Good morning all. 

 

I've recently purchased a 2021 superb sportline and it doesn't have a cd player. Fair enough.

 

I'm a bit of a luddite and have a stack of cds. I have a cd reader which plays no issues via the PC, but when plugged into the USB slot in the elbow compartment,  states there are no readable files on the cd.. 

 

Quite a few of the albums are not available on apps like napster..

 

I'd like to play my cds in car, help please. 

Rip your CDs to a lossless format such as FLAC then copy them to a USB memory stick to play in the car. I use a free PC app called Exact Audio Copy for this. 

Thanks bud.. but the point is, being a luddite,  I want to play the cds in the car, not another form... the laptop I used to read them is a work one, so I can't use it for ripping.. 

 

I'm wondering if I can buy another cd player and connect it using the correct cable to the USB. 

 

However, thanks for the suggestion. I like physical things like cds and books that are tangible. 

I don't believe your car supports any USB CD drive I'm afraid 😞

Thanks.. 

That's a pain.

Nick

Does ur CD player have an AUX out?

If so, plug it into the car's AUX-in port uses jack cables.

 

Otherwise ur only option, as it's been already mentioned - is to rip it CDs onto a USB flash drive and then transfer it to the car's jukebox.

Or just play it directly from the flash drive.

I wonder if ripping the CDs, burning the ripped files to a CD then putting that in the reader would work and be close enough to the CD experience

Very good.. 🤪

My 2016 Sportline has a Columbus unit in it that comes with a CD player in the glove box. If you hit a pothole or a speed bump, it skips.

 

My wife is proud to say she is a Luddite. There is simply no helping her...

 

Good luck in your quest! 🙂

Thanks bud.

 

Buy an old portable CD player and connect the headphone jack to the aux in on the car. 

 

 

52 minutes ago, deedie said:

Buy an old portable CD player and connect the headphone jack to the aux in on the car. 

 

 

I only have the USB port... 

Ah okay. That won't work then. 

 

Not much you can do then.

On 31/08/2021 at 12:34, Justonemoreskoda said:

I like physical things like cds and books that are tangible

SD cards are physical things... 😁

7 hours ago, Justonemoreskoda said:

I only have the USB port... 

 

damn....so the facelift Superb doesn't get an AUX jack either?!??!

 

MIB3 is for the most part buggy.

No CD-drive

No SD-Card

No AUX jack

 

wowsers....Skoda has gone backwards with connectivity options!!

Edited 2 September, 20215 yr by JR RS

But the situation is a lot, lot worse elsewhere.. vauxhall for example are like the wine choice in hot fuzz..

Petrol... or diseasal... the only upgrades are in media .... no 'performance ' engines. 

Ford is pretty dire too. 

And everyone being sold down the battery ev route, rather than the hydrogen one...

 

I'm happy I got one of the last performance cars at least.

The only other option would be a portable CD player with Bluetooth out. You could connect that to the Columbus audio system using the Bluetooth feature.

 

Not so handy to actually operate the CD player, though.

That could work, I hadn't thought of bt cd players. Thank you

I had the same thoughts with our new Superb,love cd's in our old Volvo, put my music on a pen drive and works great,sounds great,plugged into usb in the arm rest box.

Thanks.. the only laptop I have is a drive- locked work laptop... 

You could try a company like this which will take your CDs and convert them for you and send back on a USB stick:

 

https://transfermagic.co.uk/services/cd-conversion/

 

Never used them, so not making a recommendation and I'm sure there will be other companies offering the same. Would probably be cheaper than buying a dedicated laptop and doing it yourself.