Car CD player

[cisamcgu]

Dear Chatters,

we have a car that has a DAB radio and all sorts of Bluetooth streamy type things, but doesn't have a CD player. Does anyone know if it is possible to add a cheap, maybe portable, CD player - plug it in the auxiliary input and the cigar lighter ?

I have had a search but everything seems to point to American options ...

thanks
Andrew

 

[PeteXXX]

If you post the stereo’s name, or a photo, someone here will surely be able to help.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

CDs?

*Goes off to google this strange, possibly ancient artefact*

 

[fossyant]

CDs?

*Goes off to google this strange, possibly ancient artefact*

My car's that old it has a CD autochanger in the boot. Either digitise your CD's (easy on the computer at home) and stick them on a USB pen, or use the Aux input with a stand alone 'walkman' type thing - will mess the car up.

 

[cisamcgu]

If you post the stereo’s name, or a photo, someone here will surely be able to help.

It is an in-built Peugeot one, there is no place for a CD

 

[cisamcgu]

My car's that old it has a CD autochanger in the boot. Either digitise your CD's (easy on the computer at home) and stick them on a USB pen, or use the Aux input with a stand alone 'walkman' type thing - will mess the car up.

We tried putting the records on a USB drive, but it takes premeditation, and were not 100% sure what we were doing. We want to be able to grab a few CDs and take them with us as we leave, not have to copy them onto a USB drive first.

 

[I like Skol]

Really? Even an old dinosaur like me can rip my cd collection to mp3 format (choose your bit rate/quality) and have my entire selection permanently plugged into my mechless dab headunit on a tiny thumbnail sized usb stick.

There is no otherway IMO, unless you get a hard drive unit which still means transferring via usb or sd card (as done in my wife's Audi).

 

[cisamcgu]

Really? Even an old dinosaur like me can rip my cd collection to mp3 format (choose your bit rate/quality) and have my entire selection permanently plugged into my mechless dab headunit on a tiny thumbnail sized usb stick.

There is no otherway IMO, unless you get a hard drive unit which still means transferring via usb or sd card (as done in my wife's Audi).

It is not we cannot do it, but that we like just grabbing a random selection of CDs to take with us.

btw - I have NO idea what you meant by mechless dab headunit

 

[cisamcgu]

Maybe we are not going to be able to do this ..

 

[I like Skol]

It is not we cannot do it, but that we like just grabbing a random selection of CDs to take with us.

btw - I have NO idea what you meant by mechless dab headunit

It's just a radio. No cassette, no cd. Pretty much an empty unit, just the tuner and amp which take up not much room and weigh not a lot. Does have a usb socket though and plays mp3 files. It felt like installing a bathroom without a bath when i fitted it but with hindsight it was absolutely the right thing to do. Also saves cluttering up the car interior with unneeded cds and cd cases.

EDIT: just copy ALL your cds. There are cheap, huge capacity usb sticks available that will hold all the cds you own.

 

[Levo-Lon]

You can power a cd changer and wire it to your speakers.
Ball ache tho.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Dear Chatters,

we have a car that has a DAB radio and all sorts of Bluetooth streamy type things, but doesn't have a CD player. Does anyone know if it is possible to add a cheap, maybe portable, CD player - plug it in the auxiliary input and the cigar lighter ?

I have had a search but everything seems to point to American options ...

thanks
Andrew

https://thewirecutter.com/blog/add-cd-player-car-stereo/

 

[tyred]

Definitely worthwhile putting music on a memory stick. The single best "upgrade" I ever made to my ancient Pug 205 was to fit a modern radio with usb port and slot for an SD card. I now have hundreds of songs to choose from and no longer have the door pockets stuffed with rattling cassette and CD boxes.

 

[numbnuts]

My car's that old it has a CD autochanger in the boot.

Mine too

 

[Biff600]

A number of years ago, I had a Jensen Interceptor and that had an 8-track player, the only cartridge I had was Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens !!!