Factory CD Player and CD-R's

[PHX ATC]

I give up. This "upgraded" CD player absolutely REFUSES to play my CD-R and CD-RW's at any time. It skips, it jumps, it hisses, it moans, it whines (hey, sounds like work), all the time refusing to play more than 3 complete seconds of a tune.



Does anybody have any suggestions? I have tried different brands of CD-Rs ranging from excellent quality to not so good, tried older ones, freshly burned ones, jazz ones, rock ones, kid pop ones, all with no luck.



Is it that this CD player is reluctant to play these due to the difference in being able to pick up the information off the CD? This is the only CD player in my aresenal that won't play the CD-Rs. I've scientifically tried all the above categories of CDs and played them in the truck (no worky), car (OK), boat (OK), home theater DVD (OK), CD jukebox (OK), bedroom stereo (OK), and daughter's boom box (OK).



I might have to be forced to purchase another CD player or just a changer. Crap, that will cut into the injector money! Wait... no, the wife and kid will just not be able to listen to music. If they want to come, they'll bring their boom box. That's the ticket.



Toby

 

[mikel]

I've got the cd player from my '99 in my '01, so it might be different that yours, but it and the one in my wife's Durango both play the CD-R's fairly well.



CD-R's are more sensitive to shocks from potholes or whatever. Sometimes the little dots between lanes will make them skip, but for the most part they play ok.



I have used Verbatim and Memorex CD-R's with no problem, but one thing that I found with a previous cd player was that I had the best luck with blue CD-R's. The gold and green ones that I tried seemed to confuse the player.



Good luck,

Mike

 

[Bandit1]

i also have the same prob with cd-r'd in my dash reciever, however sometimes mine plays them fine and others it just says error and spits it out. however i have a 10 disc under my seat and it plays any cd i put into it. hope we can find out the prob with the dash cd player

 

[MCummings]

Whoa, Same problem, different day.



We could start a club POSCDPlayers Anonamous.



Hello, My Name is ____ and I have a POSCD PLayer.

{clap-clap-clap-clap-clap}



Seriously,, What is Up with the CD player,, I thought my player was just old. Once my player reads a burned CD, it will play it all day long (A little slow to change songs though). The thing I hate though,, especially with my 2 300 watt subwoofers messaging my back,, is the darn CD player skips whenever I hit even the smallest speck on the road.

All my CD's I have bought at Best Buy always take a purty good "Hold-On" kinda bump to skip.



I don't want to eat into my injector money either. . Lookin' forwards to some Step 5's from BD. Hopefully I'll get a clutch from my parents for my B-Day (They said they would )



MerrickNJr



P. S. Would a CD player thingamabob help this? I always thought those cleaners were a joke since they can't touch anything. SO I haven't tried one.

 

[1 ALC]

My factory radio plays all my CD-Rs fine, never a skip or anything.



Mine are made on a phillips dual deck (one of the first ones out), not a computer.



I love that factory stereo with the steering wheel controls.

 

[jjohnson1177]

My cd player works great with my computer generated copies. You might try one made by someone else to see if you have the same problem.

 

[Big White Beast]

No problems here........

2001 Ram and 2000 Durango both have same sound set up and work great. CD-RW's wont work on any system.



Garrett

 

[tntway]

plays mine ok...

my "upgraded" factory cd player plays my cd-r's just fine.

that's not why i want to get and alpine with a 250 sub and jl audio's in the doors... i'm just not all that happy with the quality

of the sound that it puts out.

 

[Mactruck]

I believe some decks are specificaly designed to play CD/r's and others are not. Check the Mfg recomendations. I know my Alpine Deck stated that It can play CD/R's.

 

[Doc Tinker]

I had the skipping and no-read problem when using the cheap-stack-o-cds. I started using TDK CD-Rs and everything is fine.



They do make more expensive CD-Rs that are intended for music. You might want to try them out. I've seen them at the MultiMedia Stores.



Doc

 

[Diesel Junkie]

You have to use good cdr's for music. Rw's won't always work.

We have good luck with IMATION 16X. Your CD writer may be a problem also since they are not all created equal.

our writer is a plexwriter 12/10/32A. It is an awsome writer that we have had very good luck with.



Good luck, Scott

 

[RobG]

Add me to the list of people whose in-dash CD players won't play CD-R discs.



When I first got my truck last October, it would play them just fine. After a month or two, it wouldn't play them anymore. In some cases, it wouldn't play them at all.



The only deck I have that plays them consistently is a Sony CD-X680 in my Camaro. Its factory deck (Delco Monsoon) would play them too, but that deck skipped really bad on all discs so I got fed up and replaced it.



I figure I'll eventually replace the whole system in the truck with a nice aftermarket setup that plays discs with MP3's on 'em, but that won't happen until I find a head unit with a decent user interface for dealing with MP3's.



Rob

 

[TX DUCKHUNTER]

Anyone want to get rid of a factory CD player??

While we're on the subject, does anyone have a factory CD player (that works) that they would like to get rid of? My '99 came with the casette only, and I'd like to get another CD player like I had in my '96 since I don't own a tape, but have plenty of CD's. I don't much like the look of aftermarket ones, so send me an email if you've got a stock one that's available.

 

[dmurdock]

Both my 98. 5 and my 01 play all of 'em fine. . from the cheapo stacks of 100 to the expensive sony's... I use a plextor 12-4-32 burner (scsi, of course ).

 

[Cooker]

Doc and Diesel Junkie hit the nail on the head. The brand/color of the disc has a great impact on how well it will play in a given player. If a certain disc you burned won't work in the CD player you are trying it in, try buring it again but only on a different brand/color of disc. Find what works in your situation and use it.



FWIW I have had the best luck with the Verbatium and Imation blanks. I have tried all the cheapo's that were on sale that week at the local store. Most of them get thrown away after I get frustrated with how poorly they play back, or even sometimes record.



JMHO,

Ryan

 

[Bandit1]

i was told by my computer friendly buddy that when you go to burn a cd and click the "create cd" button to make sure you have the "close cd" option at all times so the cd player knows where and when to make the table of contents on the cd before it plays it. hope this helps you and me.

 

[PHX ATC]

Let's see... I'm trying this today: going to burn a CD on an el cheapo CD and a good quality TDK CD. I'm going to slow the speed it burns at down to 1X on both and give 'em a whirl.



My burner is an HP (don't know what model #) and has been quite good.



TDK's are cobalt blue and the el cheapo's are really light blue. The cheapies are made by Imation but carry Office Depot's name brand. I got those really cheap when they pulled out of the Phoenix market.



I have some Memorex that are goldish/orangish that my buddy burned for me that I will try as well.



I'm off to the lake to do a little waterskiing (still 70 temps in the water ) and fishing with my wife and daughter so this make take me a day to finish this project up.



I will post the results.



Thanks for all the good hints and experiences. Ya'll kick butt.



Toby

 

[Dr.Kayak]

Some decks just will not play CDRs. It has to do with the type of laser they use (color of the laser light). Aftermarket CD deck manufactures are now stating if their deck will play CDRs. I have an Alpine in my car that plays CDRs perfectly. Sony also does well. My Mopar deck will not play them.



Using a different CDR disk helps some. A friend did extensive testing and found the gold color ones, which are not very common, do the best. As far as recording: There is a option on “Easy CD Creator” software called “disk at once”. This records the complete CRD in one shot without turning the laser off. This creates a CDR that is most compatible with a store bought CD.

 

[BK]

Bandit1 is completely correct.

You need to close the disk at the time you create it.



Even though your computer's CD player is ok with it, 99% of car decks and home decks arent... .

speaking about "multi session". .

Thats when you burn a CD, dont close it, add to it and than maybe finally close it. Or burn it, not closing it, but close it later.



So a CD that you'll play on a car deck... . must be a single session, not a multi session CDR... closed at the time you burn it. It can not have been written in multiple sessions



Also CD'RW's can not be played on a deck that isnt specifically design to read (play) CDRWs. They are recorded differently than CDR's. Only my two cd burners read all my CDRW correctly. . which I gave up using CDRW's since CDR are soo cheap and any data I record is because I want to keep it... so I dont use CDRW's myself anymore.



The other problems with CDR's is that instead of being a mechanical process as the pre-recorded CDs are. . CDR's are burned, shadows are burned onto the CD. . so if your laser is weak in a particular deck, a CDR will not play as well as a CD.

 

[FDziurda]

My Factory unit Plays CD-Rs, that I burned on my PC, just fine. Make sure that when you burn the CD, that you select options that tell it to "Test & Write" not just "write".



Frank