Add-On CD Player

[HemiDude]

I think that I would be interested in this player because we have a number of books on cd that we would listen to on long road trips.

Four months in and mine still works great

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

CD player. Next you will be heading down to the carhop for a burger and shake with this chick.....

 

[HemiDude]

CD player. Next you will be heading down to the carhop for a burger and shake with this chick.....

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Check out her - technology!!

 

[jimothy]

For anyone interested, I’ve got a CD player that works with a Ram I could sell. It’s kinda expensive, but it does come with a built in 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie.

 

[Ochoa1801]

Can we add OEM ve player ?

 

[Svt40]

Can we add OEM ve player ?

I've been rooting around on the web and have found one useful thread on another Ram forum. The OP of that thread said he bought the OEM Mopar CD-player for a 2019 along with some dash bezel. Then he found the OEM harness that worked with his truck and had the u-connect flashed for the CD-player. But apparently there are a ton of harnesses to pick from based on your particular truck options.

Still looking for that thread again.

Found the thread again and after punching in his part numbers it seems he was adding an OEM CD-player to the center console and not the empty spot on the dash of the 2020-21s.

 

[Ochoa1801]

I think if you have the cables, behind the console, you can connect and then activate with OBD

 

[Daverous]

Yes it can be done. You'll need alfaobd to activate but otherwise plug and play with the appropriate 19 center console harness. Added one to my 20 since I had a spare.

 

[Ochoa1801]

Yes it can be done. You'll need alfaobd to activate but otherwise plug and play with the appropriate 19 center console harness. Added one to my 20 since I had a spare.

Are The wire will be behind the console?

 

[Daverous]

The main harness is. You'll need the center console harness from a 19 to match your current options. The 19 harness will include the plug for the cd player. Runs around 75 bucks new. All plug and play. You can also add wireless charging at the same time to avoid splicing with the Mopar kit.

Or buy the entire center console if that's your thing. Bolts and plugs right in

 

[Ochoa1801]

The 19 harness will include the plug for the cd player. Runs around 75 bucks new. All plug and play. Can you give me the part number ?

 

[Daverous]

I can't, it would depend entirely on your options package. Wireless charger? Rear heated seats? Cooled rear seats? Ext. Best bet is to plug in a 19 Vin with your same options on a Mopar parts site and search for the console harness. There are like 15 varients.

 

[Yo Yo]

Found one hiding under the center jump seat. I was quite surprised.

Can you post a picture?

 

[Rick3478]

Mine arrived today. Plug and play, enabled auto usb play in Uconnect and it works like a charm. Might be my second favorite mod so far!View attachment 82015View attachment 82016

Looks like it fits good in there. Velcro?

 

[HemiDude]

Looks like it fits good in there. Velcro?

Double-sided tape, Gorilla brand I believe

 

[schlite60]

I am in the process to install a OEM CD player in my 2020 Limited 3500, I have the Cd player installed and finally got the correct wire bundle that goes into console with CD player connector. This also a work in progress. Will update when I get the new wire bundle in the console easy to put in by the looks of it and the console is held in by 6 bolts . I did cleanup of extra large soda pop spilage underneath console and had it pulled out to get all of the sticky stuff off.

 

[Oldphart]

As my name indicates, I'm probably one of the older guys here (turned 70 last September). What I did over time was to rip every CD I ever bought to a wave file at the least compression available. My collection is on my iphone, ipad, laptops, you get the idea. Just plug it into a usb port or bluetooth it. All track info shows on the 12" main display as well as the DIC.

If I can do this at my age, anyone else should be able to....funny, but I still prefer actual books and magazines to Kindle versions.

 

[slicktop]

I am in the process to install a OEM CD player in my 2020 Limited 3500, I have the Cd player installed and finally got the correct wire bundle that goes into console with CD player connector. This also a work in progress. Will update when I get the new wire bundle in the console easy to put in by the looks of it and the console is held in by 6 bolts . I did cleanup of extra large soda pop spilage underneath console and had it pulled out to get all of the sticky stuff off.

any update on this? The CD player is easy to find; the harness seems to be hard to ttrack down.

 

[HemiDude]

Older thread, but new info might provide useful insight to those experiencing trouble with media add-ons:

I was experiencing an issue where my CD player would only play track 11. Could restart the song if I wanted, or fast forward to the end, but no other tracks would play, and it happened with every cd I inserted. Finally decided the player must be bad, and prices had come down so I ordered another one, albeit a different brand. When the new player arrived I installed it only to find that it id the same thing.

At that I point I new it was an issue with the truck's UC5, probably initiated by one of the FOTAs. I changed every setting I could find, did the radio reset (multiple times) to no avail. Finally decided to bite the bullet and delete all of the profiles/completely reset the system. Lo and behold, this was the fix! PIA to go back and reset all of my preferences, but would have saved me the cost of the new cd unit.

Lesson here, kids, is don't stop short on your troubleshooting and start throwing parts at the problem . Oh, and I now have a gently used CD player if anyone is looking to buy one