CD player for dummies

[ShotsFired]

Would someone knowledgeable please post a how to video with all the parts listed to adapt a CD played to my 2025 4Runner large screen. I'm not good at doing this so please be specific and as simple as possible.

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[127.0.0.1]

get a cd player that can run off usb c power and has bluetooth
add new bluetooth device to toyota media player, add the cd player
get usb c to usb c cord to power the cd player
play cd's

this is just one example of a player
https://www.target.com/p/jensen-per...and-bass-boost-black/-/A-94311050#lnk=sametab

 

[SteveS]

You might consider getting a friend or you to “Rip” all your CD tunes to MP3.

Then, I assume you can play them directly from a memory stick.

Disclaimer, I have not done this in a Toyota but have in many older vehicles.

 

[John2112]

Would someone knowledgeable please post a how to video with all the parts listed to adapt a CD played to my 2025 4Runner large screen. I'm not good at doing this so please be specific and as simple as possible.

If you don't want a lot of wires and things hanging all over the place, I would get someone to rip your CDs into flac format (lossless) onto a USBC thumb drive. You can then plug that into the USBC port on the right side of your infotainment screen. The sound quality is great and you can change the tracks on your steering wheel controls. Cds are fast becoming a dead format, like cassettes, AM radio and eight tracks. Saving them on thumb drives is an easy way to go car to car and take a lot of music with you. My thumb drive has 1,000 songs on it and it's less than 1/4 full.

 

[jimr]

If you don't want a lot of wires and things hanging all over the place, I would get someone to rip your CDs into flac format (lossless) onto a USBC thumb drive. You can then plug that into the USBC port on the right side of your infotainment screen. The sound quality is great and you can change the tracks on your steering wheel controls. Cds are fast becoming a dead format, like cassettes, AM radio and eight tracks. Saving them on thumb drives is an easy way to go car to car and take a lot of music with you. My thumb drive has 1,000 songs on it and it's less than 1/4 full.

Yes I think this is the best way to go. I had never "ripped" anything in my life, and after a couple hours of web searching and testing, ripped my first CD to a thumb drive. I've now got more than 20 CDs on a single 32GB drive, with plenty of space left over. I posted a workable process in this forum here: https://www.4runner6g.com/forum/threads/ripping-cds-to-a-jump-drive-playable-on-6th-gen-infotainment.10498

 

[DutchDave63]

If you don't want a lot of wires and things hanging all over the place, I would get someone to rip your CDs into flac format (lossless) onto a USBC thumb drive. You can then plug that into the USBC port on the right side of your infotainment screen. The sound quality is great and you can change the tracks on your steering wheel controls. Cds are fast becoming a dead format, like cassettes, AM radio and eight tracks. Saving them on thumb drives is an easy way to go car to car and take a lot of music with you. My thumb drive has 1,000 songs on it and it's less than 1/4 full.

That's what I'm doing. My complete CD collection on a USB stick.

 

[John2112]

That's what I'm doing. My complete CD collection on a USB stick.

Excellent choice. One thing I might suggest first, rip a couple of songs and make sure it works. I had a friend rip into the wrong format and it wouldn't play in his 4Runner while it did play in his Jeep. Your owner's manual shows what formats the 4Runner can accept. I used flac because it is lossless and doesn't sound compressed like MP3s do.

 

[NWRes]

Would someone knowledgeable please post a how to video with all the parts listed to adapt a CD played to my 2025 4Runner large screen. I'm not good at doing this so please be specific and as simple as possible.

I burned my CDs to a computer, created a playlist, then downloaded them to my cell phone. The phone can play the tunes in a random mix. Not sure if a flash drive can do that. And it plays via bluetooth.

 

[John2112]

I burned my CDs to a computer, created a playlist, then downloaded them to my cell phone. The phone can play the tunes in a random mix. Not sure if a flash drive can do that. And it plays via bluetooth.

A flash drive will work with the Toyotas infotainment center allowing for album art and steering wheel controls and volume to work. It will also work with random mix and playlists as well. Both ways are good choices.

 

[ShotsFired]

If you don't want a lot of wires and things hanging all over the place, I would get someone to rip your CDs into flac format (lossless) onto a USBC thumb drive. You can then plug that into the USBC port on the right side of your infotainment screen. The sound quality is great and you can change the tracks on your steering wheel controls. Cds are fast becoming a dead format, like cassettes, AM radio and eight tracks. Saving them on thumb drives is an easy way to go car to car and take a lot of music with you. My thumb drive has 1,000 songs on it and it's less than 1/4 full.

Sounds great, wish I had the knowledge to download cd to thumb drive.

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