Will it be possible to outfit a cybertruck with a CD player without screwing things up?

[Ebby Jones]

New member here. I loved listening my Compact Discs (CDs) . I bought a 2021 Ford F150 that according to an aftermarket audio installation place stated that if I wanted them to install a CD player I would lose most of the other electronic capabilities. I hate the truck for this reason. I carry around a battery powered boombox on the passenger seat like a moron now. Any thoughts?

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[FutureBoy]

I'd think there would be bluetooth CD players out and about. If the phone can use bluetooth to connect to the car, seems like a bluetooth CD player could also.

Or is that not a thing?

 

[ÆCIII]

New member here. I loved listening my Compact Discs (CDs) . I bought a 2021 Ford F150 that according to an aftermarket audio installation place stated that if I wanted them to install a CD player I would lose most of the other electronic capabilities. I hate the truck for this reason. I carry around a battery powered boombox on the passenger seat like a moron now. Any thoughts?

You would be smart to duplicate the tracks from all your CDs to USB solid state drives formatted in digital audio encoded formats such as MP3. With the storage available now, you can literally put the tracks of hundreds of CDs onto a single USB solid state drive. There are tons of software available for doing this and some software even organizes your music.

Once it's on a USB solid state drive, you connect it into the Tesla infotainment where it's easier and faster to access (no changing of CDs), while also being safer (no distractions of fiddling with CDs while driving). and you'll save wear and scratches on your CDs while being able to keep them stored away as archival backups.

Of course as mentioned, you could buy either a USB connected or bluetooth linked portable CD player, but you would be torturing yourself while risking safety from distractions, and continually adding more scratches or wear handling the CDs that you really want to take special care of if you like them so much.

One little USB drive fits in the palm of your hand and once connected it's out of sight and usually doesn't have to be ever messed with again. Would you rather carry all of your CDs around instead?

- ÆCIII

 

[Berno]

Of course you can install a CD player into your Cyber Truck, but you can only play SLAYER!!!

 

[CyberGus]

New member here. I loved listening my Compact Discs (CDs) . I bought a 2021 Ford F150 that according to an aftermarket audio installation place stated that if I wanted them to install a CD player I would lose most of the other electronic capabilities. I hate the truck for this reason. I carry around a battery powered boombox on the passenger seat like a moron now. Any thoughts?

Couldn't find an 8-Track player you liked? Hmmm.

CDs can be easily ripped into lossless file formats. The Tesla infotainment system will play music stored on a USB flash drive.

 

[FutureBoy]

I totally get the benefits of the flash drive methodology.

But in going to the thumb drive, there are also some features of the CD that get lost.

Like the whole procedure of finding and loading a specific CD.

Or the limited space of a CD that provides just about the right amount of music to be ready for a new CD once the current one is done. Having an almost limitless amount of space for files can cause overwhelm and boredom in the listening. Curating music for a listening session is nearly a lost art it seems. Appreciating the curation even more so.

Also, giving someone a CD as a present can be much more visual than giving them a thumb drive.

And using CDs does not eliminate the possibility of backing up the tracks on the computer or a separate thumb drive.

But scratching is an issue to deal with. Misplaced CDs can also be an issue. But misplacing a CD does not cost you a whole music library. Misplacing a thumb drive could.

To each thier own. Personally, I listened to music much more back when I used CDs. Now I have tons of music on my hard drive but almost never touch any of it. If there is something specific I want to hear, I tend to just go to YouTube to listen to the exact thing I want and then get distracted for a while with "related" items. The YouTube experience though is very much less than satisfying.

 

[CyberGus]

I totally get the benefits of the flash drive methodology.

But in going to the thumb drive, there are also some features of the CD that get lost.

Like the whole procedure of finding and loading a specific CD.

Or the limited space of a CD that provides just about the right amount of music to be ready for a new CD once the current one is done. Having an almost limitless amount of space for files can cause overwhelm and boredom in the listening. Curating music for a listening session is nearly a lost art it seems. Appreciating the curation even more so.

Also, giving someone a CD as a present can be much more visual than giving them a thumb drive.

And using CDs does not eliminate the possibility of backing up the tracks on the computer or a separate thumb drive.

But scratching is an issue to deal with. Misplaced CDs can also be an issue. But misplacing a CD does not cost you a whole music library. Misplacing a thumb drive could.

To each thier own. Personally, I listened to music much more back when I used CDs. Now I have tons of music on my hard drive but almost never touch any of it. If there is something specific I want to hear, I tend to just go to YouTube to listen to the exact thing I want and then get distracted for a while with "related" items. The YouTube experience though is very much less than satisfying.

 

[slomo]

If OP was a millennial it would be vinyl. Let's see if he asks about plaid seat covers, and if the CT is really an El Camino.

 

[slomo]

OK, serious answer. Car CD player with a line out to bluetooth adapter might work.

What could be groovy is finding a CD carousel and hiding it, perhaps under the second row. It would probably need 120V.

And yes, ripping the CD would be the rational solution. But that's not what OP asked.

 

[FutureBoy]

If OP was a millennial it would be vinyl. Let's see if he asks about plaid seat covers, and if the CT is really an El Camino.

Now there is a license plate to get for a CT:
LCAMINO

 

[CyberGus]

Easy fix

 

[Coolbreeze704]

If OP was a millennial it would be vinyl. Let's see if he asks about plaid seat covers, and if the CT is really an El Camino.

Vinyl? No problem. Will fit right under that marble dashboard in the CT

 

[FutureBoy]

Vinyl? No problem. Will fit right under that marble dashboard in the CT

LOL

Your post inspired me to search for automobile vinyl turntable

Here is what came up first:
EZTurn: The Turntable That Will Never Rust


Sure, fits under the dash (and cabin, and tires). But now I want one to park my CT on in the driveway so everyone can get a good look.

 

[HaulingAss]

New member here. I loved listening my Compact Discs (CDs) . I bought a 2021 Ford F150 that according to an aftermarket audio installation place stated that if I wanted them to install a CD player I would lose most of the other electronic capabilities. I hate the truck for this reason. I carry around a battery powered boombox on the passenger seat like a moron now. Any thoughts?

Why stop at a CD player?

Might as well install a cassette tape deck *and* an 8-track tape player. Only then will you be groovin'

 

[CyberSleuth]

Totally get the desire to keep your CDs. I think you could use an AUX to Bluetooth adapter (only about $15) and connect a Walkman-sized CD player to the truck that way. Alternatively, you might also be able to use an AUX to USB adapter.

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