old skool said:
Do people still play cd's?
I still have a collection of 8-track and cassette tapes as well as a wealth of vinyl.
All of my CD collection has been digitized many years ago, along with my vast DVD movie collection.
All of the available slots in both of my truck radios have CD's in them.
Only my very favorite albums are there.
I found the streaming options from my iPhone to my stock truck radios leave much to be desired and I am not interested in replacing my stock OEM radios.
My misspent youth has permanently damaged my hearing from listening to Pink Floyd and such at max volume.
So, I have little interest in pushing the damage any further.
If I had only known then what I know now.
I only use XM during a free preview.
For the most part, I drive with the radio turned off.
Back to the OP's question, My EXT came with the optional 6-CD desk mounted in the lower dash.
Shortly after I bought the truck, the deck quit working, but was loaded with CD's.
I found a used replacement deck on eBay and swapped them out.
That was back in 2012 and the replacement deck still works today.
I had to disassemble the broken deck to extract the CD's since that deck had stopped responding at all.