mjdronfield wrote:

Is there a point that CDs were no longer able to be played? I’m a bit old school 🤣.

My 2017MY has a single CD player, I think by then multi CD changers were an option, it is probably a case of checking individual specs Only Range Rovers since 1988

My MY2015 D4 HSE Lux with top of the range(for D4s) HK Meridian entertainment has a Single CD player, and the ability to upload 10CDs to digital memory.

I was assuming that an L405 with a CD Meridian system would also have the 10CD memory.
I will only be considering cars with the top end entertainment system, as it's important to me and Lady Nasher.

Hi Nasher,
I've Had my L405 AB for nearly 5 months and found the 10 cd memory store by accident the other day, but it is the Meridian 1700W system (with the speakers in the seat backs and the roof), so not sure if all L405's have this.
G

Another thing I'm still not sure about is FBH remote control.

I know that all Diesel L405s will have a FBH, but I'm still unclear on my question earlier in this thread.

My D4 has timed FBH control as standard which I don't use, but I have an Altox unit plugged in which allows me full remote control via the App on my phone with the added bonus of it also acting as a tracker.
That's without starting the engine by the way, using the FBH pump to circulate the coolant to preheat the engine without running the engine itself.
I suppose I'd assumed I could swap the Altox to an L405, but perhaps not.
Sending the car a text to warm up on a cold morning whilst I eat my breakfast before going to work is a luxury I think I've got to used to now and would miss.

goldeneye32 wrote:

Hi Nasher,
I've Had my L405 AB for nearly 5 months and found the 10 cd memory store by accident the other day, but it is the Meridian 1700W system (with the speakers in the seat backs and the roof), so not sure if all L405's have this.
G

Thanks Goldeneye.
We'll be holding out for a car with the full blown 1700W system, so that's good to know.

You might be holding out for a long time! I couldn’t find one when I was looking, so settled for the Meridian Surround. It was OK, but not a patch on the B&W system I had in my 2017 750i before or the Burmester in my current car. As you’d expect for the price of course and I guess the 1700w system will be up there with those.

My 2018 AB had a CD/DVD player in the upper glovebox, it was an option iirc. I never used it. MY23 Panamera E-Hybrid
MY19 SDV8 Autobiography - Sold

I recently bought a my 2021 p525 AB, no cd and absolutely no buttons! Not sure if cd was an option but has the super Meridian system. Got a lot of reading to do...... Would have preferred a cd!

Martin2 wrote:

You might be holding out for a long time! I couldn’t find one when I was looking, so settled for the Meridian Surround.

Maybe it was because I was looking at late 2018/early 2019 cars?

I'd get buying if you have the choice of 3! MY23 Panamera E-Hybrid
MY19 SDV8 Autobiography - Sold

@Nasher:

I can confirm that the 2017 has the CD player, and you can “burn” the CD’s to internal memory.
Not sure how many, but someone says 10 above, should cover most trips  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

And it also plays dvds  Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

It's a real shame that in the interests of cramming as much music into a given space and the high use of streamed music, Spotify & Apple Car Play that the car manufacturers have opted to go down the MP3 route.

They should keep the CD option. Everyone who's into music knows that MP3 and streamed music is not as good a quality as a CD. Just play the same song back to back on different mediums and you'll see much clearer definition, crisper bass and near zero cloudiness of the CD, head and shoulders above MP3, even in lossless form.

You go to all the expense of paying for a premium sound system and then you feed it with a poor quality music source, what a waste.

I'll keep to the CDs banging through my H&K HD system thankyou very much, I've still got my collection that I rotate through the multichanger.

Even if I have to use my portable CD player once they delete the option, I'll feed it though the aux socket and it'll still be much better. Fuji White 2012 4.4 TDV8 Westmiinster

I’m very similar. Got a LINN system at home, must be 20 odd years old now.

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

@Andyroo, @MJD:

Hear, hear! (quite literally, ) I concur 100% with you chaps!

This is absolutely correct, the “modern” audio sources are usually downsampled to death.

CD is only outdone by a high-end vinyl system. The other huge problem with audio quality is simply the age of the listeners ears, which begs the (typically Gremlin) question of how many on here are even capable of telling the difference, given our average age? I have a very high-end audio system at home with a £10K pair of electrostatic speakers, but remain increasingly frustrated by my own auditory shortcomings as the years progress.

If the OP wants to go for the range-topping 1700W Meridian system that’s great, but just be sure the sound quality isn’t about to be completely destroyed by hidden & rotting roof drain tubes….  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?