Playing CDs in a 2023 G70

[G-241803]

How do you play CDs in a G70?

 

[joegr]

You rip the CDS to MP3s (or other format), put those on a USB drive, and plug that into the USB port in the car.

 

[XamnosiddA]

And for better sound fidelity, rip them to FLAC or WAV files and either play them from your phone or use the USB drive. FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. That way you won't lose any of the CD's quality.

You could install a CD player but that's a whole other conversation.

 

[Volfy]

Most of my older CDs have tracks that are recognized by PCs as native WAV files, so I basically just copy the tracks directly from a CD-ROM drive into HDD or USB drive. These days, they go straight into my phone. Some later ones have copyright protection that prevent you from direct copying, so you'll have to rip them, preferably in a lossless format, as mentioned.

Speaking of CD players, my wife just found a nice compact portable one over the Holidays while rummaging through some old storage boxes. We thought about keeping it, or even donating to Goodwill, but we just decided it's basically as obsolete as a cassette tape player at this point and rather pointless. In the trash bin it went.

 

[PMCErnie]

Stop by the Best Buy car audio section, or any local car audio shop. I sense that you need local advice if you prefer to continue to play actual CDs in your car.

 

[pulsar]

Most of my older CDs have tracks that are recognized by PCs as native WAV files, so I basically just copy the tracks directly from a CD-ROM drive into HDD or USB drive. These days, they go straight into my phone. Some later ones have copyright protection that prevent you from direct copying, so you'll have to rip them, preferably in a lossless format, as mentioned.

Speaking of CD players, my wife just found a nice compact portable one over the Holidays while rummaging through some old storage boxes. We thought about keeping it, or even donating to Goodwill, but we just decided it's basically as obsolete as a cassette tape player at this point and rather pointless. In the trash bin it went.

I have a number of albums on a portable HD that I think are in .WAV format. So you’re saying if I copy those files over to a USB stick, the front USB port will read those and play OK on our system? I’ve played from my IPhone before and from a IPod before when plugged into the front port, but did not realize our system would read files direct from a USB stick before?

 

[joegr]

I have a number of albums on a portable HD that I think are in .WAV format. So you’re saying if I copy those files over to a USB stick, the front USB port will read those and play OK on our system? I’ve played from my IPhone before and from a IPod before when plugged into the front port, but did not realize our system would read files direct from a USB stick before?

Not only that, your portable hard drive may work as is.

 

[Volfy]

I have a number of albums on a portable HD that I think are in .WAV format. So you’re saying if I copy those files over to a USB stick, the front USB port will read those and play OK on our system? I’ve played from my IPhone before and from a IPod before when plugged into the front port, but did not realize our system would read files direct from a USB stick before?

With my previous cars, I used to do just that with WAV files stored on USB thumb drives. These days, it's far more convenient to store them on my phone, which is always connected every time I get in the car. I have no reason to think G70 wouldn't let you play WAV files on USB drive.

 

[pulsar]

Not only that, your portable hard drive may work as is.

Will give it a try, but there are a lot of other files on that portable drive so if my G70 can search out and find only .WAV files located in that specific file folder, that would be really cool, but I’m not holding my breath It can figure that out on its on.

 

[Volfy]

I just tried it with an USB stick and CD WAV files played just fine. I had 4 CD's copied over into their separate folders, and the USB music player read those as separate albums. Pretty much the same as other cars I've tried.

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[PMCErnie]

Will give it a try, but there are a lot of other files on that portable drive so if my G70 can search out and find only .WAV files located in that specific file folder, that would be really cool, but I’m not holding my breath It can figure that out on its on.

He means that a portable drive may work for you.

 

[orange260z]

How do you play CDs in a G70?

put a 1990s (not a 1980s, that's only if you want to play cassettes) "ghetto blaster" in the back seat