1998 remote cd player

[jrocha]

This is my first question. I just joined. Great to be here and great to have such a beautiful van.

My question is about the remote cd player, can I swap the standard cd player for a computer cd player and if I can adapt the connections, will I be able to listen to recorded mp3'sor even recorded regular cd's.
The way it is now, I can't even listen to copies of cd's I've made from the original compilations at home even in .CDA format.

Appreciate any help anyone can give me.

Thanks,

John

[cdru]

What do you mean by "remote cd player"? Do you have the WB edition? My 98 Montana's standard radio/CD player plays CD-Rs without issue, but they have to be burned as an Audio CD. You can't burn them as a data CD. The ability to play MP3 are going to be impossible to upgrade to by swapping a drive. You would have to replace the entire head unit as that is what does the computations, not the drive itself.

[jrocha]

Okay, that probably answers my question.
No, I don't have the WB edition, but the remote cd player is located close to the groud below the radio, There is a storage compartment for cd's and tapes and that's where the cd player is.
I was under the impression that the player did all the translation for the format of the cd, and the cd I tried is in cd format. Maybe I just didn't record it properly or something. I'll try again.

Thanks again.

[cdru]

Yeah...there is little chance that anything would work except the same factory equipment. I'd take the CD player and try playing it in a boombox or a dedicated CD player. Have you tried a commercial CD?