how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?

[ingenieur]

As per title: how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?

With car audio equipment having barely ever been simple in any car ever... what do people do when they can't work all the buttons and controls?

[ingenieur]

My dad sold his CD collection about 10 years ago and went online with everything. The car he is getting rid of has a Pioneer double-din dumb touchscreen with USB slots. But recently he has lost his confidence with all this sort of stuff and he is changing his car.

[ingenieur]

The Mad Monk said:

ingenieur said:

As per title: how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?

With car audio equipment having barely ever been simple in any car ever... what do people do when they can't work all the buttons and controls?

I am elderly, but I don't think I am your parent.

However, I listen to music - if I listen to music, which I don't often - now, where was I - ah, yes - I listen to music on the radio. How else would I do it?

I meant to say, is this a trick question?

If you want to listen to a complete album by a favourite artist at a time of your choosing without interruptions from ad. breaks... in the past you might have had a cassette tape or a CD. But what do you do in the 'digital era'?

[ingenieur]

My dad actually has a gramophone so all these posts about gramophones aren't entirely out of context.

CheesecakeRunner said:

ingenieur said:

As per title: how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?

They Bluetooth stream from their iPhones. They’re elderly, not idiots.

He's actually relatively young at 65 but had an operation last year which has fried his brain. He's getting better slowly.

Sounds like a lot of people are mostly radio listeners.

The car has an aux socket and a power socket in the glovebox so I'm thinking maybe the solution is some sort of MP3 player?

[ingenieur]

Miserablegit said:

ingenieur said:

If you want to listen to a complete album by a favourite artist at a time of your choosing without interruptions from ad. breaks... in the past you might have had a cassette tape or a CD. But what do you do in the 'digital era'?

Rip the CD album to Flac or download a hi-res copy of the album to an sd for the car.
I find the car a good place to listen to albums uninterrupted. There’s less inclination to skip tracks whilst driving as well.

Like I said, he sold all his CDs about 10 years ago.