Just bought a Mazda 3 2.0 Sport Saloon - questions about the Stereo
 

Hi guys, loving the car so far, but yet to start getting to grips with it.

Firstly, I noticed on another site that the Mazda 3 Sport should have a 6 CD autochanger with MP3 playback and Aux.

Mine doesn't say MP3 per the pictures on that site but I have yet to test it (left all my MP3 CDs with my sister and ran out of CD-Rs!). Should it still be an MP3 compatible model?

Also, I've not located the Aux jack yet - where would I look for this?

Sorry for the inane questions - I will explore the car properly soon; I've just been ridiculously busy at work so not had much time with her yet.

Here's a shot of the interior, which has no "MP3" designation nor an Aux jack as I've seen on other similar stereos next to the bottom right knob:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/sh...7J_1kiXBMvvkAg

In the US the aux jack is in the armrest storage compartment. That said it wasn't included until 2007.

As for as MP3 compatibility, again in the US Mp3 was a dealer option for single CD/Mp3 in '04-'07, 6CD/Mp3 in '08-'08.5 and then became standard after that on all stereos. All Mp3 compatible stereos have "MP3" on the faceplate.

Thanks icspots, it's as I feared. It is a July 2006 model so it was just too old to have that. The "other site" doesn't specify the differences in year for the 2.0 Sport, assuming it has it all round.

I don't really want to fit an aftermarket unit, so I will just have to burn a shedload of CD-Rs instead. Loving the Bose system :)

Oh, I put wrong dates down. Again using US numbers for '04-'05 the optional Mp3 player was a single disc. For '06-'08 it was a 6CD/Mp3, and in '08.5 Mp3 became standard across the board. If you find a Mp3 Bose unit you can just swap it in.