CD player question

[curlyweenie]

I have a 99 Honda Accord with the factory cd player. I cannot get it to play burned cds however. The funny thing is, I have a burned cd that it will play, but it will not play any other ones.

So it appears it has the capability to play burned cds. I burned a regular old audio cd. Not mp3 or .wma. Any suggestions or information would be greatly appreciated!

[Bean]

Sometimes, the brand can make a difference.
I have had the best luck w/ Fuji CD-Rs.
try another brand and see if you have the same problems.

[dmccartyfan]

Yep, brand could be one problem, but also try burning the CD at a slower speed, perhaps 2x or 4x or 8x, rather than the full speed (24x, 36x, 48x or whatever depending on your burner).

Good luck!
Tom

[Bean]

Agreed.
Burn speed could also be an issue.

[entropy2002]

I know very little about the subject, but are the ones you are having reouble with possibly on rewritable media and the one that works on the write-once media. I believe I heard somewhere that some CD players won't read the rewritable type but will read the write-once type. - might be worth a shot.

If you try that please let me know whether it works or not.

Best Regards,
-Pete (entropy2002)
email: pj1999pj AT yahoo DOT com

[entropy2002]

Hi Curly,

A quote from page 136 of my 2004 Accord Owners' Manual:

"* When using CD-R discs, use only high quality CDs labeled for audio use.

* When recording a CD-R, the recording MUST BE CLOSED for it to be used by the CD players.

* CD-RW disks will not in this unit.
..."

Does any of this help?

Best Regards,
Entropy2002

[BenjiBoy650]

I concur. I have a headunit from a 2002 EX V6 and the 6CD player doesn't play CD-RW. I use regular old AT&T CD's, not necessarily labeled for audio use, burn at 16x with no trouble. Burn speed is not an issue if you use buffer underrun protection.