Nice little vid praising the TSX on Cnet. He is off a little though with the claims that the stereo is upgraded if you get Navi and that XM isn't standard. Still a good watch. Even a couple AZ'ers in the comment section.

http://reviews.cnet.com/2006_Acura_T...=true#mgallery

 

I gave it a 10 out of 10
Best bang for your buck

The guy makes it sould like bluetooth is only standard on the TSX w/ nav.


My CD changer plays mp3 and its the standard one which is werid.

 

wait , it does play mp3 ?

 

Nice.. He even test drove the one in RBP too
Although i would have to agree the audio should at least come standard with MP3 playable CD player. I mean that's an alternative to Ipod at least. Isn't that how most people listen to MP3's before the Ipod came out a couple of years ago. At least that's how i listen to MP3's i burnt them on a CD and listen to them on a portable CD player.

 

the review does sound kinda of misleading...

 

Yeah, what what??

 

imo, i hate the fact that CNET trys to review cars I mean yea they check out all the tech stuff in the rides, but when they start deameaning the car bcuz it doesnt have freakin mp3/dvdaudio/mid/blu-ray/hd functionality, that's just proposterous!

 

I hear ya, but I think the fact that the TSX was even reviewed is complimentary. You don't see them reviewing Dodge Neons.

 

Very true - were 'techie' enough for CNET

 

Effin' What about how the vehicle drives? All I hear there and in the written reviews is about bluetooh, stereo, (Was that our jesuswalks in the one review? )

It's driving the TSX that still gets me excited after 2 1/2 years, not the damn stereo. Half the time it's off so I can hear the sweet engine.

 

Word.

 

17.4 mpg??? He really pushed the car to its limit

 

That's definitely weird... Maybe they gave you an upgraded CD changer by accident? I should try plugging in a MP3 CD into my 06 TSX and give it a try...

 

I burned my mp3's onto 6 cd's, put them all into my 06 TSX, and it works. I don't ask it to convert it to any other formats or whatever.

 

Interesting. I just tried it out on mine and it refused to play.

Oh well... maybe I did something wrong. Btw, I have a 06 TSX also... but it's non-navi tho. Wonder if that makes a difference.

 

are you sure it didn't just automatically convert the mp3s to cda format? how many songs are on each disc. and it plays through the stock head unit?

 

ye thats what i have a 06' non-nav

 

What?? it does play mp3 on the original cd player?? weirdd!! i gotta try it sometime

 

For those that managed to get their TSX to play MP3 CDs, what program did you use to burn your CDs?

I used Nero to burn my disc and it didn't play in my TSX.... maybe I'll give whatever program you guys use a try.

 

I think Acura doesnt want to say it can play mp3's because it can only play some formats. If acura did say it does work but then people figure out that only some work or it doesnt they will be very mad.

 

I"m willing to bet anything what program he used to burn the mp3's onto a CD automatically created them into audio files on the CD. It's the only thing that makes since, and a normal user would never notice.

On the other hand, maybe it is just a crazy thing.

 

I'd say it was converted to either a cda or wma format by his burning software. If he only has about 14-18 songs then it did. Sure would have been nice if our CD player did take MP3 format.

 

cd player does NOT play mp3's. If you burned mp3s to cd and it played, then it was converted automatically.

6 cd's is about 500 mp3s. Is that how many songs your burned? I doubt it.

 

I'm just annoyed that they didn't bother to check their information for being factual. There was a decent amount of misinformation in that video, which is rather irritating. I'm happy they took the time to review it, but if they're going to do it, they should at least do it right.

 

Kinda makes you wonder about all the other stuff they "review"

I think these guys get paid by the manufacturers to do these reviews.

 

 

I can't picture Honda saying to themselves, "you know what we need to spark sales on the TSX? A review by CNET, yea, that'll do it" IMO

 

how did they turn the foglights on with just the parking lights on?

 

Why not? No, the Honda exec werent sitting around a table and deciding this. But some marketing team could have. A strategic direction is set to try and better target the tech savy 18-35 year old. That gets funneled down and someone decides to get cnet to do a review. I think its very plausable.

 

Yea, you're right. It's plausible. I just never buy in to the whole companies buying reviews. If that were the case every company would buy them and there would never be bad reviews.

 

I found out by accident that it played mp3's as well. I burned an @$$ load of songs on to a DVD (I think it was a dvd) and put it in the changer instead of another cd by accident. Then when that dvd came on it wasn't till the 3rd or fourth song that I realized it was playing my mp3's. It made my day.

 

Seriously? I'm gonna need some proof because if this is true, then I'm gonna try it on my car.

 

so hold on... not only does it read mp3's supposedly... but it reads DVD's as well??

i won't believe it till someone else actually tries it...

 

I think the fact that it's a DVD doesn't matter, it's the type of data that is being read that's important.

 

Indeed this is getting interesting with so many members reporting they can play MP3 with their stock CD changer/player.

I tried burning an MP3 CD myself using Nero and it didn't play in my 06 TSX. That's why I'm trying to figure out how the other members burned their MP3 CDs... maybe it has to be in WMA instead of MP3?

 

TO EVERYONE WHO SAYS THEY CAN PLAY MP3's IN THEIR CAR!!!

What year of car? Navi/no-Navi?

Most importantly - what program did everyone use to burn their MP3 discs???????

 

how many songs did you put in the cd?

if 16-20 each cd......then it's cd
if it's 100-150 songs each then it's mp3

i seriously doubt it...since mp3 deck player is a option.

 

perhaps start a new thread about ppl who are able to play mp3 cds/dvds in their tsx??

curious also as to how many ppl have actually achieved this

 

Agreed.. I will create a new thread for this so we don't hijack this thread.

 

the new thread for yall talkin about the mp3 player 'issue' -

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32408