Hi,

Any idea if it is possible to upgrade the firmware on the car stereo,
to play mp3 cd's. The car stereo is the original one in 2000 Toyota
Camry, LE model. It plays the cd-r cd's though.

Appreciate your help

Amar

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 at 20:59 GMT, wrote:
Hi,

Any idea if it is possible to upgrade the firmware on the car stereo,
to play mp3 cd's. The car stereo is the original one in 2000 Toyota
Camry, LE model. It plays the cd-r cd's though.

Amar,

I would guess that it is not possible. But then I am sure you don't
want guesses... Why not contact Toyota and ask them?

Sam

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Not unless toyota offers a head unit that does play mp3s, and it is the
exact same model but with different firmware. In order to play a mp3,
you need to decode it, thus the need for a chip. I think ;p.
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I agree.

Plus, you need software to manage file location and titles, etc.

David
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Not unless toyota offers a head unit that does play mp3s, and it is the
exact same model but with different firmware. In order to play a mp3,
you need to decode it, thus the need for a chip. I think ;p.
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wrote:
Hi,

Any idea if it is possible to upgrade the firmware on the car stereo,
to play mp3 cd's. The car stereo is the original one in 2000 Toyota
Camry, LE model. It plays the cd-r cd's though.

It's not possible, unless the manufacturer build mp3 coding capability
into the unit and then disabled it. Since nobody does this (the mp3
decoders add significant cost), you'll need to actually invest in an mp3
capable head unit.


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ocran wrote:
I think ;p.

I think, therefore I quote.

You don't quote.


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David wrote:

I agree.

Plus, you need software to manage file location and titles, etc.

David
UnderTheDash.com

What might be possible however is adding new file format capability.
IE, adding wma or aac to a mp3 player must be easy? It's just a new
codec, the decoding hardware is already there.

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