My new car has no CD player.....

[Bryn]

One would need a tardis to find such a car.

Not in terms of I.C.E. equipment, as has been mentioned in a previous thread on this topic. Many of today's come without CD facility. Us dinosaur CD users/buyers are a dying breed. .For instance:

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

One would need a tardis to find such a car.

... and, if one had a TARDIS, one wouldn't need a car!

[vinteuil]

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... I am assuming ICE stands for "In Car Entertainment". (Gosh, I'm clever... )

Many of us - what do I mean by 'us'? those in the over-65 cohort, those whose main interest is Classical Music - may have shedloads of CDs, not much interest in technology, enough means to contemplate Buying A Nice Car.

I don't have a smartphone, am not up to speed with any of the mp3 USB wav FLAC m4a (isn't that the turn-off for Slough?) etc lingo.

I join Alpie in thinking that a priority in our next car purchase will be - DOES IT HAVE A CD PLAYER???

Meanwhile, as the Hispano-Suiza is out of action, I shall get young Jenkins to wheel out the Armstrong-Siddely...


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[VodkaDilc]

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those in the over-65 cohort, those whose main interest is Classical Music - may have shedloads of CDs, not much interest in technology, enough means to contemplate Buying A Nice Car.

I don't have a smartphone, am not up to speed with any of the mp3 USB wav FLAC m4a (isn't that the turn-off for Slough?) etc lingo.

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My situation is similar to Vinteuil's, but with one big difference. I had several cars with CD players, but I always had the (probably unnecessarily cautious) impression that it might be risky to play my precious CDs in a car. As a result I missed the "CD in car" era completely. I now have a car with no CD player and lots of possibilities as mentioned in V'c last sentence (i.e. lots of meaningless initials.)

As a result I rely on my radio, with no feeling of being deprived of anything essential. In periods when I'm bored with the radio, I can always listen to the very soothing Sat-Nav lady. (or, dare I suggest it, listen to music with my inner-ear?)

Of course, what I really miss is the cassette. My German tapes were an ideal way to pass the time on a long journey and to improve my language ability at the same time.

[ARBurton]

I recently started a thread on this very subject, since which time I have begun to compile representative selections on memory sticks. I have also discovered that I can create playlists in my Spotify account, download those to my phone, and then play them through the bluetooth connection to the car stereo (with the Spotify app set to "offline mode" to avoid using tons of data). However, none of that replaces the simple pleasure of perusing shelves wondering which cds to take with me on any given journey, waiting for titles to leap off the shelf at me...

[vinteuil]

I recently started a thread on this very subject...

... thanks for the useful reminder -

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?19050-The-future-of-collecting&p=686531#post686531

[Cockney Sparrow]

Before spending time loading onto USB memory sticks, I suggest trialling how they turn out. We were listening to CDs of the dramatisation of the Barchester Chronicles (on long journeys) and I ripped them onto a memory stick. However, they came out in a muddle (which added impetus to finding the DVD to play a CD and connect into the aux input). I'm sure its all down to metadata but for me, life is too short to spend time on that.
Playlists (for works in classical music as opposed to songs) in Spotify or equivalents might be worth considering but I'd rather pick up a CD and play it......

[Conchis]

Problem solved - I plugged my iPod into the dock, deleted some stuff that was on the rig already and soon the rig and the pod had made friends and were talking teach other.

I can now play whatever's on my iPod, so happy days! Fortunately, I have loads of space still left on it and I can manipulate it from a screen display. Hopefully, this will mean the car gets less crowded with CDs and cases.

[richardfinegold]

I recently started a thread on this very subject, since which time I have begun to compile representative selections on memory sticks. I have also discovered that I can create playlists in my Spotify account, download those to my phone, and then play them through the bluetooth connection to the car stereo (with the Spotify app set to "offline mode" to avoid using tons of data). However, none of that replaces the simple pleasure of perusing shelves wondering which cds to take with me on any given journey, waiting for titles to leap off the shelf at me...

Agreed.
However, I do think that a fair number of the CDs that have missing from my collectio9n--usually leaving an empty jewel box behind as a momento- were ones that were lifted out of the the cd player at home by myself or my wife ( "I've just got to see how this Tchaikovsky ends, let's listen in the car").

[ARBurton]

Before spending time loading onto USB memory sticks, I suggest trialling how they turn out. We were listening to CDs of the dramatisation of the Barchester Chronicles (on long journeys) and I ripped them onto a memory stick. However, they came out in a muddle (which added impetus to finding the DVD to play a CD and connect into the aux input). I'm sure its all down to metadata but for me, life is too short to spend time on that.
Playlists (for works in classical music as opposed to songs) in Spotify or equivalents might be worth considering but I'd rather pick up a CD and play it......

Yes, I`ve found it necessary to create folders - eg Beethoven - then a subfolder - eg symphonies - then a subfolder for each work then title each "track" or movement beginning 001, 002 etc. Otherwise the machine lists/plays everything in alphabetical order.

Naturally, one tries not to search through folders while the vehicle is in motion for obvious safety reasons.

I tried using a portable cd player connected via an aux socket but the level of audio output was too low...

[Pulcinella]

Yes it would. This is what I use for my non-iPod music player in the car.

Yes, it does!
Haven't done a road test yet (don't use the car much!) but it behaved as expected when tested in the car just now. Nice Mister Richer Sounds (where I bought the lead) advised me to turn the iPod output to maximum, which makes sense.
So, on our next jolly jaunt we'll have something other than R3 twittering or CFM offerings to listen to, assuming that the volume level is ok.

[Nick Armstrong]

Meanwhile, as the Hispano-Suiza is out of action, I shall get young Jenkins to wheel out the Armstrong-Siddely...

We have a perfectly acceptable sound system in the Facel Vega...