POST 1Original post
I have an '05 Boxster S with the Bose sound system. I'd like to play discs full of MP3s, but I don't think my CD player can do that. Is there any upgrade I can get for it so that it'll play MP3 discs? Thanks!
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POST 2Original post
I had an 05 Boxster. It did not have have a Bose system. But it played MP3s just find. One Einstein moment that I had was I burned a bunch of songs that I downloaded from iTune and I never converted from M4Ps to MP3s and of course they did not play. Make sure all songs are MP3s.
POST 3Original post
I found a couple references that Boxsters built after April 2005 play MP3 discs, mine must have been built before then. :/
POST 4Original post
Only cars with PCM 2.1 Level B can play mp3's, Do you have the cdr-24 headunit or the PCM nav. screen head unit? If you have the PCM- Nav screen headunit, then there is a chance you can play mp3 discs. However, in the middle of 2005 they switched to a newer version of PCM (A > B), and A could not play mp3 discs. I have one of the older versions that I retrofitted into my Cayman that cannot play mp3 discs and cannot software be upgraded to play mp3 discs. - Suneet
POST 5Original post
I do have the CDR24 head unit. I couldn't find any reference to MP3s in the manual. Do I need to load the MP3 disc in to the CD changer, or is straight in to the head unit ok?
POST 6Original post
A cdr24 will not play mp3 cd's and neither will the cd changer, sorry. MP3 compatibility is only for the PCM equipped cars. - Suneet
POST 7Original post
Ah! Thanks for the info!
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