Levo-Lon
Guru
I bet it's still going round in there
Brilliant in the day..
Dad had one in his P 5 Rover
Car CD player
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I bet it's still going round in there
Brilliant in the day..
Dad had one in his P 5 Rover
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Late to the party, again, but your only option really is to remove the factory stereo and fit a standard CD player with DAB (if you really want that). There will be a how to on YouTube I expect, you'll just need to buy your desired stereo (will probably be IRO £50 - £80), and the relevant wiring harness adaptor that plugs from your factory stereo wires into the new stereo. If your factory stereo is a double din (i.e. takes up two shelves) you'll be left with a gap which you can just fit a plastic tray into.
Pictures of your car would help, as if the stereo is all integrated into the dash I will be a lot harder or not possible.
Pictures of your car would help, as if the stereo is all integrated into the dash I will be a lot harder or not possible.
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
My previous car had a CD player.A year ago I bought a new Renault Captur .Got the car home put myCDs in the car,no CD player. I either use a memory stick or use Spotify on my phone.
Not bad for technophobe.
Not bad for technophobe.
KneesUp
Guru
I’d just put all the CDs on a device too. My car has an iPod interface so I just have an 80Gb iPod classic connected all the time. Has everything I own on it pretty much. Every few weeks I add a ton of podcasts too. Car predates steaming services though as does the iPod so playing stuff from there involves planning and software.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
That's terrible! It's like getting the car home and discovering you had bought an automatic when you intended to buy a manual. Did you have your eyes closed throughout the entire purchase process (although looking at some of the Renault range that might not be a bad strategy
)?
jefmcg
Guru
He wants CDs. I also do not understand why, but to quote Woody Allen in a slightly different context, "the heart wants what the heart wants"
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
That's a good solution if he has somewhere to mount it. I didn't know those things existed but I guess there's no reason why they wouldn't in this day and age of wireless everything
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
I think CDs enable you to just listen to the album with no fuss. I find when I'm streaming from my phone, the temptation is always to choose another song/artist as soon as it pops into your head. CD's are less easy to locate in the car so are perhaps easier to "let play"
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
I like CDs. Case closed.
Biff600
Veteran
I bet it's still going round in there
Hopefully it would have burst into flames and incinerated the bastard that stole my Jensen !!!
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Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
That's the thing I miss, in my (2011 reg'd) Octavia; a DAB radio
The Adam (2013 reg'd) that we bought for daughter has DAB
Nice to listen to 6 Music, in it
Many years ago (mid 70's), my dad worked for a Butchers in Leeds, & sometimes came home in the owners Land Rover (S3, 109" Hard-Top), that had an 8-track in it
I still remember that Englebert Humperdink was on a couple of the cartridges
