREAT article. Good detail and even some schematics. Thanks for that link! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtis Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 An interesting difference between the TI version and the Sharp version. Also, the Sharp has an LED for the recording level and the TI saved the 5 cents by not including it! Hole is there, but no LED! The Sharp has a tone adjustment and the TI doesn't. Makes swapping out innards a bit awkward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 There's two of the small GE recorders on eBay right now. One even has a box. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ge+3-5160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 And the box has a thinly disguised 99/4A in the picture. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliketurtles Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 And the box has a thinly disguised 99/4A in the picture. . . That's literally a TI-99/4A minus the cartridge port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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