SL/R232: After market CD player
Yesterday, 11:16 AM
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After market CD player
Most new cars no longer have CD players. Which is unfortunate,as I have hundreds of CDs. I知 sure I知 not alone with this minor conundrum 😎. Has anyone here installed an aftermarket CD player, or know of any that can (relatively) easily fit this car?
Yesterday, 11:28 AM
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Without a doubt, one of my biggest disappointments with automakers, is the unavailability of factory installed CD players, especially the six-disc changers. What a spectacular, simple, way to obtain outstanding music reproduction in a vehicle, but now it痴 gone. And with the way the factory audio systems are designed these days, adding an aftermarket CD player is not anything even remotely close to being a simple task溶ot to mention where to locate the unit in something like the R232. Oh well.
Yesterday, 11:35 AM
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not ideal but I wonder if those portable usb-c cd players will be recognized by the vehicle?
Today, 03:31 PM
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I don’t believe there are any new cars (model year 2025) in the US market available with Compact Disc players as a factory option.
It’s unfortunate, but this was going to happen eventually. Lincoln first introduced these for model year 1987 on their Town Car, and Mercedes-Benz on the S-Kassie for model year 1988. Compact Disc players have slowly started to experience a phase-out across the industry starting during th mid 2010s (S-Klasse removed it with the W222 facelift for model year 2018).
It’s unfortunate, but this was going to happen eventually. Lincoln first introduced these for model year 1987 on their Town Car, and Mercedes-Benz on the S-Kassie for model year 1988. Compact Disc players have slowly started to experience a phase-out across the industry starting during th mid 2010s (S-Klasse removed it with the W222 facelift for model year 2018).
