Does the in-dash CD player/changer feature CD Text & can it read MP3 on CDs?
Yes & no. The CD players in the 9-3 will read CD text if you burn a CD with that option, or if a store bought CD has it. However, you will only see it in the “Change Tracks” section of the display. Therefore, only vehicles with the ES2 (green monochrome screen) or ES3 (navigation) can experience this. It will not show up in the SID (display by the front windscreen). To see it, go into the CD menu, and choose the option “Change Tracks”, and it should list all the tracks. The reason it is seemingly so rudimentary is that according to one of the original stereo developers, this was a feature that the stereo manufacturer forgot to take out. It’s a fluke that it works, in other words. One source reports that that it was not included because it would cause the driver too much distraction. That could be the same reason that normal CD display info is not present (like elapsed track time). As for MP3 CDs, no. The CD player cannot read a CD with MP3 data files on them. However, if you take your
