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Old 10-16-2004, 11:18 PM
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Anyone have problems playing CDR's in their car?

I have had the worst luck with CDR's and playing them in my ride. Have switched brands but still to no avail. Any advice........... besides stop being an internet pirate.

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Old 10-16-2004, 11:20 PM
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No pirating in Canada, it's legal heheheh.

Anyways, I don't have problems with CD-Rs, unless I scratch them, which is, obviously, my own problem.

I use FujiFilm 700Mb CD-Rs.
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i use the compusa brand it works with no problems and much cheaper...i bought a 100 pack for $14.99...
Old 10-16-2004, 11:23 PM
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Which program do you use?
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Until now it was Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5, but now I think it's something like Drag'n'Click or whatnot.
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I have a small issue with my CD-Rs, Hitachi's, where the disc will not read unless the 1st track is skipped. After that, everything works fine. It's probably just the disc, other cd-r brands work perfectly in the car.
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I have tons of burnt CDs, no problems in my TSX...
suggestions:
1) use branded CDRs
2) burn at 16x speed or slower
3) get a new burner? (I use lite-on)

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I use all brands of CD-R's in my TSX and I have not had any problems with playing any CD's...
Maybe you are burning MP3's onto the discs which the TSX CD-player can't play...
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some times it might be the program i remember i couldnt play cds that were burned with one program in my sony cd player but then i could play it with the same brand just burned with a different program its wierd but it worked
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i use roxio easy creator 5 ...no problems...click and drag ..
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I suspect it is the write settings in your program that you use to burn. I use Nero, set it to finalise the disc, and use Disc at Once at 12x. I use cheapo Ricoh branded discs.
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No problem here using Fujifilm and Nero.
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No problems here. I use TDK cds and Nero 5.
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Originally Posted by InsuranceGuy
I have had the worst luck with CDR's and playing them in my ride. Have switched brands but still to no avail. Any advice........... besides stop being an internet pirate.

Thanks.
Check your recorder, not the blanks. Bad burner = crappy CDs.

If all fine, your TSX reader might be zonked. Does it work on all stamped CDs?
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No issues here...I use white labelled verbatim and Imation discs..
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I might have a similar problem. For the first few months, I had no problems at all with CD-Rs. But a few months ago, the player would sometimes display disc error while trying to change tracks. Also, I found that after 15-20 minutes of playing, it would have a hard time seeking tracks on CD-Rs - I could hear the motor moving the head back and forth searching for the start of the next track. At its worst, it would lose the track right in the middle of playback. Note that these are the same CD-Rs that worked fine one week and didn't the next. I've also tried different media and even recorders, but the same result. I even have one disc that was freshly burned and plays perfectly on my PC and home systems, but my TSX player can't seek tracks on it at all.

When it's misbehaving it can still play pressed CDs, but it still has a hard time seeking to the start of the tracks. It eventually does get it, but I don't think it should be this way in the first place.

I've been tempted to have it replaced under warranty, but am afraid of the potential consequences of having them rip apart my center stack...
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My salesman told me not to use homemade CDs that have a homemade paper label stuck on them. He said there was a possibility of jamming. Anyone have any thoughts or experience with this?
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Originally Posted by catbarf
My salesman told me not to use homemade CDs that have a homemade paper label stuck on them. He said there was a possibility of jamming. Anyone have any thoughts or experience with this?
That's good advice, the labels never work that good and the heat melts the glue and the label ends up jammed into your CD mechanism...Use a Sharpie...

Lately, I've been using Windows Media Player to burn Mp3s on all kinds of media, with no problems...
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I use Nero.
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Sometimes when switching to a CDR, I need to FF to track 2, then return to track 1 to get the disc to read. After that, no problems. I used this trick with a Sony head unit in my previous car as well.
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I have a collection of CD-Rs and I used to have all kinds of problems playing them on my Accord, some more than others. When I put them in my TSX, I have no problem at all, zero. So clearly the CD player in the TSX is pretty good.

I'd say get a new CD burner. I have all kinds of brands playing without any issues, but as burners get old they do get worse. And don't use your new burner to read CDs much, just use another drive to read them so that you don't use your burner more than you have to.
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