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189 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 9:49 AM
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Hello! I don't have CX-9 yet, but I intend to buy one pretty soon. However I still have some reservations. One of them is audio system. Unfortunately Mazda bundles up advanced audio option (Bose) with either a moonroof or a DVD entertainment system. I don't want either of them.  I would prefer them to bundle it with power rear hatch, but there is little I can do about it. So my questions are: 1) How good or bad is a 6-speaker standard audio system (with a single CD)? 2) Does anybody have any experience with aftermarket audio systems? Thank you in advance!
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Like you I didn't want the nav or moonroof so I went with the standard radio. I miss not having the the 6-CD changer and the power seems lacking...just not the umph you want. I'm living with it but am very disappointed in the entire audio set-up: like losing my ipod plug-in capabilities when I had Sirius installed. You can read other postings on the joke they call an audio system. Choose another car or wait for the 09 for some improvement. You'll save on gas too....mine is a real gas slut; just mocks me at the pump.. One tank I got 13mpg doing just city driving. Good shopping!
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Replying to: orlando7 (Mar 24, 2008 5:54 pm) |
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I have Moonroof w/ Bose and also Nav. The instruction manual says the CD Name, Artist name and Track Name will be displayed on the screen as long as each character is represented by one byte. I have inserted 5 commercial CD's and none of this infformation is displayed. Does this feature only work in certain country's? (I'm in the USA). If it should work here does anyone out there know how to nake it work?
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Replying to: lch77 (Apr 05, 2008 8:29 am)
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Replying to: epicard (Apr 06, 2008 9:07 pm) I have moonroof and Assist package (therefore, upgraded Bose stereo). I can see CD text on some of my CDs, but not all. I am not sure about the "standard CD" system, but my Toyota Prius' CD player is similar (both are Bose systems). Maybe Bose does have issue supporting some CD-text, but not all. For instance, it works with Celine Dion's Taking Chances. Try it.
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Replying to: ceric (Apr 06, 2008 10:13 pm)  Let me clarify: The CD Changer offered by Mazda comes in two flavors - one with MP3 support that offers CD Text support (from what I've been able to learn) and one that does not. If your CD Changer shows the MP3 symbol in the upper left-hand corner of the faceplate, then you have MP3 support. If it does not, then you don't. Mazda has told me directly that the MP3 supporting CD Changer does not work with the Bose system. I don't have NAV - so it's possible that the non-MP3 supporting CD Changer with Nav does have some intermittent support of text - but my non-NAV system does not. If anyone has a CD Changer with Bose that DOES support MP3s - PLEASE post a photo of the faceplate here so we can see it. Numerous posts on this topic have been made. Mazda continues to claim that there is no MP3 support with the Bose system, a few people have submitted posts to the contrary - but have not followed up to requests to validate this. If Mazda has updated the Bose system during the current model year run such that it does support MP3 CD Changer, I would be grateful for an update on this topic.
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Replying to: epicard (Apr 07, 2008 7:59 am) Also, you will have better luck when you take a commercial CD, load it to your computer so it can download the proper tag information and then burn it to another disc (in standard CD audio format). I have found that very few commercial CDs have text. |
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Replying to: epicard (Apr 07, 2008 7:59 am) Sorry I have no idea you dislike Celine so much. I swear, it's my wife's CD.  My CX-9 with NAVI and Moonroof (therefore upgraded Bose system w/ 10 speakers and center point) does have MP3 support. It has a MP3 logo on the CD changer faceplate behind the display. And, I get CD text on some CDs, but not all. For instance, on Adrea Bocelli's new CD, it shows no text at all. |
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Replying to: ceric (Apr 07, 2008 10:27 pm)
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