Help with cd player please

[Justonemoreskoda]

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. 

[D402]

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. 

[Justonemoreskoda]

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. 

[langers2k]

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

[Justonemoreskoda]

Thanks.. 

That's a pain.

Nick

[JR RS]

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.

[D402]

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

[Justonemoreskoda]

Very good.. 🤪

[freelunch]

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! 🙂

[Justonemoreskoda]

Thanks bud.

 

[deedie]

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

 

 

[Justonemoreskoda]

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... 

[deedie]

Ah okay. That won't work then. 

 

Not much you can do then.

[Bap33]

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... 😁

[JR RS]

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, 2021 by JR RS

[Justonemoreskoda]

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.

[BOD20]

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.

[Justonemoreskoda]

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

[kentdale]

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.

[Justonemoreskoda]

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

[budster]

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.