In the owners manual, it says not to use CD-R's in the player, surely this doesn't mean one you have created and closed out, what would be the difference in that and one you buy pre-recorded, once they are closed out, they are no longer a CD-R, isn't that right? Am I not understanding this correctly?


Brilliant Silver/Graphite '04 Sedan/5AT

 

I don't understand it. I've played plenty of CDs that I've created without a problem. In fact, that's just about the only kind I play. I think they just don't want you to play home made CDs with paper labels on them. I've read threads here where they can get caught in the player. I just label mine with a Sharpie marker.

 

Oh, good point, I didn't think about that! I too just use a Sharpie and write it on the CD, geez, what a mess a paper label would make if it were to curl up in there!


Brilliant Silver/Graphite '04 Sedan/5AT

 

Yeah!! Use a sharpie!

 

I have noticed a problem with CD-R's on my bose player. It has a hard time reading the very last songs on the disc. It skips really bad most of the time. Then others it reads it fine. Just the last songs though. Just one more reason that the bose is out when I get some spare money.

"Dont start none, Wont be none"

 

CDRs are CDRs no matter if they're closed out or not. Production CDs are stamped to create pits. CDRs have a die layer covered in foil; the foil is burned through to create simulated pits with the darker die.

Most modern CD players should have no problem at all with CDRs. They're probably just covering their asses.

 

Thanks, I guess you are correct about that, I've been making CD's for sometime now, and have always played them in my car CD players without a problem! I didn't realize there was a difference like that however!


Brilliant Silver/Graphite '04 Sedan/5AT

 

I have a 48x CD burner. What I've noticed is that if I use 48x rated CDs, sometimes they skip occasionally. Since I switched to 52x rated CDs, no problem. I think that burner speed times are average times. During the burning process you can go over the limit of your blank CD and that's when problems occur. So you might want to use blank CDs rated for higher burn speeds than your CD burner. Hope that helps. I have the Bose system too.

 

Hmm, that's very interesting. I will have to experiment with that, to see if I can eliminate some problems I've had.

 

Good Luck. Not to plug but I've found that Memorex CDs work the best for me.

Cheers

 

I've also noticed that CDs with more solid or darker printed labels work better. Ones with funky designs with swirls on them or really light pastels tend to hang up in regular CD players. Makes sense to me, as the lasers read the light differences, but with lighter color CD's it's counter-intuitive, as you'd think light differences would be more pronounced, but whatever... just an observation.

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Yeah, I've noticed the same thing about the ones with swirls.

 

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Just the last songs though. Just one more reason that the bose is out when I get some spare money.

<hr></blockquote>If you'd like to fix this, I'd suggest getting your player changed out. Not reading the last tracks is indicative of a calibration problem. Usually players are more sensitive to CD-Rs but it does affect storebought CDs also.

CD-Rs do work fine. I agree that they're just covering their butts about not playing CD-Rs. Many other manufacturers do the same thing. Heck, I had a Pioneer deck that claimed to not play CD-Rs, but it would play *unfixated* (TOC-less) discs, something most computers wouldn't even touch!

-- Rob

 

Ill go see what then can do for that skipping issue im having. Thanks for the info.

"Dont start none, Wont be none"