Truly weird audio CD burning problem involving Nero - help!

[jakobkraft]

My specs-well, you can click below to see my specs; my friend's specs, Athlon...something, not entirely sure, 40GB Maxtor drive, onboard sound. He has same version of Nero I have on my system, and every audio cd I make (where files are recorded either as .wav or .mp3) totally works on regular stereos. On my friend's system, his cd's only work on PC, his home and car radio rejects every cd he makes, but always plays the ones burned on my system.
I know his burner isn't the problem, it used to be mine! The cds I made with it actually worked everywhere...same cd media, same program, the burn process on his system seems to go smooth enough, no errors or anything - so what could be the problem...?

 

[jcovercash]

Could he be burning the CD's as just data CD's with MP3 files on there? Or is he actually burning an Audio CD where the files are converted for use in his cd player/radio, etc....

Josh

 

[CTho9305]

is he burning to CD-RW discs? some drives wont read them.

 

[Doh!]

Go over to your friend's place and try making an audio cd yourself. It sounds like your friend is the most probable cause for the error.

 

[jakobkraft]

Originally posted by: Doh!
Go over to your friend's place and try making an audio cd yourself. It sounds like your friend is the most probable cause for the error.

I actually thought that, which is why I came to post here, cause I took a brand of CD-r over myself, which I had burned successfully on my system recently and had also used before, when his burner was in my system. And it didn't work, chose Audio CD, did everything exactly the same as I do at home but it didn't work....any ideas?

 

[Allanv]

whats the speed your burning at on your friends pc, i know my system wont play anything burned over 12x

 

[jakobkraft]

Originally posted by: Allanv
whats the speed your burning at on your friends pc, i know my system wont play anything burned over 12x

I don't remember, I should have noted that, it's so easy to burn on my own system, I can make a cd half in my sleep.
I'm heading over to his place tomorrow, see if I can figure this out somehow...thanks all

 

[duhh]

make sure disk is burned in DAO mode for best compatability

 

[jakobkraft]

Originally posted by: duhh
make sure disk is burned in DAO mode for best compatability

Is that an option in Nero or something I have to set in the Device Manager?
Incidentally, what is DAO mode?

 

[Allanv]

disk at once = dao

 

[jakobkraft]

Originally posted by: Allanv
disk at once = dao

Thanks, that did it