Spectrum +2 tape drive

[bbcmicro]

The tape drive on my spectrum +2 has died. I am trying to remove the datasette and add a 5 DIN socket to connect to an old cassette recorder

With the aid of a schematic and mostly common sense, I have found the 2 pins which give audio to the tape deck and 2 pins which recieve it on the motherboard. However, using and earpiece the sound out is very quiet. Would it require some sort of amplification circuit, or would it not matter?

 

[chuckcmagee]

Most tape decks have amp for input signal, as it could low power mic or aux.

 

[ziloo]

bbc,

I misunderstood your question and so I had to delete my recommendation/answer.
Sorry about that :hammer: (I am the one on the left) !

BTW, I have a ZX Spectrum + that I got about a year ago, and I haven't even
turned it on . Don't have a clue if it works or not.