HerHusband writes:

This is not a newer car. 96 Plymouth Voyager, with factory radio. This
was their better option back then, some came with only an AM FM radio,
and I believe they could still get a cassette tape model too, so thi CD
model was top of the line back then. I dont think bluetooth even existed
at that time. It would be nice if it had come with an AUX jack though.
The CD player is nice compared to cassette, or just plain radio, but
changing CDs while driving is a pain, and keeping them in the car gets
messy. MP3 solves all of that. Rather than a CD with 10 or 20 songs, a
MP3 player can have hundreds of songs, and in a much smaller package.

Can your CD player play MP3's burned to a standard data CD? I know some can
which would allow you to fit close to 100 songs or more on a single CD
(depending on the MP3 bitrate).

I have a 2006 Scion Xb. The CD player also does MP3s.
Physically, the CD can hold upward of 700 MP3 tracks at the default bit rate.

Unfortunately, the CD player must have an 8Bit CPU poorly programmed,
because the player only recognizes the first 255 tracks on the CD.

Still, 250 tracks per CD is quite a lot and I no longer suffer through
radio commercials.

Otherwise, have you considered getting a new stereo for your car? There are
adapters for most cars that let you replace a factory radio with a standard
DIN style stereo. I used a Scoche adapter plate to put a standard AM/FM/CD
with USB port in my daughters old Taurus.

Anthony Watson
www.watsondiy.com
www.mountainsoftware.com

I'm surprised at the number of high end cars I've been in that
can't handle data CDs (MP3s). Congrats to Toyota for the player
in the Scion. The car also has IPOD and AUX ports but the MP3
CDs do the job just fine.

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Dan Espen