Inserting Multiple CD's

[Marvinh]

I'm almost afraid to ask this question, but you guys seem like a friendly bunch! And I haven't seen this discussed in any other thread (I searched)... or in the owner's manual.

Can I insert additional CD's while the first CD is playing? Does this cause the first CD to stop playing while the additional CD's are inserted? Must I insert all the CD's I want to play before starting play?

Thanks! - Marvin

[KTPhil]

"Can I insert additional CD's while the first CD is playing?"

Nope. Hitting the LOAD button opens up the next available slot so you can insert a disc. The currently-playing CD is stopped while this actin takes place.

[TonyPSchaefer]

I listen to a lot of audio books on CD. Trust me, you can not load or eject while listening to a CD. As soon as you press either button, the CD player is switched off and you get the radio.

[rfred]

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I'm almost afraid to ask this question, but you guys seem like a friendly bunch! And I haven't seen this discussed in any other thread (I searched)... or in the owner's manual.

Can I insert additional CD's while the first CD is playing? Does this cause the first CD to stop playing while the additional CD's are inserted? Must I insert all the CD's I want to play before starting play?

Thanks! - Marvin
[/b]

Don't ever be afraid to ask a question - we are here to learn from each other.

I know that multi-disk players have been in use for a number of years. It has been my experience that they will quit performing well without any apparent provocation. So I would load all of the CD's you want to listen to before you start playing any of them and I wouldn't try to load another CD while one is playing. Multi CD changers are wonderful for listening to hours of music without reloading. They just aren't particularly robust.

[Sarge]

As KTPhil and TonyPSchaefer said, it will stop playback when you hit the eject button. However, one nice thing to note is that if you hold the EJECT or LOAD button for a couple seconds, it will remain in that mode and allow you to load or eject a series of discs consecutively.

In fact, many of the buttons in the Prius have an alternate function by holding it for a second...

[TonyPSchaefer]

However, one nice thing to note is that if you hold the EJECT or LOAD button for a couple seconds, it will remain in that mode and allow you to load or eject a series of discs consecutively.[/b]

No Way!! Seriously?
Oh man, I am constantly loading 4, 5, 6 CDs at a time. And then, of course, I have to eject them.

Wow, you really do learn something new every day.
Thanks, Sarge!

[Proco]

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As KTPhil and TonyPSchaefer said, it will stop playback when you hit the eject button. However, one nice thing to note is that if you hold the EJECT or LOAD button for a couple seconds, it will remain in that mode and allow you to load or eject a series of discs consecutively.

In fact, many of the buttons in the Prius have an alternate function by holding it for a second...[/b]

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No Way!! Seriously?
Oh man, I am constantly loading 4, 5, 6 CDs at a time. And then, of course, I have to eject them.

Wow, you really do learn something new every day.
Thanks, Sarge![/b]

I second Tony's thanks, Sarge! Like Tony, I listen to a lot of audiobooks and am constantly loading a bunch of CDs at once and I never knew this.

Thanks again!!

[Proco]

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[M. Oiseau]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ Jul 27 2007, 07:34 AM) [snapback]486036[/snapback]</div>

No Way!! Seriously?
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Psssst. Tony, this is in the owner's manual. How did you miss it?

[Danny Hamilton]

You know, you'd think I'd learn to RTFM by now.

I've read enough here at PC to realize that the typical Toyota salesperson doesn't know a lot of the details about hte Prius and that they aren't exactly a reliable source of info. So in most cases checked up on any advice I got from my salesguy.

However, I didn't really think of the stereo as being a Prius stereo. The salesguy made a very specific point of telling me that I couldn't load multiple CD's at once. I had to push the load button once and then load one CD and repeat the process for each CD. He even went so far as to demonstrate it for me. I took him at his word on this one and believed that I couldn't feed multiple CD's in without pushing the LOAD button between each CD. He mentioned the same thing for eject.

You learn something new every day. Thanks Sarge.