jonesgreg

I know that Kenny R, Langers2K, PetrolDave and NikTheGeek are all right in your comments about putting CDs onto an SD card as the sure-fire way of accessing all my CD collection, but I've seen videos on YouTube of guys connecting CD drives with a USB cable to the USB port in the central console of their cars, albeit most of them are American or Australian. Also, I've see pictures of a portable CD player looking as though it's connected in a car, but couldn't tell what player it was. I've thought of using the Bluetooth connection because I'm already able to do that with my smart phone, which has a limited number of my CDs on it. So, any ideas which makes of portable Bluetooth CD players might do the job would be very helpful. Thanks

Thanks, Kenny R. I've known that ever since I bought the car, but life's too short to spend it transferring over 300 CDs to several SD cards!! Besides, I like the actual CDs and their covers. Call me old-fashioned, but do I care? No, so any help on external CD drives or portable CD players would be nice. Thanks.

Hi there. I have just bought a 2018 Octavia SE Technology estate which doesn't have CD slot in the console in the glove box, only an SD card slot. I want to play my CDs and I'm aware that it may be possible to use external CD drives connected to the Infotainment System via the USB port below the central console. Has anyone ever tried this and got it to work? I know that it may also be possible to use portable CD players connected the same way, but they require either batteries or being connected to a power supply. Also, some of these types of CD players have Bluetooth but often the description says that they may not work when connected to some car audio systems. So, please advise what I should do? Which external CD drive or portable CD player would work in my Octavia?