Bought my 2017 RDX Advance last night and took it home! I'm very excited about my brand new car, but found something unpleasant happening with the CD player -- I burned a CD with MP3 files on it to put into the RDX CD player and played it just fine this morning on my way to work. However, when I got in the car to go to lunch, the player said "No Disc." I ejected the disc and re-inserted it -- voila, the player recognized the disc and started playing music again, so I thought it might've been a temporary glitch. But then on my way back from lunch, I tried to play the CD again and same thing happened... player said "No Disc", and even stranger was that 10 minutes later while the FM radio was playing, the player ejected the disc totally on its own.

Anyone else experience anything like this?

 

Sounds like the CD player prefers genuine audio CDs. I put all 1452 of my MP3s on a small memory stick and use that in the USB port. This allows you to organize the music files by artist.

 

Not an ideal solution for me, unfortunately. I have over 11,000 MP3s that iTunes organizes into folders by album, so the file structure isn't conducive to browsing by artist. I really liked having the CD of about 140 or so of my favorite/currently-listened-to tracks on a single CD that I could easily cycle through when I wanted to hear something familiar, rather than having to sift through 11,000 MP3s or trying to think of a particular song to listen to. Plus, I have the ability to sync my iPhone to the car via Bluetooth to access all those MP3s anyway, so no real need for an external flash drive.

My other grievance with the situation is that the CD player in my old car could handle these discs quite easily. If an 8-year-old deck could do it without issue, why can't a brand new one in a more upscale vehicle? The owner's manual says the player should be able to support them.

 

I have a few CDs here with MP3s on them, I will try one of them on my 2014 w/ELS and see what happens and get back on my findings.

 

Yes I was curious about this.

I didnt want to rely on my old CDs for the test so I burned a few MP3s onto a CD. Upon inserting the blank CD, Windows 8 asked me how I wanted to use the CD,




I chose the first option. This CD didnt work, the Acura rejected it right way.

I then tried again with a new CD, this time using the 2nd option. Right before starting the burn process, Windows then asked me if I wanted to create a data disc or audio CD (which seemed like a redundant question since I had already specified which kind of CD I wanted) . I answered I wanted a data disc. This CD worked fine in the Acura and also worked no problem after cycling power with the CD already inside the player.

I'm guessing you will have to re-burn your CDs. I am pretty sure formatting standards and how some CD players wanna play with data CDs have changed over the years, not sure if this is why you had trouble , but......

 

You may want to try a commercial music CD just to make sure that your CD player itself isn't the cause of your problem but I think that your problem is incompatibility with the type of CD that you used. For example are they CD- or CD+ or CD-RW. With a little experimentation you can find the type of CD that is most compatible.

I imagine that you are just looking for a way to make what you already have work, but here is what I decided to after 3 months with my own RDX.

I originally had all my music on a thumb drive when I first purchased my 2016 RDX. It worked fine, but I pretty well just played my music at random. After reading the owners manual I decided to take advantage of the voice control features so I purchased an Ipod which is always left in the small storage area on the center console.

The first step is to make sure that all your MP3's have "tags" assigned. The tags should include Name Of Song, Artist, Album, Genre, and anything else that you might look for when playing you music. There is some really good software available that can automatically fill in any missing "tags" by knowing just a few. You can also create playlists or use the playlists already created by Itunes. This software can also download the album art which is displayed on the RDX's screen when the song is playing.

Once the Ipod is plugged in through the USB port, you simply push the button on the steering wheel and say "Music Search", once you have the systems attention you can say "Play Elvis Presley" or "Play Blue Suede Shoes" or "Play 50's" or "Play Driving Tunes".

The system is compatible with a large number of Ipod models, so you could purchase something off Kijiji at a reasonable cost if you don't want to buy a new one. The Ipod can always be removed if you want to use it while taking a walk, etc.