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I know this seems very basic to most people but ive largely shunned technology, or change in general. I still buy cds. I dont know shit about mp3s or bluetooth or any of that. Problem is my new truck doesnt have a cd player and i want to listen to my shit instead of satellite radio. So right now im going through the tedious proccess of ripping all of my cds onto an external hard drive. After i do that, if i can copy it all onto a thumb drive, can i just plug that fucker into my dash and my shit will show up on my "infotainment screen" or do i need to put it all onto a micro sd card, put that in my phone, and hook my phone up to the truck?

I know this seems very basic to most people but ive largely shunned technology, or change in general. I still buy cds. I dont know shit about mp3s or bluetooth or any of that. Problem is my new truck doesnt have a cd player and i want to listen to my shit instead of satellite radio. So right now im going through the tedious proccess of ripping all of my cds onto an external hard drive. After i do that, if i can copy it all onto a thumb drive, can i just plug that fucker into my dash and my shit will show up on my "infotainment screen" or do i need to put it all onto a micro sd card, put that in my phone, and hook my phone up to the truck?

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Yup. Either way.

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So if i put it on an sd card and put it in my phone, would i control the music from my phone or can i make that shit pop up on the trucks screen from my phone too?

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If your car supports Android auto or Apple car play you can control it on the car's screen.

If it's an iphone prepare to be frustrated as you're not allowed to pick music from your phone. You have to speak it to Siri. Assuming you know the name of all 20,000 tracks in your collection by heart, and Siri understands you when you say them, it might be ok. Otherwise it makes the iPhone a useless paperweight in the car.

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Ive got an android. And my cds im ripping, im manually typing in the names of the artists and albums, but not bothering with the names of the songs. Fuck that. But yeah i can use android auto with my truck, ive just never tried it

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If your truck has android connect and will connect with your phone you can use your truck screen, but IU don't know what ya have. It will play on your phone either way.

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More than likely. Usually have to "pair" the device first. Easy peasy, just plug it in and see.

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So if i do it on a thumb drive will the list of albums just show up on the trucks screen? Just realized if i went that route i couldnt rock out and charge my phone simultaneously. Seems like a disadvantage.

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Thumb drive is the easiest. I ripped all my cd's years ago, 60k songs. Dont know what kind of vehicle u have, my Ford F150, I just leave it on random play.

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You don't have a "cigarette lighter" outlet in your car? (Not that most can take a cigarette lighter any more...) You can buy a car USB adapter for less than $10 that'll plug into it.

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Oh cool, so the thumb drive thing is still an option then. Wasnt sure if i had one, had to go check. Never used it and it has a flip open cover on it so i didnt even realize it was there. Had the damn truck for since january of last year and didnt even remember i had that. You can see here, next to the usb port my charger is plugged into, is a smaller port. Fits the end of my charger that plugs into my android. I think its called a usb c but im not sure. Wonder if that might give me more options somehow on how to do this shit. Cant really think of why it would be there. Must be useful for something. https://pic8.co/sh/iawkj3.jpg