Old Audio CD Drive Question:

[Explosion1oh1]

Hokay, so this isn't necessarily a pc question, but I've got the feeling that one of you guys will know the answer anyway. My issue is I've got a 6 CD-changer in the car I just bought (first car yay!) but when I burn an audio CD, it's unable to read it. I've tried, and the CDs are able to be read in another CD player, so it's not a problem with the CD. Also, the car has successfully played manufactured CDs. So I'm wondering if maybe if the issue is that the speed isn't correct, or something along those lines changed since the manufacturing of this CD player? It's the standard CD player factory installed in the wagon version of the 95 960 Volvo, although I haven't found a model type on it, other than it's made by Sony. The other possibility I'm fathoming is that there's some copy protection software on the disc drive, preventing people from playing ripped CDs? I'm gonna do some research when I've got more time later, but if anyone happens to have any idea, I'd appreciate it. Thanks for your help!

[not important]

First, it's Sony and that can be a problem in itself. How software are you using to burn the discs? They need to be "ripped" first. You can't make a direct copy.

[Explosion1oh1]

I'm just using windows media player to burn them. And I'm not making a direct copy, I'm burning an audio-format CD from music I've already got on my hard drive.

[amdalex]

Are you burning MP3 files to the disc?.

[Jaxbot]

This may seem like a silly question, but what type of disc is it? CD-R or CD-RW?

I've never gotten a CD-RW to play correctly in my CD player, but CD-R's seem to work fine, all of which I burned with WMP.

[juppy]

Originally Posted by Jaxbot I've never gotten a CD-RW to play correctly in my CD player, but CD-R's seem to work fine, all of which I burned with WMP.

That's because CD-RW's aren't as reflective (shiny?). Car CD players tend to be more picky and need a good reflective disc in order to work, especially the older units. CD-RW's just aren't shiny enough to deliver a good signal to alot of units, so it's generally recommended to use only CD-R's if you're burning an audio disc to be played in a car.

[glc]

Some older CD players just can't handle burned CD's of any type due to the lower reflectivity than a manufactured CD.

Why don't you treat yourself to a new head unit that has an aux input, and use a MP3 player?

[Explosion1oh1]

It is a CD-R, not RW. And unfortunately, I don't have the money yet for the new system I've got my eyes on haha, that's why I was tryin to make do with this. But thanks for the help, that seems to make sense.