Thanks for your comment. I did end up buying a Bluetooth CD player which I have used in my CX-5, although I sometimes have issues with getting it re-paired.

 

Hi, i am getting 2021.5 cx 5 Signature with 10.25 screen. I want to play my old cd's. Q, can i copy the cd's to my usb stick and use this in the car? Will it work? Dies the car have a memory usb stick limit? Or can i use 128gb? How does one search for songs on usb stick?

 

Yes, you can burn CDs to a USB and play in the car, the port is in the center arm rest compartment. When you select to play USB each album shows up as a folder that you select and play. I use a 128 memory stick in my 2021. Try to record in FLAC for better audio quality. Takes a lot more space, but USB stick are cheap.

 

Thank you for the wonderful tip. Silly question, how does on select FLAC when copying files to USB?

 

I was furious to discover after paying $1400 for the Dolby system it didn't include SiriusXM built in nor the Aux jack to add it. I've been tempted to rip the entire system out, or just sell the car I was so pissed off. The only way to get that AUX jack is to buy the Canadian version. That's the picture in the manual.
As a solution, I added a larger SIM card to my phone & copied roughly 50G in my digital music to my phone. Now I can at least listen to something other than the radio via Bluetooth.

 

Yes, that's sad. The suv that has built in cd player is Lexus RX 350 as standard equipment. I have just ordered CX 5 in Toronto, so lets see if it has AUX jack. I very much doubt it, as USA and Canada generally have same specs.

 

Ask your library if they have downloadable audiobooks. I don’t know if mine still has CDs but when they made them available online the selection increased 10 fold.

 

I also suggest just to convert your CD's to mp3 format and store on a USB memory stick. I use iTunes on a PC but there are other software programs as well.

https://support.apple.com/guide/itun...ns2935/windows

Very convenient and you do not need to carry many CD's or have a multiple CD changer. Navigating through the songs/albums is easy since they will be stored in a folder format on your USB memory stick.

 

I misspoke. I'm using 32 GB USB drive for my music. I looked at the wrong USB so don't have first hand experience with 128GB USB stick. Sorry.

So you'd need to rip the CDs with FLAC originally before downloading to the USB. Otherwise you are starting with too much loss to reconstruct to higher sampling.

 

I look forward to hearing what you find when you get your car.