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JENSEN Portable Cassette Player and Tape Recorder with Built-in Microphone and Retractable Built-in Handle, 1 Touch Recording

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Condition
New
Model
MCR-100
Storage
64 GB
Screen size
3.5 mm
Dimensions
9"D x 6"W x 2"H
Weight
3.2 oz
Hardware Interface
USB
Warranty
JENSEN limited 90-day warranty
Works with
MP3 Player

Features 5

  • EFFORTLESS AUDIO CREATION: Dive 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.
  • VERSATILE LISTENING AND RECORDING OPTIONS: Not 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.
  • OPTIMAL RECORDING QUALITY: The automatic level control adjusts the recording volume to ensure consistent audio quality, eliminating the hassle of manually balancing sound levels. Combined with the built-in condenser microphone, you can be assured of clear, high-quality recordings every time.
  • PORTABLE AND USER FRIENDLY DESIGN: With 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.

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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. This cassette player/recorder also features a built-in condenser microphone, providing high-quality audio capture for your recordings. If you’re looking for more directional recording or need to record from a distance, the unit comes with an external microphone and desk stand, expanding your recording possibilities. For those who cherish private listening, the headphone jack is a thoughtful addition, allowing you to immerse yourself in your favorite cassette tracks or recordings without any external distractions. Conversely, when you want to bring digital audio into the mix, the auxiliary input jack allows you to connect modern devices like smartphones or tablets, giving this classic format a contemporary twist. The MCR-100 is designed for portability, featuring a retractable carrying handle and the option to power it with four "C" size batteries. Whether you’re moving from room to room or taking it on outdoor adventures, it's a perfect companion. It can also be used with the included AC adapter, ensuring that your listening or recording sessions remain uninterrupted. In summary, the JENSEN MCR-100 offers a unique blend of nostalgic design and functional modernity. It’s an ideal choice for educators, musicians, podcasters, or anyone who appreciates the tangible and personalized nature of cassette recordings. With the MCR-100, JENSEN invites you to engage with audio recording and playback in a way that is both familiar and refreshingly simple. Item Details: Automatic Level Control 1 Touch Recording Fast Forward and Rewind Headphone Jack Volume Control External Microphone Jack Auxiliary Input Jack for Connecting Smartphones, Tablets, and Additional Audio Sources Carry Handle Built-in Condenser Microphone Power: 120V AC Adaptor (Included) or 4 x ‘C’ (UM-2) (Not Included)

Specs 22

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 3.2 ounces

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DO this if you want Quality Recordings or YOU WILL BE SORRY!!!!
Color: Silver Size: Standard
DO THIS IF YOU WANT A GOOD SOUNDING RECORDING!! 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 $$. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2021 by Mr C
Enjoying Analog cassette tape listening again
Color: Silver Size: Standard
So far so good playback with headphones is in stereo…Playback with power adapter is clean. Also playback with 4C batteries. No line noise. It is so nice to listen to a cassette tape again With its lack of digital perfection. Brings me back to a nice time in my life. Listening to music riding on an Analog wave. Thank you.. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2026 by David St.Germain
Nice but very short lived
Color: Silver Size: Standard
Works well for a very short time. Mine lasted for 7 months of light, infrequent use, and then started to drag very slowly. I cleaned the head, but it didn't help. I did not abuse it or expose it to the elements. I was disgusted that for that price it wore out in no time.
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2026 by jennifer crane
Just what I needed
Color: Silver Size: Standard
For listening to Language tapes and being able to hear pronunciations perfectly this player I am VERY happy with. With language tapes you usually need to quickly rewind back a few seconds to re-hear certain parts and this player does a pretty good job. Then the pause button to give you more time to respond to phrases is just perfect. 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. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2023 by Eric Goethals
Replacement for 1980's Portable Cassette Recorder
Color: Silver Size: Standard
Very good buy, reasonably priced , a replacement for a similar size cassette recorder we had in storage (purchased and used back in the 1980's) it was basically useless and we had to get a new one. Lightweight ,works very well has external Mic and power adapter cord ,battery use available as well. Easy to operate. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2026 by G.G.60
Revive old tech for octogenarian music lovers
Color: Silver Size: Standard
My octogenarian family member wanted to listen to his old cassettes again. He had long thrown away his cassette player in the 1980s and we despaired of finding another quite like it. This is very close to that old 1970s/1980s model that the older generation is familiar with. The large push buttons are the kind that they are used to and are easy for arthritic fingers to press (no touch screens or tiny buttons that they have to squint at). This Jensen model was only $25 on Amazon and comes with an adaptor and microphone. It also works with batteries. It is even dual voltage, so it works in the US and Asia as well (you will need a simple adaptor plug to convert the 2 pins to 3 pins for Asia). The embedded speaker is really not very good at all and the sound is terrible by modern standards, but for the older generation, they hardly notice the quality difference, because this is what they are used to. The microphone works fairly well and I've used it quite often, recording quality is not bad. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2017 by Bucky K
Not as good as the first one I bought
Color: Silver Size: Standard
I had purchased this same product a few years ago and for a while, it worked fine until the reverse feature stopped working. I still used it even though I had to remove the tape, turn it over, and use the fast-forward feature. My sister gave me hers so I threw the Jensen out. I found its recording capability was very bad I decided to buy another Jensen since I do tape lists of items a lot. The first day I used it I put the required four "C" batteries in and it worked fine. The next day it would not run with the batteries so I had to plug it in. Since I meant to put it in my rollator when I went for a walk I needed to run with batteries. I will keep the Jensen to play tapes while on my computer but I will need to buy another cassettes recorder that will run on batteries. I knocked it down one star because it doesn't run on batteries but is otherwise satisfactory. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2020 by Nancy Sherburne
Great Piece of Equipment for the Price
Color: Silver Size: Standard
A couple months ago, I began getting back into cassettes due to the fact that some of my favorite electronic/hip-hop artists have been releasing new material (also re-releasing previous material) on tape. I was using the cassette deck on my combo AM/FM radio/vinyl/CD player, but its functions were limited and recently it got really sketchy. Itching for a new, more reliable cassette player I splurged and bought this--even did the same day delivery option. I'm playing a mixtape of hip-hop beats right now, and I love the way this sounds. It's not a jaw-dropping surround sound experience, but for a casual listening session this is a good product. Also, (in addition to vinyl) cassettes get me super nostalgic because I got into a great deal of music as a kid listening to hand-me-downs from older relatives/parents. Now I plan on building a collection again. As a cassette tape player this is a fine piece of equipment for the price, but I'm not sure if this is a good recording tool. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2016 by Daniel Riley
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