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Jan 13, 2011 | 09:18 PM

speed_demon24

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Can't get burned cd's to play

So far I've tried memorex and verbatim cd-r's. I'm burning them as audio cd's with WMP. It's a stock head unit in a 97 camaro. Any tricks to get them to play? It keeps saying error and ejecting them.

Jan 14, 2011 | 07:54 AM

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Try burning them at no more than 10x. Recording speed has been found to make a huge difference in the reliability of the factory head unit being able to play recorded discs.

Jan 14, 2011 | 01:07 PM

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Try burning them at no more than 10x. Recording speed has been found to make a huge difference in the reliability of the factory head unit being able to play recorded discs.

Tried slow burning speed with wmp and 4x with i-tunes and still no luck.

Jan 16, 2011 | 12:46 AM

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I can't say that I've ever heard of that kind of problem but I quit buying CD's and just starting transfering all my songs over to my iPhone and whatever else I want, I just buy them from iTunes.

Jan 17, 2011 | 10:54 AM

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The bluer, the better. Sony CD-R Audios work for me,
some others brands have, but any pale green cheapo,
forget it. Search here for posts, I know others have
said what did & didn't work for them.

Jan 18, 2011 | 06:07 PM

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Might be a weird question, but have you recently tried a regular(non burned) CD to make sure the CD player itself still works?

Jan 20, 2011 | 11:32 AM

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You're not using CD-RWs, are you? Those can cause issues in older HU's. Also, you MUST burn them as WAV CDs with a factory HU, NOT MP3 cd's. That might be your problem as well.

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Jan 23, 2011 | 06:18 PM

jimmyblue

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I burn all my changer CDs from MP3 files and have had no issues (until
the changer dies, recently - but the CDs played fine for years). The only
problem I have had, is the choice of dye. Which of course they tell you
nothing about, although if you can find any mention of "archival life"
or such, that's a better dye. Basically if they're not proud of it, it's
a crap shoot.

Jan 24, 2011 | 12:29 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmyblue

The bluer, the better. Sony CD-R Audios work for me,
some others brands have, but any pale green cheapo,
forget it. Search here for posts, I know others have
said what did & didn't work for them.

I just bought JVC cd-r's which are supposed to be the best with no luck, and this is the 3rd different brand I have tried.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy P

Might be a weird question, but have you recently tried a regular(non burned) CD to make sure the CD player itself still works?

Works fine with real cd's.

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Originally Posted by ArkBird96

You're not using CD-RWs, are you? Those can cause issues in older HU's. Also, you MUST burn them as WAV CDs with a factory HU, NOT MP3 cd's. That might be your problem as well.

CD-R's and I'm burning them as audio cd's.

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Originally Posted by sjsingle1

some older cd players just dont like newer discs.......try NERO...........they have a free version......i ALWAYS burn mine at 4x

Tried nero, the slowest my computer will burn at is 10x.