--- product_id: 25206789 title: "Cassette Player/Recorder" brand: "jensen" price: "₩98859" currency: KRW in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Jensen" url: https://www.desertcart.kr/products/25206789-cassette-player-recorder store_origin: KR region: South Korea --- # 3.5mm Headphone Jack 25H Battery Life 1-Touch Record Cassette Player/Recorder **Brand:** jensen **Price:** ₩98859 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📼 Relive, Record, Repeat — Vintage Vibes with Modern Ease ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Cassette Player/Recorder by jensen - **How much does it cost?** ₩98859 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kr](https://www.desertcart.kr/products/25206789-cassette-player-recorder) ## Best For - jensen enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted jensen brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Power Your Playtime:** Choose between 25 hours of battery freedom or reliable AC power for uninterrupted sessions. - • **Retro Meets Mobility:** Compact shoebox design with retractable handle means nostalgia goes wherever you do. - • **Crystal Clear Control:** Automatic level control and built-in condenser mic ensure your recordings sound professional every time. - • **Plug & Play Versatility:** Auxiliary input connects your iPod, MP3, or digital players for seamless audio blending. - • **Instant Capture, Zero Hassle:** One-touch recording lets you preserve memories or ideas in a snap—no tech skills required. ## Overview The Jensen MCR-100 is a compact, portable cassette player and recorder featuring one-touch recording, automatic voice level control, and multiple input options including built-in and external microphones plus auxiliary line-in. It operates on 4 C batteries (up to 25 hours) or included AC adapter, and includes a headphone jack for private listening. Designed for easy use and durability, it’s perfect for digitizing tapes or enjoying classic audio on the go. ## Description Jensen Brings Back An Old Favorite With The Mcr-100 “Shoebox” Style Cassette Player/Recorder. The Unit Includes A Top Loading Cassette Deck That Both Plays And Records Along With A Retractable Carrying Handle For Taking It With You! The Unit Features Easy To Use Buttons, A One-Touch Record Button, And An Automatic Voice Level Control. You Can Record Using The Built-In Microphone Or The Included External Microphone With Handy Desk Stand. A Headphone Jack Is Included For Private Listening, And You Can Attach Other Players To The Unit Using The Auxiliary Line-In Jack. The Mcr-100 Operates On Four (4) X "C" Size Batteries (Not Included) Or With The Ac Adaptor (Included). Review: DO this if you want Quality Recordings or YOU WILL BE SORRY!!!! - 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 desertcart 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 $$. Review: Replacement for 1980's Portable Cassette Recorder - 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. ## Features - 1 Touch Recording, Fast Forward and Rewind - Headphone Jack, Volume Control, Automatic Level Control - Built-in Condenser Microphone, External Microphone Jack, Auxiliary Input Jack for Connecting Your iPod, MP3 or other Digital Audio Players - Carry Handle. Power: 120V AC Adaptor (Included) or 4 x ‘C’ (UM-2) (Not Included) - Refer to Page E-8 of user manual for troubleshooting steps. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00UY8QEGW | | Battery Average Life | 25 Hours | | Best Sellers Rank | #4 in Portable Cassette Players & Recorders | | Brand | Jensen | | Built-In Media | CD player-products | | Compatible Devices | MP3 Player | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (7,617) | | Digital Recording Time | 480 hours | | Format | MP3 Audio | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00077283941016 | | Hardware Interface | USB | | Headphones Jack | 3.5 millimeters | | Item Dimensions D x W x H | 9"D x 6"W x 2"H | | Item Type Name | Jensen MCR-100 Cassette Player/Recorder | | Item Weight | 0.12 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Jensen | | Memory Storage Capacity | 64 GB | | Microphone Form Factor | Built-In | | Microphone Operation Mode | Mono | | Model Number | MCR-100 | | Screen Size | 3.5 Millimeters | | UPC | 077283941016 | | Unit Count | 1.0 Count | | Warranty Description | 90 days | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Jensen - **Compatible Devices:** MP3 Player - **Format:** MP3 Audio - **Hardware Interface:** USB - **Headphones Jack:** 3.5 millimeters - **Item Weight:** 0.12 Pounds - **Memory Storage Capacity:** 64 GB - **Microphone Form Factor:** Built-In - **Product Dimensions:** 9"D x 6"W x 2"H - **Screen Size:** 3.5 Millimeters ## Images ![Cassette Player/Recorder - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710ghahrVAL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Color** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: Could I plug my phone into the mic jack and then record some songs from phone to a cassette?** A: YES. Use a 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable. I bought a short 6 inch cable for less clutter and rest my phone next to the recorder. I record audio off YouTube, but you could use Spotify, Pandora or other sources. A lot of other answers are confusing because the recording you get isn't perfect. It records to blank tapes in mono. Yes it records phone to tape just fine. As far as quality, that's another decision. Happy shopping. **Q: is it eletric & battery** A: Yes. Runs on both AC and battery. **Q: Want to purchase a recorder for my elderly father to tape his memoirs. Would this be a good find?** A: yes. there is not much out there anymore when it comes to tape recorders. Everything is turning digital **Q: can I plug this into my computer?** A: When recording a mono player to a your computer, use a mono to mono 3.5mm (1/8") phone cable. This will allow you to record the single audio channel from the cassette recorder to the computer's stereo with the same signal for both the left and right channels. You should also be able to set the recording software to record in mono. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ DO this if you want Quality Recordings or YOU WILL BE SORRY!!!! *by M***C on January 27, 2021* 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 $$. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Replacement for 1980's Portable Cassette Recorder *by G***0 on March 26, 2026* 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. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Became a finicky player after a year - still good sound, if you can get it to play. *by S***M on May 17, 2017* I purchased this a year ago to replace one on which sound had become static and hard to listen to. It works well, has good battery life and good sound. However, some weeks ago it became very finicky and will only play if positioned just right. It will no longer play if I am carrying it to another area. I have started putting the cassette directly on the heads instead of into the lid and closing it. This seems to work better as long as it is on a solid, flat surface. I ordered another brand, which I am returning after less than 24 hrs as it hummed when batteries were installed even when it was turned off. I am now ordering another Jensen and hope that it won't have the same problems in a year. Even on Amazon, there are few options in this style and size. I don't want to use headphones and I don't want a larger unit. ## Frequently Bought Together - JENSEN® Cassette Player/Recorder - Maxell UR 90 Normal Bias Blank Audio Recording Cassette Tape, Low Noise, 90 Minute Recording Time, 5 Pack - Maxell 108527 Optimally Designed Flat Packs with Low Noise Surface 90 Min Recording Time Per Cassette, One Color, One Size --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.kr/products/25206789-cassette-player-recorder](https://www.desertcart.kr/products/25206789-cassette-player-recorder) --- *Product available on Desertcart South Korea* *Store origin: KR* *Last updated: 2026-04-25*