Purchased a 2018 Mazda CX5 Grand Touring, now I notice that it does not have a CD Player, figured I could use a mass storage device (portable) to play music, owners manual says cannot do this, audio does not support this, any way around this, only way I see to play my music is to use my laptop. Any ideas.
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Usb with tour favourite playlists?
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD
USB players are not actually considered mass storage devices in USB definition - you need to use a USB thumb drive as mass storage as others have mentioned. Or a phone with music mounted as mass storage.
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD
CD players don't present themselves as other mass storage devices to - although power may be an issue, it is likely more around controls and how data is presented. CDs have a different standard for how data is read and written then other mass storage devices.
That's not OP's issue. OP's appears to be regarding certain mass storage.
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- 2017 CX-5 GT AWD
It wasn't clear to me as OP said " figured I could use a mass storage device (portable) to play music, "
Since all mass storage devices are portable, and the title is CD player, I assume he was trying to use a portable CD player. There are many USB CD players for PCs, so not an unusual idea and some people think of them as mass storage devices.
I think the correct question is....how old is he?
Not so fast. Last year CD's & Vinyl actually sold more than digital copies (mp3). People want a physical media like the album cover where they can touch it, read the liner notes, read the lyrics, thumb through the cover art, etc.
So don't knock CD's & vinyl because stats show they are holding strong and out paced mp3 last year when it came to sales.
As a matter of fact, Sony announced it is opening up a record factory because demand is high. Sony is having a hard time finding record engineers since they all retired and nobody young took on the trade so they are calling them back from retirement.
Streaming has put a bigger dent in mp3 sales than physical media. I haven't bought a digital song in many years...because I have Spotify.
Been discussed before. Please see solutions in following threads:
No CD Player in vehicle - Does this make a difference to you?
CD Player in a 2017
Note: Yes this is 2018 model whilst the others are 2017 but that doesn't make it different. The issue is the same.
No CD Player in vehicle - Does this make a difference to you?
CD Player in a 2017
Note: Yes this is 2018 model whilst the others are 2017 but that doesn't make it different. The issue is the same.
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The problem with streaming is that when the internet goes down, you have no music.
I don't want some "cloud" based server to have control of my music. I want to be in control. I can turn play it when I want to without relying on some server in Texas or wherever accessing it which requires an internet connection.
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It works both ways. You could lose all your media due to fire, theft, etc.
Each option has its pros and cons. One could argue about the cost of streaming, but at $10 month, many people would never get close to the cost of an average size music library. But if you already bought the library, why spend money to stream what you own?
For me, I am just cheap. I can't stand another monthly fee. So I am happy with radio and ripping all the discs i own. But my daughter uses Spotify and builds her own library - she does get a student discount too, so for her it is more affordable.
I'm 80, the thing is, I was not concerned about a CD Player being installed, I assumed it had one, my mistake, but the way the console is in the 2018, I don't see where they could install it. Will try the thumb drive as suggested in other replys. What is the difference (not counting size) between my WD portable storage and a thumb drive, they both use a USB port, I don't understand how one can work and the other cannot. Thanks.
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Here's a picture showing the CD/DVD player location from a Japanese CX-5. Many countries get CD player but unfortunately Mazda North American Operations decided not to offer it to US customers.
The reason why the infotainment system in your 2018 CX-5 supports a USB thumb drive but not your USB WD portable storage is because it doesn't have device driver (a software program to handle communication between devices) for your WD portable storage. Your computer can accept any USB devices is becausd it can load new device drivers to support any new USB devices, but we can't load any new device drivers into our infotainment system, unless someone writes a device driver program, and hack the system to load the device driver.
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