cd plays CD-R?

I just bought a 98 civic and it has the factory installed cd player....
the problem is...it doesnt play my burned cds....ive read online that
it could be the CD or the software im using...Im wondering if any1
else has had this problem, and has found a solution.

regards,
sanjay

 

My 96 Accura plays the CD's I burn using Nero Burning ROM

http://www.ahead.de/us/index.html

 

Obviously your CD Player/Recorder is mismatched because it records using
a different codec than the one that was installed in the vehicle.I am
not at all familiar with the different player codec types,but I would
check to see if your recording/burning unit is MPEG-2,4 or some other
esoteric scheme I have not personally heard of.If it is different,you
will either have to replace the unit in the vehicle or use a different
recorder CD burner that matches the unit in your car.I have heard (not
personal experience) that some PC based CD burners will not output to
other playing devices because of copy protection software employed on
the most recently manufactured units.......ONLY on the primary recording
device.You might check this possibility out as well.

 

Same problem with my CD player in a 2000 Accord
Try burning them at 4X and use good CDR's

 

There are no codecs here if it's a CD-R - it's red book audio with possible
orange book extensions.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

 

What brand of CD-Rs are you using - there's a lot of junk out there... even
with well known brand names. I'd suggest you try a different quality brand
of CD-R, like Taiyo Yuden or Mitsui and use slower record speeds if
necessary. '98 is a little early for CD-R compatiblity and even if it
works, you should be warned that it may damage your player by causing it to
run constantly in error recovery mode.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

 

Hey, look ma, a guy on webtv. is giving advice on technical stuff.

A standard CD player plays CD-Audio, or "red book" standard disks.
There is no encoding or compression to worry about. Your burner
software should handle this task easily enough. Some CD players just
won't handle CD-R, however, becaue the CD-R disks are not as
reflective as commercial pressed disks are.

The player may never have been designed with a bright enough laser, or
a sensitive enough pick-up device. Or, your lens may be a little
dusty & needs to be cleaned with a commercially available cleaning
disk that has little brushes. Or, you may have used the player a lot,
and the brightness of the laser has diminished below acceptable levels
for playing CD-R, even if it still plays pressed disks.

Do not try to use CD-RW disks. Hardly any auto player can cope with
those, due to very low reflectivity.

Try another brand of CD-R's; you're looking for maximum reflectivity.
You may also need to burn the disk at a slow speed, which will make
for more precisely shaped "pits".

I assume that you've tried your burned disks on another player to make
sure that they work at all.

JM

 

I do not claim to be an expert on such matters.But I did have a similar
experience with a CD player in my Honda Civic.I have an XM Radio
installed by an independent installer.I have a Pioneer LD/CD-RW unit at
home.When I tried to play my discs from the home unit on my Honda CD
player,it did not work.The dealer did not have any idea why it did not
work,so I took it to the independent installer and asked him why it did
not.He deals in the same Pioneer audio equipment I use at home;he spent
an hour doing some "tests" and told me it was mismatched codecs
(whatever the heck they are) and I could not use the home units disc
recordings in my Honda.So naturally,I thought it might have been the
same thing.If you say it is something else,I believe you......

 

I had a 1995 Nissan 240sx that was very finicky about the cds I used. It was
more about the color than the brand. Blue cds would not play but silver ones
would.

 

You guys were right!!! I just bought TDK and burned using NERO @ 4x
and they play wonderfully. No more cheap memorex CDrs for me.

Thanks
Sanjay

 

Make sure you are closing the recording session. Depending on your
software, you may have to search for this option, and it may use
different terminology, but you need to finalize the recording so that
no other data can be added to the disk. Otherwise, it will play on
your computer (and perhaps others), but not in a car.