Books on disk
We listen to Audible books as we travel cross country. So we had a CD player in our F350. However that spontaneously combusted and the truck we are looking at a 2018 RAM 2500 does not have a CD player...
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agesilaus wrote:toedtoes wrote:
The benefit of the mp3 player is that the controls are on the device itself, so you don't have to worry if you can't control it from the stereo. With a flash drive, you are limited to controlling it by the stereo, and not all stereos manage that well.
I looked at MP3 players on Amazon, you can get one for $40 with 32 GB and Bluetooth. 32 GB is 150-400 normal sized books. Wish someone had reminded me of this years ago, no more fooling around with CDROMs.
The caveat with the plan using a BT MP3 player is if you also use your Cellphone connected via BT to the vehicle radio.. Only can have ONE active BT connection at the same time.. Play the MP3 player and your cell phone loses.. Want to make a handsfree phone call, well then the MP3 must be disconnected and the phone must be connected..
You can of course, connect your smart phone via BT and the radio will play your music files that you store on the cellphone..
As far as separate MP3 players being "superior" to the vehicles built in radio playing MP3s from a USB goes, that may have been true 10 yrs ago, not so much now days..
I find having the radio screen having control is far nicer than chasing a small portable MP3 player and then trying to find what you want on a tiny portable screen and controls..
In fact, it is very nice to have full control of the radio right on my steering wheel.. Can't get that from a portable MP3 player..
Additionally with a portable MP3 player, you now have to account for the battery, they do need charged so now you have another device to plug in for charging.
I have done this both ways, while I am not a big fan of OEM stereo systems due to poor sound quality, the controls they offer, helps to make up for less sound quality than I like..
