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Offline carotino

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Woulda quite liked the sat nav..
« on: 19 April 2013, 19:40 »
But single cd payer in the glovebox is as much use as a chocolate teapot.

Will a six disc changer be possible retro fitted?

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Re: Woulda quite liked the sat nav..
« Reply #1 on: 19 April 2013, 19:55 »
6  CD changer is a bit OTT really, I hardly use it and won't miss it.
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Re: Woulda quite liked the sat nav..
« Reply #2 on: 19 April 2013, 19:59 »
But single cd payer in the glovebox is as much use as a chocolate teapot.

Will a six disc changer be possible retro fitted?

Embrace the future & get yourself an mp3  :laugh:
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Re: Woulda quite liked the sat nav..
« Reply #3 on: 19 April 2013, 20:01 »
I'd just copy all the music to an SD card or usb stick in lossless format, sorted!
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Re: Woulda quite liked the sat nav..
« Reply #4 on: 19 April 2013, 20:43 »
Forgotten what a cd looks like  :laugh:

Get yourself an iPod or sd card/USB stick as others have said.
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Re: Woulda quite liked the sat nav..
« Reply #5 on: 19 April 2013, 20:48 »
People will be moaning that there is no tape player soon....
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Re: Woulda quite liked the sat nav..
« Reply #6 on: 23 April 2013, 15:47 »
People will be moaning that there is no tape player soon....
To be fair, it is quite possible for people to not want to use an SD card or ipod.  Both of those options are potentially complex and expensive ones that basically require a fairly significant change to the way you use your music.  Copying many CDs over to a £100+ ipod is a pain when you think 'why can't I just use my CDs?'  An SD card has similar problems and I was recently forced to spend extra to get all my itunes music converted to non-DRM files because everything older than a certain date would just not play from an SD card otherwise.  From the sound of things you won't get album artwork up if its not in MP3 format, so I'll have to reconvert everything from AAC to MP3 at some point too.

Needless to say if you have the CD in your hand this all sounds like an avoidable waste of time and money.  Now, if the CD is in the glovebox that is also annoying.  So while personally I'm going for the SatNav and will use SD cards I can understand why the OP is disappointed.

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Re: Woulda quite liked the sat nav..
« Reply #7 on: 23 April 2013, 16:04 »
To be fair, I do know a lot of people who still have glove boxes full of CDs.  But, these people also tend to have older cars as well.

However, I think things are sufficiently established in the world of MP3 that people should just move with the times.  Digital music is so accessible, and with software like "Easy CD-DA Extractor", ripping CDs, converting between formats, and removing DRM is a doddle.  I bought a 32GB SD card recently and it cost something like £16.  Most people use laptops these days, and most laptops have an SD card slot, so copying music around is simple too.
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Re: Woulda quite liked the sat nav..
« Reply #8 on: 23 April 2013, 16:07 »
Plus an SD card is a fiver - no clogging up your glove box with cd's that you never listen to, copy it all onto the card (if you don't have an MP3 player) then happy days!
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Re: Woulda quite liked the sat nav..
« Reply #9 on: 23 April 2013, 22:59 »
People will be moaning that there is no tape player soon....

Haha classic  :cool:

But what about an in-car Eight Track player:

http://itgsuperelectronicfun.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/8-track-player-car.html

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