Can Someone Help A N00b Trying To Burn Cd's

[AcID ZeR0]

I have a CD-R and some disks.
I have also got a CD Player in my car.

I have been told that although my car is a good one the CD players in all cars are 'cheapy' and only read certain cd-r's.
Well this person is right! It wont read a music file I copyed.

Can anyone share some tips on how to copy music onto a CD and get it to work in the car?
Also if anyone can do it, do you mind telling me the brand of the CD-R's you use please?

Thank you so much, Darren.

[L(.)(.)K here]

first off ...what kind of cd player do you have in your car? i have a 4 year old pioneer that works fine for cd-r's. all the newer car raidos will play burned cd-r's, and most will play mp3 cd's. i think the best cd-r to use are memorex ,they work for whatever i am burning

[summerlinda]

Are you sure you burn them files as audio? Not as Data?

[AcID ZeR0]

Well I have a BMW car I am not to sure of the CD player in it.
I copy some mp3s into Windows Media Player and click 'Copy To CD' which copys them as CD state, See these files will work on my CD Player indoors just not on my car.

[L(.)(.)K here]

maybe you should get a new cd player for your car, make sure it supports burned cd's.

[N£MO]

Originally posted by AcID ZeR0@17 June 2003 - 22:38
Well I have a BMW car I am not to sure of the CD player in it.
I copy some mp3s into Windows Media Player and click 'Copy To CD' which copys them as CD state, See these files will work on my CD Player indoors just not on my car.
Alot of older cd players,and especially car cd players,will not play burnt cd's.

[AcID ZeR0]

yes I will try a new CD player. No it isnt a old car it's brand new well nearly. it's a BMW Z4 Roadster.

Do you think I should take it to the manufacturs and ask them to fit a top of the range CD player?

[Ad]

Yeah I have the same problem u must burn as Audio not dat it has to read mp3 playback otherwise it wont do anything Ive still got old steros I use that are 6 years old and still have to burn as audio anyway I prefer burning as audio its better

why u ask???

becasue u dont have to have gaps in bwtween songs

for example pink floyd you dont want a 2 second gap in bwteen a track that shouldnt be there at least burning as auido you can do that

[Twist3r]

dude you got a sweet ride!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D

[AcID ZeR0]

Ok thanks for all the advice and help guys it means alot to me :)

Just one more thing, does anyone have any more advice in the way of what burning software to use and if there's a special way I need to use to make it increase the chance of it working in my car.

[basics]

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No Shit!!!

[shesmylovernow]

Alcohol and Nero are both very good. As far as CD-r's are concerned, stay away from the generic stuff. TDK, Fuji, and Sony are all good. I would stay away from anything not made in Japan, as the quality is muc worse.

[HeavyMetalParkingLot]

you might also consider burning the discs at a slower speed, such as 8x, i've noticed some of my discs recorded at 24x will not play, but all my 8x discs do.

[Ad]

you might also consider burning the discs at a slower speed, such as 8x, i've noticed some of my discs recorded at 24x will not play, but all my 8x discs do.

Good point I forgot to mention that