CD-R discs & car audio

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Has anyone else come across this problem?
I can record audio tracks onto CD-R discs on the NEC drive in my
Fujitsu Siemens laptop at any speed & they will play on my car audio
(1999 Volvo) without a problem.
Howerver discs recorded on my Dell desktop computer with an LG drive
will not play at all in the car even if they have been recorded at 1x
speed.
I am of course using the same brand of disc in both computers.

[Body Roll]

Try using TDK CD-Rs and see if the problem goes away,

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia

[NewMan]

I recently had one heck of a time trying to get WMAs playing in my car
deck. Turns out that my file conversion software was converting to
WMA9, and my car deck only supports up to WMA8!

It was a simple matter of downloading and installing the correct
codec, and then selecting that codec at conversion time.

Newer computers may default to newer codecs and recording standards
which are NOT supported by older car decks. Hell, my car deck is
spanking new, and has a date of manufature on it of August 2005, and I
still had problems!

Are you using the same Burning Software in both computers???

What file format are you using? WAV, WMA, MP3???

And yes, TDK CD-Rs are excellent!

On 19 Apr 2006 04:25:22 -0700, wrote:

>Has anyone else come across this problem?
>I can record audio tracks onto CD-R discs on the NEC drive in my
>Fujitsu Siemens laptop at any speed & they will play on my car audio
>(1999 Volvo) without a problem.
>Howerver discs recorded on my Dell desktop computer with an LG drive
>will not play at all in the car even if they have been recorded at 1x
>speed.
>I am of course using the same brand of disc in both computers.

[Matt Ion]

NewMan wrote:

> What file format are you using? WAV, WMA, MP3???

He already said, he's recording regular CD audio.

>>Has anyone else come across this problem?
>>I can record audio tracks onto CD-R discs on the NEC drive in my
>>Fujitsu Siemens laptop at any speed & they will play on my car audio
>>(1999 Volvo) without a problem.
>>Howerver discs recorded on my Dell desktop computer with an LG drive
>>will not play at all in the car even if they have been recorded at 1x
>>speed.
>>I am of course using the same brand of disc in both computers.
>
>


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I'm using the exact same version of Nero on both computers.
I am using TDK discs in both machines.
I am using disc at once, not multisession & am closing the disc at
completion.

Matt Ion wrote:
> wrote:
> > Has anyone else come across this problem?
> > I can record audio tracks onto CD-R discs on the NEC drive in my
> > Fujitsu Siemens laptop at any speed & they will play on my car audio
> > (1999 Volvo) without a problem.
> > Howerver discs recorded on my Dell desktop computer with an LG drive
> > will not play at all in the car even if they have been recorded at 1x
> > speed.
> > I am of course using the same brand of disc in both computers.
>
> Are you using disc-at-once or track-at-once recording? Multi-session or
> no? Closing the session/track/disc at completion? Using the same burner
> software on both machines?
>
> Preferable options are probably disc-at-once burn, no multisession, and
> close the disc when done.
>
>
>
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[NewMan]

Check the firmware revision of firmware in your LG drive. Then go to
the LG web site and check for the latest revision of firmware.

WARNING: Flashing firmware in a CD drive is a dangerous thing. I
strongy recommend that you read ALL instructions provided.
Additionally, I have found that you need to set the CD drive to be the
"Master" on the Primary IDE controller of the motherboard. ALSO - and
THIS IS IMPORTANT - disconnect ALL hard drives from the IDE
controllers while you are doing this! I had one flash attempt trash
the partition on my hard drive and also simultaneously trash the flash
eeprom in the CD drive!

Fotunately, I had the pimary partition recently Ghosted and hidden, so
I was back up in 10 minutes. But I still had to get a new CD drive.

I have had problems like this in the past where drives are shipped
with firmware that they know darn well had "issues". HP did it years
go, so I am sure that lots of them do it. They figure that since you
can download and flash later, that this is OK. Well, it is OK if you
know what you are doing. If you are like most users, you will have to
pay a technician to do it.

Just a thought.

For WinXP:

Right-click on "My Computer" and select "Properties".

Click on "Device Manager"

Expand "DVD/CD-ROM Drives", click on the drive in question, and open
the properties.

Click on the "Details" tab.

You will see a string something like:

IDE\CDROMHL-DT-ST-CDRW-GCE-8525B________1.05________

The "1.05" in this example is the firmware revision currently
installed in the drive.

Now go here:

http://ca.lgservice.com/index_b2c.jsp

click on "Product Support"

click on the link just under "device driver"

for "Product" select "CD-ROM(Writer)

select your operating system, and click search


You will get a list of firmware available like this:

Subject Operating System File Name Size


New firmware (ver. 1.04) for only GCE-8527B(52X CD-RW Drive) Windows
2000
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows ME
GCE-8527B104(EW).zip 298K

the list is real disorganized, so you might have to page through it to
find your model. When you do, download the latest firmware and read
all instructions carefully.

Hope that helps.

On 24 Apr 2006 07:02:11 -0700, wrote:

>I'm using the exact same version of Nero on both computers.
>I am using TDK discs in both machines.
>I am using disc at once, not multisession & am closing the disc at
>completion.
>
>Matt Ion wrote:
>> wrote:
>> > Has anyone else come across this problem?
>> > I can record audio tracks onto CD-R discs on the NEC drive in my
>> > Fujitsu Siemens laptop at any speed & they will play on my car audio
>> > (1999 Volvo) without a problem.
>> > Howerver discs recorded on my Dell desktop computer with an LG drive
>> > will not play at all in the car even if they have been recorded at 1x
>> > speed.
>> > I am of course using the same brand of disc in both computers.
>>
>> Are you using disc-at-once or track-at-once recording? Multi-session or
>> no? Closing the session/track/disc at completion? Using the same burner
>> software on both machines?
>>
>> Preferable options are probably disc-at-once burn, no multisession, and
>> close the disc when done.
>>
>>
>>
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Thanks Newman, that worked a treat!

NewMan wrote:
> Check the firmware revision of firmware in your LG drive. Then go to
> the LG web site and check for the latest revision of firmware.
>
> WARNING: Flashing firmware in a CD drive is a dangerous thing. I
> strongy recommend that you read ALL instructions provided.
> Additionally, I have found that you need to set the CD drive to be the
> "Master" on the Primary IDE controller of the motherboard. ALSO - and
> THIS IS IMPORTANT - disconnect ALL hard drives from the IDE
> controllers while you are doing this! I had one flash attempt trash
> the partition on my hard drive and also simultaneously trash the flash
> eeprom in the CD drive!
>
> Fotunately, I had the pimary partition recently Ghosted and hidden, so
> I was back up in 10 minutes. But I still had to get a new CD drive.
>
> I have had problems like this in the past where drives are shipped
> with firmware that they know darn well had "issues". HP did it years
> go, so I am sure that lots of them do it. They figure that since you
> can download and flash later, that this is OK. Well, it is OK if you
> know what you are doing. If you are like most users, you will have to
> pay a technician to do it.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> For WinXP:
>
> Right-click on "My Computer" and select "Properties".
>
> Click on "Device Manager"
>
> Expand "DVD/CD-ROM Drives", click on the drive in question, and open
> the properties.
>
> Click on the "Details" tab.
>
> You will see a string something like:
>
> IDE\CDROMHL-DT-ST-CDRW-GCE-8525B________1.05________
>
> The "1.05" in this example is the firmware revision currently
> installed in the drive.
>
> Now go here:
>
> http://ca.lgservice.com/index_b2c.jsp
>
> click on "Product Support"
>
> click on the link just under "device driver"
>
> for "Product" select "CD-ROM(Writer)
>
> select your operating system, and click search
>
>
> You will get a list of firmware available like this:
>
> Subject Operating System File Name Size
>
>
> New firmware (ver. 1.04) for only GCE-8527B(52X CD-RW Drive) Windows
> 2000
> Windows 98
> Windows XP
> Windows ME
> GCE-8527B104(EW).zip 298K
>
> the list is real disorganized, so you might have to page through it to
> find your model. When you do, download the latest firmware and read
> all instructions carefully.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> On 24 Apr 2006 07:02:11 -0700, wrote:
>
> >I'm using the exact same version of Nero on both computers.
> >I am using TDK discs in both machines.
> >I am using disc at once, not multisession & am closing the disc at
> >completion.
> >
> >Matt Ion wrote:
> >> wrote:
> >> > Has anyone else come across this problem?
> >> > I can record audio tracks onto CD-R discs on the NEC drive in my
> >> > Fujitsu Siemens laptop at any speed & they will play on my car audio
> >> > (1999 Volvo) without a problem.
> >> > Howerver discs recorded on my Dell desktop computer with an LG drive
> >> > will not play at all in the car even if they have been recorded at 1x
> >> > speed.
> >> > I am of course using the same brand of disc in both computers.
> >>
> >> Are you using disc-at-once or track-at-once recording? Multi-session or
> >> no? Closing the session/track/disc at completion? Using the same burner
> >> software on both machines?
> >>
> >> Preferable options are probably disc-at-once burn, no multisession, and
> >> close the disc when done.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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[NewMan]

Awesome!

I hate it when things like this happen. You pull your hair out over
someone elses errors and don't even know it.

Glad it worked out for you! :)

On 28 Apr 2006 01:06:39 -0700, wrote:

>Thanks Newman, that worked a treat!
>
>NewMan wrote:
>> Check the firmware revision of firmware in your LG drive. Then go to
>> the LG web site and check for the latest revision of firmware.
>>
>> WARNING: Flashing firmware in a CD drive is a dangerous thing. I
>> strongy recommend that you read ALL instructions provided.
>> Additionally, I have found that you need to set the CD drive to be the
>> "Master" on the Primary IDE controller of the motherboard. ALSO - and
>> THIS IS IMPORTANT - disconnect ALL hard drives from the IDE
>> controllers while you are doing this! I had one flash attempt trash
>> the partition on my hard drive and also simultaneously trash the flash
>> eeprom in the CD drive!
>>
>> Fotunately, I had the pimary partition recently Ghosted and hidden, so
>> I was back up in 10 minutes. But I still had to get a new CD drive.
>>
>> I have had problems like this in the past where drives are shipped
>> with firmware that they know darn well had "issues". HP did it years
>> go, so I am sure that lots of them do it. They figure that since you
>> can download and flash later, that this is OK. Well, it is OK if you
>> know what you are doing. If you are like most users, you will have to
>> pay a technician to do it.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> For WinXP:
>>
>> Right-click on "My Computer" and select "Properties".
>>
>> Click on "Device Manager"
>>
>> Expand "DVD/CD-ROM Drives", click on the drive in question, and open
>> the properties.
>>
>> Click on the "Details" tab.
>>
>> You will see a string something like:
>>
>> IDE\CDROMHL-DT-ST-CDRW-GCE-8525B________1.05________
>>
>> The "1.05" in this example is the firmware revision currently
>> installed in the drive.
>>
>> Now go here:
>>
>> http://ca.lgservice.com/index_b2c.jsp
>>
>> click on "Product Support"
>>
>> click on the link just under "device driver"
>>
>> for "Product" select "CD-ROM(Writer)
>>
>> select your operating system, and click search
>>
>>
>> You will get a list of firmware available like this:
>>
>> Subject Operating System File Name Size
>>
>>
>> New firmware (ver. 1.04) for only GCE-8527B(52X CD-RW Drive) Windows
>> 2000
>> Windows 98
>> Windows XP
>> Windows ME
>> GCE-8527B104(EW).zip 298K
>>
>> the list is real disorganized, so you might have to page through it to
>> find your model. When you do, download the latest firmware and read
>> all instructions carefully.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> On 24 Apr 2006 07:02:11 -0700, wrote:
>>
>> >I'm using the exact same version of Nero on both computers.
>> >I am using TDK discs in both machines.
>> >I am using disc at once, not multisession & am closing the disc at
>> >completion.
>> >
>> >Matt Ion wrote:
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Has anyone else come across this problem?
>> >> > I can record audio tracks onto CD-R discs on the NEC drive in my
>> >> > Fujitsu Siemens laptop at any speed & they will play on my car audio
>> >> > (1999 Volvo) without a problem.
>> >> > Howerver discs recorded on my Dell desktop computer with an LG drive
>> >> > will not play at all in the car even if they have been recorded at 1x
>> >> > speed.
>> >> > I am of course using the same brand of disc in both computers.
>> >>
>> >> Are you using disc-at-once or track-at-once recording? Multi-session or
>> >> no? Closing the session/track/disc at completion? Using the same burner
>> >> software on both machines?
>> >>
>> >> Preferable options are probably disc-at-once burn, no multisession, and
>> >> close the disc when done.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >> avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean.
>> >> Virus Database (VPS): 0616-2, 04/18/2006
>> >> Tested on: 4/19/2006 8:24:29 AM
>> >> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software.
>> >> http://www.avast.com