Congrats ! Love mine Tucson.
No cd player. I only miss the cd slot to put my phone mount in. I had to get a new vent type phone mount. I liked the cd mount better. I haven't played a cd in my car for ages.
It has a small amount of hard drive storage for the Sirius radio. It records I think 6 stations at a time so when you get in you can actually go back a couple of songs. I don't think you can use it to store music though but I don't know that for sure.
I use a thumb drive loaded with music. There is a USB slot.

 

No CD drive and I don't recall any onboard storage. Connect ipod/iphone via bluetooth or USB.

 

You're correct, there isn't a CD drive installed with the 8" screen.

The unit doesn't have on-board storage for you to import / save your music to BUT, you can get very low profile USB drives and utilize the USB port. From this you can load up your USB drive will all the music you desire and play it via the Media browser on the unit. As for playback controls everything is relatively the same but making playlists is a little tedious through the touchscreen. I've just loaded up a USB key and set it to shuffle and it plays beautifully with all the ID3 tags showing up unlike with Bluetooth streaming audio.

Hope this helps!

 

The USB port works fine except that you can only play MP3s. It would be nice if you could play wav, flac, or alac files. There are a lot of cars moving to the NO CD sound system. So you might pay for an upgraded sound system, but the best quality you can listen to is MP3s. I know that for most folks this is just fine, but with the Dynaudio sound system in my VW I can easily distinguish the higher quality with CDs vs SiriusXM, for instance. End of rant.

The other thing to add is that while the built in media browser does a good job of recognizing tags, if you go to play by album it plays your songs in alphabetical order based on the song title tags. This is true even if you have the track number tags correct. That would suck big time in certain instances. If there is a way to play by track number, please let us know.

Also to use a USB memory stick, which is very convenient, it needs to be formatted as FAT32.

 

Thanks all for your replies...especially the last one about formatting the USB to Fat32. I have a Mac and usually don't format as Fat32 anymore, though do have that option.


Like most of you, I don't use a lot of CDs, however do use audio books and similar recording on CD periodically so will have to take the additional step of transferring them to a memory stick.

 

We noticed this when shopping for a new car for my Wife. Some have it some don't. It wasn't a deal breaker for us as we only use cds for Christmas music.

I have been streaming for years with blue tooth and if its a high bit rate stream then the audio quality is pretty good. We now use amazon prime which has a pretty high bit rate for music, plus its commercial free and allows downloading to your phone thus eliminating the need for a cell signal. It's not perfect but very good with the occasional digital skip.

I believe you can also stream audio books with Prime and other streaming services. I don't even use my SD slot on my car any longer or in the Tucson's case the usb slot.

 

Rats - I use CDs often. looking more amd more like I will need to rethink this car.

 

Its how the whole industry is going. CD players in cars will be obsolete in a few years. Changing times my friend.

 

And I still have a factory cassette player in my current vehicle!

 

.....not that there's anything wrong with that, just saying. :wink:

 

The other day I was cleaning out a closet and found an old box with some mixed tapes from the 90's. I was thinking to myself - can't wait to hear these again - then realized that I have absolutely nothing to play it with!

 

It just occurred to me that if one is determined enough and one has at least a 3.5mm AUX audio input jack in their auto entertainment section, they could hook up a vintage portable CD player to their car audio system to play their CDs. You would have to have some sort of spot to place it, a nearby 12V car outlet (unless you want to eat lots of batteries) and a male to male 3.5mm stereo cable.

Back in the day my I hooked up a Sony D-160 portable CD player in my 87 Accord that just had a cassette radio. Had it powered to the ciggy lighter and played CD's through a cassette gizmo that transferred the audio signal through the cassette deck play heads. I think I still have it somewhere and nothing would prevent it from being used in "modern times" although it might look a bit busy and quite dorky. Kind of like walking around with a bag phone in 2015 (nothing personal I still have my Motorola bag somewhere too). One might have a bit of a volume issue as its line out is for headphones but you could also get a portable amplifier used for audiophile portable MP3 purposes to get some extra juice.

Or I guess you could just use a USB stick:laugh:. I think some head units are capable of playing more than just MP3 such as WMA and AAC. You can always convert files to the car-acceptable formats but yeah, there's going to be some compression from CD-quality in most cases. Of course if one wants to play all of those hi-falutin formats such as FLAC, etc., and one has an AUX connection, any modern smartphone or slightly higher-end portable music player (FiiO X-1, etc.) could be used and it would be simpler to go that route. I know that all cars DON'T necessarily have an AUX input, such as the 2016 Honda HR-V (for some reason). Personally, I like the sheer simplicity of the silver platter and DO NOT like the idea of them being slowly eliminated and I can certainly understand having that as a factor in one's car buying decision. Regarding eliminating CD players, I think these manufacturers are figuring out every single way to cheap out on anything they can get away with. Times are certainly changing but one thing the never does is auto manufacturers figuring out ways to give you less for more.

 

vintage portable CD player

:surprise:

Man I feel so old right now.

Thanks!

 

Well I got my new Tucson yesterday and am happy to report that the iPod interface is much nicer that it was in my 2012 Santa Fe Limited. Firstly it doesn't use that stupid combined USB/Audio jack, and secondly the interface on the touchscreen is much easier to access and use my device. Although I will miss not being able to easily get audiobooks on CD, using my iPod on my SF was clumsy and impractical...not so now.

 

Probably a very stupid question what is the
likelihood for a way to get an after market CD player option?

 

I'm inclined to try one of an external USB Cd drive I have for one of my laptops, on the hope that the system will recognize it.

 

Sure - there is a dash kit for the 2014 Tucson - not sure if it works with the 2016 Tucson. There will be one eventually. You could always wire the aftermarket CD player up and put it in the glove box or under the seat. Note that with either method you would lose most of the features of the OEM radio - i.e. Sirius, Navigation, rear view camera, etc. Note also that many aftermarket radios are dropping the CD player.

Question - someone said you can re-wind Sirius XM. Do the units also support TuneStart and TuneMix ???

 

I have an external CD/DVD drive as well. Also interested in ability to use.

 

Yeah, somebody try that through your USB port. I'll bet it won't recognize but worth a try as they're pretty compact. My Sony D-160 isn't much bigger but what with the need for power and cabling not an elegant solution by any means.

 

I have just bought a 2016 Tucson (in New Zealand) and realised there is no CD player (I listen to audio books from the library to stop road rage) - is it easy to copy onto a USB stick - bit worried about copyright issues stopping the transfer to USB?

 

there are tons of software available to bypass that...

 

Don't think that audio CDs are encrypted like DVDs. You should be able to easily rip MP3 and put it on an IPod, your phone, USB flash drive, etc...

 

You can always get this and connect to AUX.
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With 60 sec anti-shock protection!

 

I truly have been flummoxed by this lack of CD player. I'm trying to be patient but after spending hours with my CD pile and iMac - I was able to put CDs into the computer and then choose some albums to move into my iPhone. HOWEVER there was a problem with the sorting of the files. Each of my churches CDs of sermons entered (and I included a title for each) but the list on my iPhone is as follows: Track1/Track1/Track1/Track1/Track2/Track2/Track2/Track2 and so on. I honestly don't know what to do and am very confused with all of this. I know some can put CDs into computer and then transfer to stick, iPhone, iPad or whatever but I find the process overwhelming and confusing - even when reading countless directions. Sigh

 

I hear you. It can be very confusing at first, with the myriad of websites full of "Help" and all the programs available for download that "Help" as well. For what it's worth, you can edit the "tags" of MP3 files. That's what most media players read to show on the display of your unit. This is one I've used in the past: Mp3tag - the universal Tag Editor (ID3v2, MP4, OGG, FLAC, ...) I hope that this actually "Helps"! Good Luck.

 

Just wondering, if I wanna add some CD changer what should I look for in connection to stock system: AUX cable or USB? What CD-changer would be a good for that then, any thoughts?

 

VonJaerschky types faster than I do. >



I'd rip your CD's to MP3 and put them on a USB stick.

Otherwise, the $22 Best Buy player and aux input is good.

I don't think the OEM radio will recognize USB.

12V CD changers that output to an Aux input are going to be hard to find.

 

Not sure what to do on an iMac, but on a PC - just get a program like MP3Tag or IdTagit (freeware) or similar and fix the id tags for the sermons and all will be good.

Here you go: Mp3tag - Mac OS X Download

 

I am hoping that the more car companies leave out the CD players and people (like me) continue to complain (like me) that a reasonable and much more user friendly alternative will be developed. This is really hard for me and I've spent quite a bit of time - and I'm not computer illiterate either - not expert but I do OK. CDs have their place IMHO - and for my car I am very disappointed it is not there.

 

I think the trend will continue to go the other way ...

More people want the large touchscreen interface. Without a CD loading slot and drive mechanism, the OEM's have more options for mounting the display screens.

(And sadly, even the aftermarket decks the removed CD drives didn't really gain you anything (they weren't less expensive, they didn't have larger screens or larger USB capacity or file limits, etc.)

 

1. I have an 8" unit WITH a CD player (DVD actually), after-market, repalced the stock 5" unit (that came with a CD too). Except Sirius, all OEM functions are working fine. Most aftermarket units are for some reason not compatible with the higher-end Tucsons though - I think a forum member navein was trying to figure out how to hook up his after-market to the OEM preamp.

2. In case you want to go the "add-on" route, of course, to get the benefit of higher fidelity sound of CD you want go connect to AUX IN. But, for audio books, I would just pair a "vintage" CD player (I think I have one in a drawer with a CL adapter), and a FM transmitter. This way, all you need is to run a power cable from the "CL" power port to let's say the glovebox, or under the seat, and keep a player and FM transmitter there. Personally, I would rather transfer to USB though.

3. The unit that I have actually has secondary microSD card slot (primary is for navigation). It easily accepted 32GB memory card and plays mp3s a wmas (haven't tried other formats). It also should support saving (ripping) CDs to this memory card - there's a button on the interface, but haven't tested it yet.

4. I have been long frustrated with Hyundai's corporate approach to head units. Even in Tucsons, there are several options (based on trim and market), mutually incompatible with no option for upgrade, and they are making every effort for using standard aftermarket solutions very difficult.I love our new Tucson - and I am very happy with aftermarket unit I found and installed - but not at all impressed I had to do so in the first place.