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Dan_69GTX

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I'm thinking of putting a "new" radio in my truck - a factory with tape and CD. But I don't want to if it can not play my recorded cd-r media. Any of you know the answer to this??



Thanks!

Dan
 
I have the CD/ Cassette player and have played CD/r that I have recorded will no problems. I like to mix my own road tunes.

Rich
 
Dan. .

They should play them OK,however sometimes they will not. You will have to make sure the CD is finalized also... ... ... Andy
 
Don't leave your burned cd's in the truck if the radio go'es bad, mine started skipping and having other problems, took the truck to the dealer to get it fixed or replaced and when they saw my home burned cd's they said that was the cause, I can't for the life of me figure out how a burned cd can cause the cd player to go bad so I questioned this excuse, they pulled out a service bulletin from DC and said they would pull it and send it in to be inspected and this would take a week or more, if it turned out that the problems were caused by my cd's it would cost me $600.

A new and far better unit cost much less from a stereo shop.
 
The player in my '02 plays my MP3 and CD-DA discs that I burn just fine - tho' a couple of my older home CD player decks have trouble with them...
 
"... You will have to make sure the CD is finalized also... ... ... Andy... "



This is what I was told is the major issue with CD-R, but only have bought ones :D
 
Home burnt CD's havent been a problem in mine.

I use the HP program to burn em. I believe it automatically finalizes them.

Mine's a 1998.

Eric
 
I have the Infinity system in a 99, and it DOES NOT play any of the cd's I have that are burned, have tried cleaning, and tried friends cd's from different burners, no go??
 
I seldom have problems with burnt cds. I have had a couple that would not play and I have been told it is due to a certian brand aka thickness? of the cd.
 
I know DC does not have the best track record for standards, my girlfriends Grand Cherokee does not play any CD-R/RW out of the head unit but does out of the changer that is a factory install.



My '02 however plays anything I throw at it. Now if I can just wire a jack into it for my MP3 player.
 
Mine plays CD-R but not the RW. Home burned CDs are more sensitive to fingerprints, etc than the factory made CDs. Mine starts to skip and a pass thru the cd cleaner fixes it.
 
I have found that my 6 cd player does not like cd's made from computer IF I put on a paper label, such as that made by CD STOMPER. I have just started writing on the cd with a magic marker and all have worked fine.



jtwcummins said:
Mine plays CD-R but not the RW. Home burned CDs are more sensitive to fingerprints, etc than the factory made CDs. Mine starts to skip and a pass thru the cd cleaner fixes it.
 
Gary - K7GLD said:
The player in my '02 plays my MP3 and CD-DA discs that I burn just fine - tho' a couple of my older home CD player decks have trouble with them...



Are you saying that you are putting the MP3 miles on the disk or burning from an MP3 converted to cd format?
 
The Infiniti AM/FM/CD/Cass in my Ram plays homebrew CD's just fine. I even have a badly scratched Kid Rock CD that I found in a parking lot and it plays fine. I was quite suprised at that!
 
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