Why doesn't the CD player play MP3??
#1
Charter Member #67
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2002
Location: FL
Posts: 327
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Why doesn't the CD player play MP3??
I have the standard 160-watt system in my Z. Then I go and pop in an MP3 CD and my car cannot play it.
I bought a nice Sony portable that plays MP3 for around $100. Why can't Nissan put an MP3 CD player in this car?
Just venting, mostly.
I bought a nice Sony portable that plays MP3 for around $100. Why can't Nissan put an MP3 CD player in this car?
Just venting, mostly.
#2
Why the heck are you mad?
The only car I know of that comes with an mp3 player is a mazda mp3 (special edition protege). Considering that some benz's still come stock with a TAPE player, and charge $500 for a CD-Changer.... I'm happy with the in-dash 6 stack!
Mp3 player would've been nice... but shouldn't be expected.
The only car I know of that comes with an mp3 player is a mazda mp3 (special edition protege). Considering that some benz's still come stock with a TAPE player, and charge $500 for a CD-Changer.... I'm happy with the in-dash 6 stack!
Mp3 player would've been nice... but shouldn't be expected.
#3
Charter Member #67
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2002
Location: FL
Posts: 327
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'm just saying that if a portable MP3 CD player is that inexpensive, why can't Nissan (or other car companies, for that matter) include the MP3 format in their CD players.
#4
Sponsor
Sport Z Magazine
Sport Z Magazine
mp3 yes, listen up nissan!
You are 100% correct. The bean counters of nissan are missing an opportunity. Every CD player now should play CD, CDR, and MP3. I am sure that a high percentage of younger/more computer savy buyes would see this as another reason to buy this car vs the competition...Nissan,,,,are you reading our website, HELLO!
#5
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 245
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Most CD players play CDR. But I cannot reasonably assert that you expected the CD player to play a cd full of songs in an mp3 format. Like it was said before a whopping one or two cars on the market today come with a mp3 compatible cd player. And that being the case don't you think that if Nissan had decided to include this on the base stereo system they would advertise it? I mean come on, don't gripe about something that you should have realized didn't exist. That being said, I agree, it would be nice if more car companies had a MP3 compatible cd player as an option.
#6
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 4,084
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
MP3 format would be VERY nice, but my guess is that all the nusic execs are preventing this jump b/c they know how much it will cost them! Look at what they did to Napster!?!?!?! I don't know about you, but most of my MP3s come from downloading them for free.
Trending Topics
#8
Sponsor
Sport Z Magazine
Sport Z Magazine
MP3's do exisit
They are much more common in Asia then here and being a high school teacher, I know that the next generation is totally into MP3's so the car manufacture that clues into that market segment will benifit from that decision. Remember, if you hook a younger person on a brand such as Nissan, they will buy it for their entire lifetime. I am 45 years old, I will not buy as many cars in the future as lets say a 25 year old. I would be shooting for the younger market. After all, the infinity coupe is marketed for the older/softer buyer. Most Z owners are more interested in performance and if not young, are youngert at heart.
#10
Sponsor
Sport Z Magazine
Sport Z Magazine
I was speaking as a consumer not from a profit perspective
I was speaking as a consumer not from a profit perspective. I have experience talking to designers for car companies and they are sometimes forced to cut the design of a product to save $10 per car. The example I was given was cutting a really nice headlight design that would have made the product really attractive (for $10). As you can see, I think those decisions can be a poor decision. People are attracted to cars like the Z because of the price but also because of the product being distintive. Again, I only se it from a my little perspective. At least nissan is again designing cars witrh some passion. That is why we are all here right!
#11
Why?
because then, more people would be happy with the base system and there would be less incentive for them to upgrade to the (higher profit margin) models that have the Bose system, which does play mp3's.
The marginal cost of enabling a cd player to play mp3's is probably negligible.
The marginal cost of enabling a cd player to play mp3's is probably negligible.
#12
Sponsor
Sport Z Magazine
Sport Z Magazine
are you sure?
Are you sure the bose plays MP3's? I am ignorant if it does not does not. I know I am not getting it because of how many people posting are really unhappy with it plus it is expensive to repair speakers after warrarnty ends...
#13
Some cars don't have standard Zenon lights, other don't have standard sun-roof, others don't have standard power seats etc...
If every single option was available on every car then you'd spend your whole salary on your car.
Nissan, and every other car manufacturer, have to cut corners somewhere. The real question is - why not make it optional? My guess is that they don't consider the investment to be profitable, especially on a sports car.
Just my 2 cents...
If every single option was available on every car then you'd spend your whole salary on your car.
Nissan, and every other car manufacturer, have to cut corners somewhere. The real question is - why not make it optional? My guess is that they don't consider the investment to be profitable, especially on a sports car.
Just my 2 cents...
#14
Re: Why?
Originally posted by mark754
because then, more people would be happy with the base system and there would be less incentive for them to upgrade to the (higher profit margin) models that have the Bose system, which does play mp3's.
The marginal cost of enabling a cd player to play mp3's is probably negligible.
because then, more people would be happy with the base system and there would be less incentive for them to upgrade to the (higher profit margin) models that have the Bose system, which does play mp3's.
The marginal cost of enabling a cd player to play mp3's is probably negligible.
If it does, then it answers my question above...
#16
"The Bose will not play MP3s. But it will play audio CD-Rs and CD-RWs that you can make from MP3s."
Sorry, my mistake. I could have sworn I read that it did. Oh well, I guess I'll have to continue using my mickey mouse setup (portable mp3/cd player with the cassette adaptor) in my Z when I get it.
Sorry, my mistake. I could have sworn I read that it did. Oh well, I guess I'll have to continue using my mickey mouse setup (portable mp3/cd player with the cassette adaptor) in my Z when I get it.
#17
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: SouthWest
Posts: 478
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Whooo boy
Okay.. Reality check here... No no MP3.. right.. causes you to go out and upgrade later.. perhaps clarion/bose will have a replacement head unit in the near future.....
Is it a great loss.. not for me.... I have a nomad 3 40 gig Jukebox and I can just fm modulate to the head unit... MP3 not good quality sound... no it has cd quality sound.... cd quality.... if your jamming a bunch of songs at the lowest quality so they fit.. yeah thats garbage music.. but... like I do.. 830 albums... and a whole hell of a bunch of playlists.. who listens to FM?
Yeah Nissan may not have wanted to stall production until clarion had a mp3 player available... also.... its a new format.. not real new.. but new .... how long after cds were available did you have one in your base sports car?
So... be happy.... not sad.... your in a Z... I listen to the engine more that anything else... LOL
Oh.. and I did get my Amp replaced today... and I rocked on the way home.. yeah baby!
EZ
Is it a great loss.. not for me.... I have a nomad 3 40 gig Jukebox and I can just fm modulate to the head unit... MP3 not good quality sound... no it has cd quality sound.... cd quality.... if your jamming a bunch of songs at the lowest quality so they fit.. yeah thats garbage music.. but... like I do.. 830 albums... and a whole hell of a bunch of playlists.. who listens to FM?
Yeah Nissan may not have wanted to stall production until clarion had a mp3 player available... also.... its a new format.. not real new.. but new .... how long after cds were available did you have one in your base sports car?
So... be happy.... not sad.... your in a Z... I listen to the engine more that anything else... LOL
Oh.. and I did get my Amp replaced today... and I rocked on the way home.. yeah baby!
EZ
#18
Registered User
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Longmont, Colorado
Posts: 22
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Another way...
If you really want MP3s, take a look at the Sony 10-disk add-on changer. It plays 'em all (Audio CD, CD-R/RW, and has am MP3 decoder built in) and with 10 disks you can load up well over a hundred audio CDs worth.
Steve
Steve
#19
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Mesa,AZ
Posts: 1,262
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by mydogscool
Because MP3 music reproduction quality is terrible. MP3's are just kiddie toys.
Because MP3 music reproduction quality is terrible. MP3's are just kiddie toys.
kinda like jpg and bmp...... if you don't crush a jpg too much there's no way in hell you could tell a 50K jpg from a 1.5mb bmp.
I'm sooo sick of "audiophiles" defacing mp3 compression. If you want true untouched audio put a freakin record player in your Z cause even CD's are sampled and not considered "lossless"
and MP3's are kiddie toys??? nope ..... about 95% of ALL radio stations today play mp3's on a daily basis. At the video/audio production studio I work at we send out all our audio production to radio stations as mp3.
They're only "kiddie toys" when you don't know how to use it.
Last edited by N74DV; 11-13-2002 at 08:24 PM.
#20
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Dallas, Texas
Posts: 183
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Conspiracy
Sony/Nissan Conspiracy?????
Could it be that sinister?
Maybe Nissan got a good deal on a bunch of Bose factory seconds, so Bose can make room for the MP3 Players for the 2004?
Could it be that sinister?
Maybe Nissan got a good deal on a bunch of Bose factory seconds, so Bose can make room for the MP3 Players for the 2004?