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This is the second Plusdeck I have owned. The unit does exactly what it is made to do and does it very well. Installation was easy after I read the instructions again.
The merax Digi Deck Plusdeck2 C is a very good. Audio quality is only as good as the tape was which is to be expected. It performs as expected. After a while though it stopped finishing converting the wave file to mp3.But, thats OK because you can use Audacity or any othe audio converter. Overall we are pleased with its performance and recommend it to others. 4 stars
This is the set it and forget it unit. Intalling it and using it is simple. Put the tape in click convert, save as, and it does the rest. There are some glitches but if it's like other hardware & software the problem my be the operating system.
This is a great product for placing audio tapes on your hard drive or converting them to CD's. This is easy to use and saves money by copying the tapes yourself.
If you get a tape wound in there, good luck. I mean serial is primitive by today's standards. Anyway, I like the idea of this product, but it was executed poorly in my experience. The other thing is, I think this would work much better as a peripheral stand alone plugged into a USB or Firewire port.
I have USB and Firefire out the kazootie but no serial port. The actual install on my machine (HP Pavillion 1226n) took about an hour but I needed to add a serial port since my machine did not come with one. The software loaded fine and while it isn't replete with user features, it is serviceable. This was just a standard 90 minute tape that plays fine in my car and every other deck I have.
I mean, you are probably purchasing it to replace your old tapes. Anyway, got the unit installed, (had to remove one of the CD Rom drives, so make sure you have a spare 5.25 bay to put this puppy in if you're determined to have it), fired up the software, and we were off and running. The problem is the deck itself. The second tape I played was eaten. I received this item as a Christmas gift and was excited about the idea of converting my library of tapes to mp3 files.
The Plus Deck 2c is an auto reverse deck, which in theory should be helpful, but I don't think it is of the quality of some of the better decks you can find in today's vehicles. The real problem here is that this deck should be highly resistant to jamming and eating tapes if it is really going to be worth buying. Key word here.OLD. If this little ditty will only play NEW tapes, then you won't need it, will you. This was not some moldy tape that had been sitting in my convertible visor for that past 5 years. (Why do they not make this deck for a USB port. The deck could be a pop top or open front where you can get at the tape drives and clean them when necessary.
And I mean chewed to bits. Nor was this a 120 minute job caked with dust. This unit is like a car unit that swallows the whole cassette. I would not bother with it.
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