OK. What's the deal? I burn CDs with Nero, and they play fine on the
computer, but won't play in car cd players. Is there a compatability issue?
And, if so, how do I bridge that gap?

"RB" wrote in message


OK. What's the deal? I burn CDs with Nero, and they play fine on the
computer, but won't play in car cd players.

An old, old sad story. Some car CD players won't ever play a CD-R, and
others will play only certain CD-Rs.

Is there a compatibility issue?

Well known.

And, if so, how do I bridge that gap?

(1) Try other burning speeds
(2) Try other brands of media
(3) Try other burner and/or player

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:49:34 -0600, RB wrote:
OK. What's the deal? I burn CDs with Nero, and they play fine on the
computer, but won't play in car cd players. Is there a compatability issue?
And, if so, how do I bridge that gap?

you need a car player made after about '98.

"RB" writes:

OK. What's the deal? I burn CDs with Nero, and they play fine on
the computer, but won't play in car cd players. Is there a
compatability issue? And, if so, how do I bridge that gap?

Burn slower and try different media.

In my experience any audio burned at 4x or above tends to have
problems in some picky players. With Sony media, 2x burning, and a
LiteOn CD burner, I've never had a problem in any player. YMMV based
on your burner though--it sometimes takes iterations to find what
media works best.

But I bet if you burn slower, your problems will go away.

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wrote:

OK. What's the deal? I burn CDs with Nero, and they play fine on the
computer, but won't play in car cd players. Is there a compatability issue?
And, if so, how do I bridge that gap?

I have found that using blank cds with a blue/cyan coating recorded at max
4x work on most tempermental cd decks... the blue tends to burn deeper and
weaker lazer read heads react kindly to that

don ward

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Don Ward wrote:

In article , "RB"
wrote:

OK. What's the deal? I burn CDs with Nero, and they play fine on the
computer, but won't play in car cd players. Is there a compatability issue?
And, if so, how do I bridge that gap?

Buy a new player designed to work with CD-R, after first making sure
you're finalizing your disks for use in the car.


I have found that using blank cds with a blue/cyan coating recorded at max
4x work on most tempermental cd decks... the blue tends to burn deeper and
weaker lazer read heads react kindly to that

don ward



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On 2003-11-16, RB wrote:
OK. What's the deal? I burn CDs with Nero, and they play fine on the
computer, but won't play in car cd players. Is there a compatability issue?
And, if so, how do I bridge that gap?


Don't know if I have the same "problem", but my car cd player won't play
the cd made on an 80 min cd; I need to burn the music on the 74 min cd
which are getting harder to find.

I wonder how old the player is, if it's ever been cleaned, what speed the
discs were burned at. A player in good condition should play a properly
burned disc every time.

Mark Z.


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"pc user" wrote in message
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On 2003-11-16, RB wrote:
OK. What's the deal? I burn CDs with Nero, and they play fine on the
computer, but won't play in car cd players. Is there a compatability
issue?
And, if so, how do I bridge that gap?


Don't know if I have the same "problem", but my car cd player won't play
the cd made on an 80 min cd; I need to burn the music on the 74 min cd
which are getting harder to find.

"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message
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I wonder how old the player is, if it's ever been cleaned, what speed the
discs were burned at. A player in good condition should play a properly
burned disc every time.

Mark Z.

My old HP 2x cd burner required a firmware upgrade to read/burn 80 minute
cdr's.
Check with the mfg if your car deck is older.

Yes, but that was a burner. Merely playing a disc, with VERY few exceptions,
has no firmware or other limitations based on 80 min vs. 74 min discs.
The only example I can think of was the old Marantz CD-63 and similar models
which wouldn't play long discs fully to the end, presumably a mechanical
limitation.

Mark Z.



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"Linoloser" wrote in message
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"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message
...
I wonder how old the player is, if it's ever been cleaned, what speed
the
discs were burned at. A player in good condition should play a properly
burned disc every time.

Mark Z.

My old HP 2x cd burner required a firmware upgrade to read/burn 80 minute
cdr's.
Check with the mfg if your car deck is older.

On 2003-12-02, Mark D. Zacharias wrote:
Yes, but that was a burner. Merely playing a disc, with VERY few exceptions,
has no firmware or other limitations based on 80 min vs. 74 min discs.
The only example I can think of was the old Marantz CD-63 and similar models
which wouldn't play long discs fully to the end, presumably a mechanical
limitation.

Mark Z.

Tracking problems?? The car cd player is probably a 1991 model as the
car is a 1992 model.

The 80 min discs were either burned with Nero or copied with a stand-alone
recorder (Philips 880). Don't what know what is supposed to work but
the 80 min disc didn't and the 74 min played; the same 80 min discs do
work on both the home cd player and a portable cd player..





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"Linoloser" wrote in message
...

"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message
...
I wonder how old the player is, if it's ever been cleaned, what speed
the
discs were burned at. A player in good condition should play a properly
burned disc every time.

Mark Z.

My old HP 2x cd burner required a firmware upgrade to read/burn 80 minute
cdr's.
Check with the mfg if your car deck is older.

Yeah, maybe time to get a new player anyway. Certainly cleaning this one
wouldn't hurt. Surprising it plays at all after 11 or 12 years in a car.

Mark Z.



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"pc user" wrote in message
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On 2003-12-02, Mark D. Zacharias wrote:
Yes, but that was a burner. Merely playing a disc, with VERY few
exceptions,
has no firmware or other limitations based on 80 min vs. 74 min discs.
The only example I can think of was the old Marantz CD-63 and similar
models
which wouldn't play long discs fully to the end, presumably a mechanical
limitation.

Mark Z.

Tracking problems?? The car cd player is probably a 1991 model as the
car is a 1992 model.

The 80 min discs were either burned with Nero or copied with a stand-alone
recorder (Philips 880). Don't what know what is supposed to work but
the 80 min disc didn't and the 74 min played; the same 80 min discs do
work on both the home cd player and a portable cd player..





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"Linoloser" wrote in message
...

"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message
...
I wonder how old the player is, if it's ever been cleaned, what speed
the
discs were burned at. A player in good condition should play a
properly
burned disc every time.

Mark Z.

My old HP 2x cd burner required a firmware upgrade to read/burn 80
minute
cdr's.
Check with the mfg if your car deck is older.