2K1NighthawkTL

My cd player wont play or takes a long time to play with Imation brand cds. does this happen to you guys as well? is it the cd or the player?
thanks

johnnyb_s

It's the brand of blank CDs. I have found good results with TDK blanks...

stampsosu

Hey, what year is your car? I have a 99tl and I had the same problem when trying to play CD-R's. It did not matter what brand I used, the CD player just did not play CD-R's well. I took my car in for maintenance and they gave me a 00' tl ( loaner car) and the CD player played my CD-R's just fine. So I bought a 00'tl CD player for my 99tl. I got an awesome deal on one off of E-Bay for $125. But my 99tl CD player may have just been really bad, try using different brands and if that still does not work, try looking for a 00'-01' tl cd player on E-bay. Some guys on this forum have swapped their CD-players for the 03' 6 disc-in-dash CD player. See if they still have their single CD player.

good luck

SLVR TL

mine either.
for some reason, i can not play the CD-R's in my car... it playes fine on my computer though. weird.

btw, I have a 2000 TL.

Edub-TL

Imation should be a good brand..

Unless they are the new ones that are made in Taiwan..

Get the ones made in Japan

Try some Fuji's out

2007AcuraRL

You've just gotta try burning CDs with different brands of media. Some brands will play better than others in your deck.

KidD WiTh 2k TL

i have the same problem but it just depends on what kind of CD-R u used to burn. it just take forever to load and sometimes it wont even play. i remember reading once in a forum couple months back sayin that our cd player is not compatible with MEMOREX. i used TDK and i get really good results as johnnyb_s.

buynewcar2003

Mine is 2003 TL. Play Memorix and Imation CDs without any problem.

sssick

Same here.

Ali

mine has the same problem, its a 2000 TL. Burned cd's (certain ones) take a while to load or wont load at all...

VTEC

Mine have the same problem. i have 00TL.and it play fine on my CD changer..so..wried..every time i can't play my CD-R up front. i just put those CD-R in my CD changer. and it play fine...

AcuraTL

I think it has something to do with the weak laser that reads the CD-Rs on the 99s and some of the 00s. I can't play CD-Rs on my 99 TL, I've even used Sony CD-Rs. However, they work perfectly fine in my MDX and my sister's 01 Accord. It also plays fine in my Alpine CD changer.

liutang

You should also try to get a CD clearner to clean your cd writer. I was having problems with CDs that I burned recently and couldn't figure out why. The CDs I've burned in the past worked out just fine. Then I went ahead and cleaned my CD writer. Everything worked fine after that.

Slammed99TL

The same thing started happening to me the other day with memorex CDR's.....the thing is that I have other memorex CDR's and they play perfect

liutang

Yeup. Try cleaning the heads. My old TDKs worked, but my new ones didn't.

scotty_passat

try buring at slower speed.

faster burn speed = more errors.

cd players have error correction circuitry, but some (older) ones don't have as much correction capability so they mistrack/won't load/etc.

1999TL

try music CD-r's. They are more pricey, but I buy them anyways cuz they are faster for me.

pianoman41

There is absolutely no difference in the manufacturing process between data CD-Rs and music CD-Rs. The only difference is the cost. The reason they are priced higher is because the extra money goes to BMI and ASCAP as part of a generic royalty for artists. Just like clubs and bars have to pay into them to have live music at their establishments. The fee covers the cost of royalties on the off chance you copy something that is copyrighted. It goes into a generic fund that is distributed accordingly.

Save yourself the $$$$$, use data CD-Rs.

qrana

Try slower media, NOT slower burn speed.

I had problem with my '98 TL playing 32x, buring at any speed.

Then I use 12x Media, burn at 12X, play just fine.

dimsumo

it happen's to me when I burn at 24x....
just burn it at the lowest setting you can on your burner

I have two burners,
teac-4x8x32x
Sony-32x10x40x

on the teac if I burn at 4x it will work, and on the sony it will work at 8x

the problem I think is that the quality of the burner varies some what, so a lower burn speed will help.

It works for me

Alien

mine is '03 TL...
play made in tawian black cd with no problem...

Doogie20

Just returned from my dealer with this complaint. This is a problem on all '99's. Technician told me to use CD-RW instead of CD-R. Some of my CD-Rs work perfect, other are slow, and still some won't play unless the machine is cold. Also seems to be related, in part, to the brand. Evidently burn speed plays a role. Next time I'm trying a CD-RW.

pianoman41

CD-RWs will not work. I don't know of any OEM deck in any vehicle that will play a CD-RW. Try burning regular CD-Rs at slower burn speed (like 2X or 4X)--sometimes that helps.

lhommec13

I just burned a CD at 2x and it's even worse than before. This time, the CD player makes a hideous noise after the CD is inserted and doesn't read it at all. Before, with CDs burned at 12-14x, the CD player would take awhile (5-15 sec) before it played. Now it won't play at all! BTW, I have a 99TL. What is going on??

Doogie20

Took mine '99 to the dealer with the same complaint. The Acura technician confirmed this is a problem on all '99s and told me to use CD-RW for burning tunes. Haven't tried it yet. Has anyone done this?

kaih

I had problems playing cd's on my 2000 until I switched software. Originally I used some freebie stuff that came with the drive. The cd's would not work in the car. I got easy cd creator and no problems.

2K1NighthawkTL

i used some sony cdrs, it takes a long time for the tracks to load up but not as long as the other tracks. You think if i u put a cd label on it, it might work better? anyone tried that yet? i ran out of the labels and dont wanna buy a whole pack of labels if it doesnt work. let me know guys.

thanks

adam2000TL

I have a 2000 and it plays Memorex just fine. I always burn at the slowest speed.

Kateala

Mine's an 03 - Memorix

muddanas

It's not the speed at which you burn the CD. I had problems with the media itself. After spending about 50 bucks trying out different CD-R's I found out that CD's rated at a max 16x work the best or just plain work... It doesn't matter what brand just make sure the cd's are rated 16x or less. Any cd's rated above 16x (24x, 32x, 48x) for some reason don't work in the '99 cd player. I eventually found some maximum rated 16x cd's. They are getting harder and harder to find though. I just bought 200 of these 16x blanks and figure they'd last for the life of my car. Anybody know why those higher speed rated cd's don't work in our cars??? Hope this helps....
Sri

2K1NighthawkTL

How did you figure this out exactly? You mean 16x cdrs like this?
http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=...cat=516&scat=0


thanks

SL1200MK4

I never had ANY problem with CD-R on my deck. I got an 00.

CD-RW will not play for sure, I think what they meant is to use an CD-RW drive. But that still won't make sense cuz all the drive made within the last 2-3 years are pretty much CD-RW.

I have a plextor burner, and I am not sure it that's what makes the difference, tried CD burn from my friends cheap ass no name 8x CD-R, worked fine as well

2K1NighthawkTL

After this post, i bought some 24x cdrs and they work!. My problems are solved. Thanks alot man

CaptainMatt

Ive tried just about every CDr you can buy, spent hundreds of dollars, and the only new cds that work in my 99tl are TDK digital audio ones, they have a white top. they are cdr music ones, and arent cheaper either, but they work, and are the only ones that work for me.

y2ks2k

It might be the burner. I have 3 burners, a 16X, a 40X and a DVD +/- WR. The CD's I burn with the 16X and DVD burner work great, the CD's burned with my 40X have lots of problems (but data CD's are fine).

SilverBullet

that makes sense, i am going to try to burn at slower speeds and see if that works...

does anyone know if we can put the six disc changer on a '00 tl...

Odagari

I have 2001 TL and my cd player used to play burned cd fine
but it does not play anymore . no matter what brand i use
funny thing is those old burn cd that it used to work
still works
but new burn cd do not play anymore..
What the hell is wrong!!?!??

kkambbak9399

I have a 2000 and it plays burned CD's just fine. I usually use a Sony or Memorex brand. But I noticed on REALLY cold days, it takes a little longer to load.

teleios

I have a '99TL and when I first got it I tried my burned cds and they worked fine--it seemed it was like this for the first 4 months I had it. I was using an HP CD-R drive with various kinds of media. Then one day the stereo just plain sh** the bed and now it takes a long time (sometimes never) for my burned cds to load. I go through cds quickly and I often change brands (costco) and I've never tracked the speed of the disc or the speed of the burn. I just installed a new burner (48X) yesterday and while it's way faster than the old HP I had, the TL still takes a while to load it. Perhaps I'll try burning slower with some different media. It just seems odd that I'd start having problems overnight--like I said, must be the media I'm using.

Has anyone considered (or had any luck) this to be a warantee issue?

angelo99TL

I had the same problem in an alpine car stereo I purchased in 1998. Turns out that 80min cds were not compatible, but TDK 74min/650MB data cds worked fine. I have also found that 74min. data cds will play better in my 99TL than 80min.