[Closed] Cars without CD players

People still use CDs?

This person does 😀

Get with the program, granddad!

All the cool kids are using Zunes these days.

Do you want slimline salad dressing?

30 years and a plastic cover to you chief

I can't remember last time I used a cd in the car. Just plug a usb stick in now.

They have BT connectivity instead as a step into the 21st century? There's a good chance I'm older than you, but get with it granddad - I'd happily trade my CD player for built in BT music.

That may be fine on the drive but how does it work when the car's away from the house, anyway we're not with BT, we went with Sky instead. 😉
I'm only 46 😳

I mourn my old "Max-Power" E30 with a minidisc player - now [i]that[/i] was a music delivery mechanism suitable for a car. Grab a battered disc from the glovebox and shove it in for perfecto soundage. Everything else was a backwards move.

Now pass me my werthers.

I installed a Kenwood DAB unit in my car five or six years ago, which has a CD slot, along with a front USB slot.
It's never been used. I cannot see the point in cluttering up the car with a bunch of discs that only hold around 70 minutes of music, when I can connect my phone, my iPods, or a memory stick with gigabytes of music on using the USB port.
Many recent cars have a USB port for plugging devices into, along with a 3.5mm input for an analogue connector.
The dropping of CD slots has been going on for a number of years, you might as well ask why they don't still have a cassette slot as well, seeing as how da yoof are getting all moist over cassette releases of new albums.

Wombat I paid extra for a CD autochanger in my car in 2007. I have NEVER used it !

Now a jack-plug in or a USB connecter is much more useful, some Toyotas now have 2 USB connectors

On that point, BMW persisted with cassette slots for a worrying amount of time; almost as if they didn't get the memo.

I just put a new JVC DAB Radio in the Binnersmobile. If I want to listen to owt other than DAB I just plug my iPhone into the USB. There is one really bad thing about this. My 12 year old daughter can whip the USB out and plug hers in instead, and I can't do much about it while I'm driving. Have you listened to the music presently popular with12 year old girls?!! 😯

Given that she won't even know what a CD is, I might go retro instead 🙂

Jambalaya, I have a CD changer in my current (6 year old) car and use it all the time.

I still miss haviing a cassette deck in the car, there was nothing better than a carefully put together compilation tape on a journey.

Centralscruitoniser +1
The real PITA will be converting all the Cds I have in my car to put them onto an mp3 music player.
I've not even finished transferring my vinyl to Cd yet.

Both out cars have cd's in, both less than a year old, both top of range.

what kind of cars are you looking at? Dacia?

Wish my car had a cassette player, rave tapes galore in my cupboard wasting away!

@Johndrummer, you'd think so wouldn't you but so far the list is, current model Skoda Superb, Peugeot 508 and 308 so far, available as an option on Mazda 6 and a couple of Volvos
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Might try Dacia if it means I can keep my bangin choonz

[quote=wombat ]The real PITA will be converting all the Cds I have in my car to put them onto an mp3 music player.

Insert CD in computer, click on rip in WMP, rinse and repeat. How many CDs do you have in your car to make it a PITA? This is something on which you're basing car choice? 😯

[quote=centralscrutinizer ]I still miss haviing a cassette deck in the car, there was nothing better than a carefully put together compilation tape on a journey.

As opposed to a playlist? 🙄

I mean here I am thinking I'm a bit behind the times on some of this and you lot making me feel positively leading edge.

Just been on the Ford website, both Kuga and Mustang have CD players with MP3 capability. I assume other models also have the same. Although TBH the Mustang has it's own soundtrack 😉

Are you sure they don't have CD player? Not just "well hidden" in the 'infotainment' system?

Jambalaya, I have a CD changer in my current (6 year old) car and use it all the time.

I do appreciate other views are available ! I suppose what the manufacturers are reflecting is that CDs are dying out and most people would rather have a different feature.

As opposed to a playlist?

Playlist vs mixtape
Maps vs satnav
Guidebooks vs .GXP files

Sometimes it's a bit more fun to put the extra effort in. And where's the romance in giving a girl a playlist!

I miss having a CD player in my car.

(There, I've said it...)

Wish my car had a cassette player, rave tapes galore in my cupboard wasting away!

+1

All my tapes seem to have the same tunes as all the "new" dance albums out these days.

A playlist doesn't require the thought or commitment of a well crafted mix tape.

The presence of a CD player isn't the only criterion for a potential car purchase, that's would be silly

[quote=thisisnotaspoon ]
Playlist vs mixtape
Maps vs satnav
Guidebooks vs .GXP files
Sometimes it's a bit more fun to put the extra effort in. And where's the romance in giving a girl a playlist!

Well there are obvious advantages to a map over a satnav or a guidebook over a GXP...

I suspect if you gave a mixtape to somebody who could reasonably be described as a girl that not only would she have no idea what to do with it, she wouldn't even have any idea what it was.

Insert CD in computer,

Computers have CD slots? What is the world coming to?

Are you sure they don't have CD player? Not just "well hidden" in the 'infotainment' system

Lots have moved the CD transport away from the touchscreen in the middle of the car. VAG stuff has it in the glovebox, unless they cheap out and don't include it (just a blank instead), like on the current Octavia.

Haven't used a CD in the car for about a decade. Once iPod interfaces (then later Bluetooth audio) existed, I've never felt the need.

[quote=wombat ]A playlist doesn't require the thought or commitment of a well crafted mix tape.

It appears to require exactly the same amount of artistic thought - it's just the extra wasted effort and time involved in making a mixtape makes it seem like you're putting more into it.

The presence of a CD player isn't the only criterion for a potential car purchase, that's would be silly

😳 ah - just the main criterion?

Listen to the radio.

My car has a CD/DVD player, I've had it from new (4 years now) and I don't think I've ever used it to play either, just use an iPod in the glovebox via USB.

Had my last car for two years and I couldn't tell you if the cd player worked or not, never used it. Not sure if through one before got used either come to think of it. A usb socket was a must have in the replacement cost, and I was gutted when I found out BMW don't include Bluetooth streaming as standard, tight ****ers.

First thing i did with the van was buy a DAB bluetooth ipod handsfree thing. Strangely though i still fill up the glovebox with CDs and prefer them to the other gubbins.

I still have a cassette player in my van because I can connect an MP3 player or my phone via one of those cassettes with a cable sticking out of it. Our car has CD, aux and USB but I prefer using the MP3 player.

I love my CD player. But it has a habit of swallowing CDs and refusing to eject them. Known issue with Meganes. Wasn't too bad when it was Neil Young but I was relieved when it finally ejected The Smartest Giant in Town.

In fact, even the three year old was glad.

On the whole though, it's Radio 4 - I look forward to the peaceful time we spend together.

My Golf comes with a CD/DVD player but also has Bluetooth, a USB/ipod/aux in connection, two SD card slots and a built in 64GB hard disk - 10GB can be used for music.

I've just transferred most of my music to the built in Jukebox hard drive which seems the best solution for listening to music. I've occasionally used the CD player but it's located in the glovebox and difficult to access on the move.

Mine came with a CD player. Not used it except for putting a QOTSA CD-R in it that I had in my old car's glovebox. I use Radio 4 (FM), USB, or bluetooth instead.

I'm with the OP.
Why the hell am I going to mess about collecting my music on one silly little bit of plastic when it comes in a unit that I can see and identify?
I see what I want by looking at the 4" square label and shove it in. No menu checking.
As for the phone. Well some of us sadly own one but happily have no bloody idea where it is. Why would it be switched on unless I want to call some one?
I sit smug in knowing that I have not descended to modern levels.
In fact in the Land Rover there is no radio at all. I talk to the person next to me or happily plan world domination if by myself.

I only have CDs .I wouldnt know how to get music on anything else like a usb

first thing i did when i bought my current car was swap in the head unit from my old car that took USB / CD / AUX in.. i used to use the usb stick a lot, as times gone on use the AUX all the time (iphone in mount) and the rest rarely. next car i'd want bluetooth and aux at the bare minimum.

hell i'm sat here at home with my morning coffee listening to music via a hi-fi amp bluetooth receiver into an old amp ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-980-000913-Bluetooth-Audio-Adapter/dp/B00IJYG4FY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473231920&sr=8-1 )

Edric 64 - Member
I only have CDs .I wouldnt know how to get music on anything else like a usb

comes with a CD/DVD player but also has Bluetooth, a USB/ipod/aux in connection, two SD card slots and a built in 64GB hard disk - 10GB can be used for music.

As per Sludge Judge my new car came with a gazillion entertainment options as above. As well as Apple CarPlay.
Not sure if I'd ever use a CD though. I sold almost all mine to music Magpie years ago

bluetooth connection in mine that connects automatically to my ipod nano, where I can fit a thousand years of music on* Great stuff.

*not actually a thousand years

I'm with the OP here. I haven't made the technoleap to mp3 or whatever format is needed. Tapes were fine too. You know, something manual/analogue to shove into a player instead of pushing buttons on a phone. Pah, humbug.

Sat nav too- always going wrong. Paper maps ftw.

[off to smoke pipe and wear slippers ]

bearnecessities - Member

On that point, BMW persisted with cassette slots for a worrying amount of time; almost as if they didn't get the memo.

My sister's 05 plate Polo came with a cassette player as standard; in 2005!!

I don't think I would buy a car with no CD player.

I might be stuck with my current one for the next 30 years!

FunkyDunc - Member

Both out cars have cd's in, both less than a year old, both top of range.

Get you!

Mine's from 2011 it's also the top spec one, it doesn't come with a CD player, you can use the DVD slot in the sat-nav I'm told. It's got two SD card slots and Aux socket and an in-built ipod dock, but it's the old style one so pretty useless.

The cheaper ones had CD players.

The real PITA will be converting all the Cds I have in my car to put them onto an mp3 music player

And that right there is why we still use a bundle of CDs.

But you know, just to get with the times, we've also got bluetooth capability and phones that do a bluetooth music doohickey.

I hear some of the youth are even still using those giant vinyl record things. Although not in a car.

Our Corniche still has its eight track player. The tapes are as big as a cereal packet.

I still miss haviing a cassette deck in the car, there was nothing better than a carefully put together compilation tape on a journey.

This.

On a related note, my local supermarket is selling racks of things called "DVD's"...

Que?

On a related but not related note. In the 20yr old truck I have a 10 yr old DAB blaukpunt wireless. It has an aux in but it's really quiet compared to the volume on the radio or CD.

Is this an output 'volume' issue from my iphone? Do these inline 3.5mm amps work to amplify this signal and thus encourage the wireless to be a tad more enthusiastic?

[u]Our Corniche[/u]still has its eight track player. The tapes are as big as a cereal packet.

wins the thread as usual .... and it only took 2 words really ....

pictonroad - Member

On a related but not related note. In the 20yr old truck I have a 10 yr old DAB blaukpunt wireless. It has an aux in but it's really quiet compared to the volume on the radio or CD.

Is this an output 'volume' issue from my iphone? Do these inline 3.5mm amps work to amplify this signal and thus encourage the wireless to be a tad more enthusiastic?

Presumably you've turned the volume right up on the device?
The stereo in our car has got an aux in, which is a plain 3.5mm jack (as well as a USB socket for a flash drive).
When you choose 'aux' as the source and then press the menu button, there is an option to increase the output from the aux socket - ours has 3 levels.
Perhaps you have this option, once you've selected aux....?

"Our corniche"

What he neglected to mention is that it's holding up the corner of his house and is in use as a wood store

This thread has reminded me that I haven't listened a Music CD in at least 5 years, I've got a 'media PC' that I know will play a CD, but my only 'CD player' is my old Denon one from 1997 which is in storage because I can't bare to throw it out. We don't have a DVD or Bluray player in the house any more since the PS3 died a few years ago. The 'media pc' which sit under the telly has a disc drive, but I couldn't tell you what standard it is - other than it will play CDs at a minimum.

Work in IT and disc media is all but obsolete here too. One of the older lads still has a book of discs with media for OS and stuff like that, but I haven't seen it used in years.

Funny how things fade away.

I wouldnt buy a car without DAB radio and a USB input, but a CD player... 😀

Wombats previous car

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Djglover - Very similar, the main difference is that mine was right hand drive 😉

Work in IT and disc media is all but obsolete here too.

Don't assume it obsolete just because you don't use it. Only the other week, we were scrabbling around looking for our only remaining 3.5" floppy drive and I've just come across someone still using DATAEASE on a x486 - it suits their business needs perfectly, so why change.

I haven't seen an Iomega Zip drive in years though.

Graphic Equalizer for equalizing the graphics.

I have a CD player in my (nearly 3 year old) car. It's good, it gets used.

It is hidden in the glove box though, and I use the bluetooth and stuff far more often.

Most new cars with CD players will play CD-Rs with MP3s too. Not as handy as 32gb USB drive / SD card but my CD-Rs were created with artisan skills and huge amount of work in the 90's and couldn't just bin them until they were scratched unreadable. Encoding a CD on 200MHz Pentium took several hours...

Our car has a CD player, and USB, and Bluetooth, and an Aux line in and a hard drive, and internet, and a wifi hotspot (if I want one)

Pretty sure CD/USB/BT/Aux is the minimum standard across the range.

Cds aren't obsolete any more than vinyl is.
Just buy a decent car wombat and don't chuck your money. away on something new.

current car 2010 cmax has a cd player with aux socket. no usb or bluetooth

i still have a pioneer keh-p8200 head unit, pioneer cdx-fm128 12 disc changer with spare cartidge, pioneer gm-x802 amplifier and all the speakers sat in the loft

wife is thinking of changing jobs so i might have to buy another car...might get a cheap banger and install it and give her the cmax

My Octavia has a cd player hidden away in the glove box but I never use it. It's far better to put the cds on an sd card. Cds in cars were always a disaster - they would eventually get damaged so you had to put copies in the car. Far better to copy to a card and not worry about it. It takes up hardly any time and is just a better system.

The main downside is the stupid menus you have to navigate - whilst driving. But I think modern cars need to seriously think about their interfaces - even simple things like changing the radio seems to involve lots of dangerous menus.

[quote=DezB ]Cds aren't obsolete any more than vinyl is.

Ah - you own the car in djglover's picture?

I haven't seen an Iomega Zip drive in years though.

I have one in the study drawer. Not even eBay wants it. 🙁

But I think modern cars need to seriously think about their interfaces - even simple things like changing the radio seems to involve lots of dangerous menus.

I too have an octavia. Changing the radio station involves pressing another preset on the touchscreen - or maybe changing the source to FM if you're in an area with no DAB. It's not inordinately hard or distracting. Of course if you want to select a new DAB station you'll need a passenger to do it for you and even explaining it to them will probably be dangerously distracting.