CD Player

[Dmustang82]

It is not a big deal and will be hardly noticeable, but why is Ford bothering to put a CD player in the Mach 1 elite package? If I understood correctly from the price and build, Mustangs typically don’t have CD players anymore, but they come with the B&O system for some reason. Seems silly in 2021.

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[Bikeman315]

It is not a big deal and will be hardly noticeable, but why is Ford bothering to put a CD player in the Mach 1 elite package? If I understood correctly from the price and build, Mustangs typically don’t have CD players anymore, but they come with the B&O system for some reason. Seems silly in 2021.

Because people still have large collections of them and enjoy listening to them. They also sound better than most forms of streaming. I have my entire collection backed up on my computer but still enjoy listening to them in my Mustang.

Now if they put an 8 track player in the S650 I’d be concerned

 

[NGOT8R]

I thought the same thing with the B&O system, but figured I might as well use it as a backup. Once I get around to ripping the music from my CDs to jump drive, I’ll stop using it though. I keep thinking a disc is going to get stuck in there sooner or later and would rather stop using it before that happens.

 

[Rapid Red]

Think the USB storage is a cleaner route. Clutter wise and longer play, no skip ....... pot holes come to mind LMAO

 

[NGOT8R]

Think the USB storage is a cleaner route. Clutter wise and longer play, no skip ....... pot holes come to mind LMAO

I agree 100%. I have about 900 songs on my USB right now and another 200 or son on CDs that I still need to put on the USB.

 

[Bikeman315]

Think the USB storage is a cleaner route. Clutter wise and longer play, no skip ....... pot holes come to mind LMAO

I agree 100%. I have about 900 songs on my USB right now and another 200 or son on CDs that I still need to put on the USB.

The question isn’t which format is easiest for listening to music in your car. The question was why is Ford still including a CD player with the B&O system. The answer is that CD’s sound better than music stored on USB’s. Listen to a song on a CD and then on your USB. There is a difference.

By the way, consider the resurgence of vinyl. Not convenient nor long playing but the sound. No digital source even comes close.

 

[Dmustang82]

I would have thought most people would just stream off their phones, especially with sync/car play.

 

[Charlemagne]

Does FLAC work from USB?

 

[StangTime]

Does FLAC work from USB?

It does. RIP your CD collection to high-bit-rate flac and enjoy. I remember the days fumbling around trying to change CDs while driving. I don't miss that aspect of my past at all.

 

[Bikeman315]

It does. RIP your CD collection to high-bit-rate flac and enjoy. I remember the days fumbling around trying to change CDs while driving. I don't miss that aspect of my past at all.

You think CD’s are tough......

 

[sk47]

Because people still have large collections of them and enjoy listening to them. They also sound better than most forms of streaming. I have my entire collection backed up on my computer but still enjoy listening to them in my Mustang.

Now if they put an 8 track player in the S650 I’d be concerned

Hello; I also have a lot of factory CD's, maybe a 1000+. I also rip many onto my computer. I burn songs onto blank CD's. That way I can keep the originals at home safe.

When I found out the CD was being discontinued in cars I decided to try putting songs onto a USB memory stick. Turns out it is a mixed bag of formats for the car makers. I had ripped CD's in WMA format for many years, maybe 600+. Turns out WMA will not play in some makes of cars. Some cars will only play MP3 format. For what it is worth Ford Mustangs will play either format.

 

[cmxPPL219]

It is not a big deal and will be hardly noticeable, but why is Ford bothering to put a CD player in the Mach 1 elite package? If I understood correctly from the price and build, Mustangs typically don’t have CD players anymore, but they come with the B&O system for some reason. Seems silly in 2021.

It may seem silly at first, but in addition to what others have mentioned above, this was a deliberate decision by Ford due to a large part of the demographic that is buying this car (read: age).

While some buyers in "younger cohorts" will never touch that CD player in the life of the vehicle for obvious reasons mentioned above, kind folks who have "more life experience" have amassed great collections of music in the form of CDs - and they want to enjoy that music in the car.

Ford knows who their customers are, and is aware of the large swaths of age groups that this car appeals to, and have made efforts to accommodate as much as possible. In fact, based on how Ford works with eliciting customer feedback for what to include in any given gen Mustang's development, this may have even been explicit feedback by some "older" customers who've told Ford, listen, keep a CD player as an option in this car.

As for if we'll see a CD player in the next gen? That's up for debate.

 

[Rapid Red]

See there you, with the new alliance of Ford and googley. Ford will just collect inner thoughts, build and outfit the cars of dreams.

Hope I die before that happens, I will not be able to find a car

Hell I wish they would offer a delete check box, dump some this crap.

I could live with a purchase price with or without the gee whizz.

Ford could increase that bottom line, have some extra parts & a happy customer ..

 

[sk47]

Hello; I live about 60 miles from a used CD store in Knoxville TN. Called McKays. They buy and sell used books, CD's, DVD's, VHS tapes, vinyl, leggo blocks and other things. Up until the Covid19 outbreak I was stopping by several times a year to pick up more CD's. There is something about physical ownership of the music medium.
I do not know enough about "renting" songs from some sort of cloud and then downloading them. What I do know does not appeal much. I suspect the quality may not be so good.

Back to the OP's question. May seem silly but CD's are about the best format in a car so far. The replacement of them seems a step backwards in some ways.
I get that computer tech allows for lots of new ways to run things in a car, but think it has already gone too far. I like the way fuel and engine management works. I do not object too much to anti-lock brakes, but do not like the complexity and expense of repair.

I think the tech departments of auto companies do things just because they can. Some of the tech such as touch screens make doing what use to be simple, now very hard while driving.

 

[sk47]

I would have thought most people would just stream off their phones, especially with sync/car play.

Hello; This make the assumption every one has a "smart" phone. I do not need nor want a smart phone. I have a TracFone for which I buy a service card every three months. I think it has some internet capacity but have never turned it on. It has accumulated about 4300 megabytes of data. Don't know if that is a lot. I carry that phone when on the road as a just in case.

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