CD labels

[Dave Van Haaren]

I've heard all the stories of CD labels coming off and bubbling and
getting stuck in the cd player, however, I've left mine in the heat,
the cold and some have even got wet and NO problem with the adheasive.
My problem is that they just don't play worth crap in my car stereo's
(2 different factory units). They play fine for the first 4 or 5
tracks, then the sound gets progressively worse and worse. Without
labels, they play everything fine, but as soom as I stick on a label,
they have playing problems.
Anyone else have this problem? My labels are white matte finish.

[Tony F]

I've made labels for quite a few of my CDs. It makes a little more noise
when the discs are loaded, but I've never had a problem.

Tony


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"Dave Van Haaren" > wrote in message
om...
> I've heard all the stories of CD labels coming off and bubbling and
> getting stuck in the cd player, however, I've left mine in the heat,
> the cold and some have even got wet and NO problem with the adheasive.
> My problem is that they just don't play worth crap in my car stereo's
> (2 different factory units). They play fine for the first 4 or 5
> tracks, then the sound gets progressively worse and worse. Without
> labels, they play everything fine, but as soom as I stick on a label,
> they have playing problems.
> Anyone else have this problem? My labels are white matte finish.

[scott johnson]

could be that the labels aren't balancing.

i never use labels. just a sharpie marker




"Dave Van Haaren" > wrote in message
om...
> I've heard all the stories of CD labels coming off and bubbling and
> getting stuck in the cd player, however, I've left mine in the heat,
> the cold and some have even got wet and NO problem with the adheasive.
> My problem is that they just don't play worth crap in my car stereo's
> (2 different factory units). They play fine for the first 4 or 5
> tracks, then the sound gets progressively worse and worse. Without
> labels, they play everything fine, but as soom as I stick on a label,
> they have playing problems.
> Anyone else have this problem? My labels are white matte finish.

[bobb]

I think they are now special blanks on the market that u can write a
label directly on. It requires a special writer I think. Factory
looking and no stickers.... Of course I just use a sharpie.

[Scott Gardner]

On 24 Feb 2005 06:13:29 -0800, (Dave Van Haaren)
wrote:

>I've heard all the stories of CD labels coming off and bubbling and
>getting stuck in the cd player, however, I've left mine in the heat,
>the cold and some have even got wet and NO problem with the adheasive.
> My problem is that they just don't play worth crap in my car stereo's
>(2 different factory units). They play fine for the first 4 or 5
>tracks, then the sound gets progressively worse and worse. Without
>labels, they play everything fine, but as soom as I stick on a label,
>they have playing problems.
>Anyone else have this problem? My labels are white matte finish.


Are you sure it's the labels causing the problem? Try a couple of
discs that don't have labels at all, and see if you have the same
problem.

You said that you're having problems with factory head units in your
cars. Don't forget that not all CD players are designed to work with
CD-R discs that you've burned yourself. Some will, and some won't.
I've had similar problems as yours (first few tracks play, but then it
progressively goes to hell), and it was just the player. Try some
different brands of discs and see if that makes a difference, too.

Scott Gardner

[Dave Van Haaren]

I've tried burning a half dozen discs in multiple copies, put labels
on one set, and nothing on the other. The labels are definetly the
problem. There're perfectly balanced as well. I've also tried 25
cents CD-R's and 2 dollar CD-R's. Both play fine with no labels, both
suck with labels.

[Scott Gardner]

On 25 Feb 2005 04:16:16 -0800, (Dave Van Haaren)
wrote:

>I've tried burning a half dozen discs in multiple copies, put labels
>on one set, and nothing on the other. The labels are definetly the
>problem. There're perfectly balanced as well. I've also tried 25
>cents CD-R's and 2 dollar CD-R's. Both play fine with no labels, both
>suck with labels.


Oh well, looks like there's a Sharpie marker in your future... Sorry
the other ideas didn't pan out.

Scott

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>Don't forget that not all CD players are designed to work with
>CD-R discs that you've burned yourself. Some will, and some won't.

Let me also add that I've had better luck with non-CDR-supporting HU's
by burning CDR's at a slower speed. Ie, even if your cd writer can
burn at 16x, writing a cd at 2x or 1x seems to work a lot better.