MP3 CD created in Nero 6 don't play on my car stereo, but play everywhere else

[MichaelD]

Heheh, well it's fixed; it boiled down to yet another case of RTFM!

My headunit isn't a cheapie. It's a Kenwood X-679. Definitely not cheap.

In the setup menu of the HU, buried, like four levels down, there's a "Disc Type" setting. The choices are Disc 1 or Disc 2. I had it set to Disc 2, which apparently reads everything but MP3s and WMAs. Setting it to Disc 1 solved the problem.

What ticks me off about the whole thing is that I've thrown away THREE CDs FULL of burned MP3s b/c I thought they were defective. :roll: Hahahah, I suck.


Thanks for the helpful hints, though!!!










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My car stereo plays MP3s; it says it right on the faceplate and in the instruction manual.

I burned a CD of MP3s using Nero 6 ultra. The CD plays on my PC and on my HT DVD player, but doesn't play in the car.

Is there a specific "way" you're supposed to create a MP3 CD?

I used the Wizard in Nero to do it. I clicked "create MP3 CD" then I just used the file browser to add tracks, then I burned it.

Any ideas, please?

 

[Slick5150]

Maybe your car CD player doesn't like that specific kind of CD-R CD-RW?

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: PinwiZ
Maybe your car CD player doesn't like that specific kind of CD-R CD-RW?

That is a good point, but I have tons of copied CDs (regular CD-to-CD copies) burned on CDs from the same spool that are playing in the car stereo right now. Well, not RIGHT now, but you get the idea.

 

[HermDogg]

I'm gonna guess that you're burning them in different folders, and your car CD player doesn't support the folder depth that you're using.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: HermDogg
I'm gonna guess that you're burning them in different folders, and your car CD player doesn't support the folder depth that you're using.

Well, I DID make the CD with some folders and some MP3s not in folders....

The CD loads into the car stereo and starts to play...you see the timer going on Track 1 but no sound...trying to forward to the next track doesn't work as the player only sees "one track" on the CD and doesn't produce any sound.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Possibles:

* bitrate / type: bitrate too high, or player doesn't like variable bitrate
* use of folders
* file names, folder names (might need 8.3 DOS names, and maybe even names like 001.mp3, 002.mp3, ... )

I'm afraid you'll have to read / google The Friendly Manual to figure out what the limitations are. I got a cheap MP3 portable free-for-shipping through the old AT&T Cable Rewards and it had specific instructions for burning a compatible CD.

 

[MichaelD]

TTT

 

[DaveSimmons]

In the setup menu of the HU, buried, like four levels down, there's a "Disc Type" setting. The choices are Disc 1 or Disc 2. I had it set to Disc 2, which apparently reads everything but MP3s and WMAs. Setting it to Disc 1 solved the problem

If that's their default it's a stupid choice, though I suppse it might speed up disc recognition for people that only ever use audio CDs.

If you did it to yourself, then j00 are teh stupid

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

In the setup menu of the HU, buried, like four levels down, there's a "Disc Type" setting. The choices are Disc 1 or Disc 2. I had it set to Disc 2, which apparently reads everything but MP3s and WMAs. Setting it to Disc 1 solved the problem

If that's their default it's a stupid choice, though I suppse it might speed up disc recognition for people that only ever use audio CDs.

If you did it to yourself, then j00 are teh stupid

Um....I MAY have did it to myself. It was kind of a hurried installation...I needed tunes BADLY and kind of rushed thru the setup menu. That was back in....May. Sad to say, I just got around to attempting playing MP3s on it a few days ago.

I have Sirius, and listen to it 90% of the time when I'm driving. I also have a 10-disc changer that's always full and about a dozen other CDs in the truck. I just was wanting the capability of having like 30-something songs on a single CD.

That's what prompted me to start this whole adventure.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I understand completely, I'd suffer severe withdrawal pains if I lost access to my CDs -- sometimes radio just isn't playing what I need to hear.