New 2019 Honda CRV has no CD player. I have a large CD collection which I lke to use on long trips. Is there any way to play them? I have a “walkman” and a wire which goes from the speaker port to a USB. However, putting it in the USB input and turning on the USB input, it does not recognize the in…

[image] lion9car: This brings up a related point. I’m not sure if the OP’s car can connect to separate devices for phone calls and audio at the same time, so that’s a point to investigate. Given his car is 2019, most likely it would allow for that, from my experience with my 2019 Accord. As …

This is my thought - precious few cars have amplifiers and speakers capable of true, high-quality reproduction. Beyond that, even fewer cars are quiet enough to hear the difference. For the OP I can think of a couple of solutions: The easiest would be to find a portable CD player on eBay and plug…

OK. Non-audio expert making the most of some expert advice. Here goes: There is no Aux input - That negates the use of an old-school portable CD player with a “headphone” style cord one could just connect. However, portable CD players are a hassle anyway (Been there done that in the 1990s). I h…

[image] GorehamJ: Or, you can also use a music player inserted into the USB port. No need for a music player. Most cars will play files saved to a USB ‘thumb’ drive.

Indeed, thank you very much for adding that! In effect, the USB holds the files and the vehicle plays them. I am not sure if this is universal, or not. If anyone knows, please chime in.

[image] GorehamJ: I think there is a pretty large group of audiophiles who may be interested in knowing if this can be done. Maybe, but unless they’re wholly out of touch, they’re not worried about 100% perfect sound in their car. The car is noisy, it’s shaped wrong for audio, there’s mandato…

[image] texases: No need for a music player. Most cars will play files saved to a USB ‘thumb’ drive. Yes, but that limits what you can do. You can only play the songs in order, and you might be able to shuffle them (play them in random order), but you can’t have multiple play lists, play a p…

It’s 2019…pay someone $100 on TaskRabbit to do it for you!

On both my Mustang (Sync 3) and my F-150 (base sync) you can indeed play music, by artist or genre. That’s a pretty common feature with most infotainment systems. You can do playlists with Sync 3, but you have to set up the lists beforehand when you’re putting music on the flash drive , the playlis…

Getting CD sound in a non-CD car?

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GorehamJ June 5, 2019, 4:21pm 32

Here is the owner’s manual page for playing music via a flash drive in a 2019 CR-V (OP’s vehicle)

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Getting CD sound in a non-CD car?

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