I bought a portable CD player on Amazon for my 21 F150 . It was about 90 bucks. The player has both Bluetooth and FMcapability. For some reason I could not get the Bluetooth to work in my truck but it works in my wife's rav4. I use the radio transmitter and it sounds great in the truck. Good luck.

 

ended up going with a usb CD player made for cars I got off amazon. I think it was similar price wise. doesn't have blu tooth or wireless though. just usb.

 

Thanks for buying it and testing it out.

The arguments for going all digital amuse me. Early adopter here. I had all my music ripped and on a shared network drive almost 20 years ago. You know back around 2003 when people thought vinyl was dead and buried.

I have 100s of CDs including a handful that I bought for my first CDs back in 1986. There are a generation or two of album listeners that like to just carry around 20 or so favorite albums on CD and have it just play in the exact order and track we remember. No gaps in my Pink Floyd albums or slightly alternate trendy version of a song that a streaming service has substituted for a classic. You can hop in your truck and and your buddy can decide they want to hear Sgt. Peppers. Immediate playback and you know what you are getting.

As for qualify playback, 2 older cars with CD changers blow away all other media choices.

Yes I listen to Sirius (since 2003), yes I have various USB sticks loaded with my favorite music, and yes I have my favorite albums downloaded to my phone since I still go where there is no cellular. I even made a two album cassette tape during the lockdown and still have a boombox to play it on.

 

What’s a CD

 

I don't know which was the more awesome creation....6 CD changer or auto-reverse cassette player.

 

Do you also still have a Sony Betamax?

I still have cassettes and a way to play them; I never owned an 8 track because I thought the way they worked was hokey as hell. And a bunch of vinyl. And CDs. And a VHS/DVD combo player; no Bluray yet. And USB sticks because of the convenience. I need to get a way to convert all of my vinyl to digital but just haven't gotten around to it. Even a semi old dog can learn some new tricks.

 

I gave up all the old tech and use Spotify. They have every song/album I've ever wanted to listen to for $10/month. It can be downloaded to your phone so you can still listen without cell or internet. Sell your old vinyl on ebay. You'd be surprised how much value it has.

 

So as no one has offered up a 5 disc changer solution, and the "kids" in the thread all want us to switch to USB drives.... When loaded on a USB drive can you see all the music in the Ford touch screen and navigate from one album to another to play the albums you want in their entirety? Is there something I need to do in the way I save cds to the drive to allow this?

 

I have a 2023 F150 Platinum and wanted a CD player for it. I went to a place called HiWay HiFi in Cocoa Florida and they ordered a CD player that came from F1RST automotive products in Acworth Georgia.
Apparently they can be somewhat vehicle specific. Mine is a P/N: FTCDUv2. I have only had it for an hour and it sounds great. The company answers their phone because I called to see what the warranty was (3 years). 18448541234. It does not use Bluetooth. It comes with a cable that can adapt to USB or USBC and must be plugged in to one of those ports to interface with the sound system. Tracks can be controlled on the steering wheel. It sounds GREAT. I am not sure where I will mount it yet. It's roughly 6x6 and 1.5 inches thick. Hope this helps those who want a CD player.

 

Does your deck skip much in your truck? All the turntables I see are looking for absolute stability