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how many people use burnt cd's in the bose my dealer told me not to use them because they will get jammed

red 6mt prem navi

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i do... and if they do get stuck... thats what a warranty is for.. a cd is a cd. I dont understand that logic

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cdr's and cdrw's are fine as long as you don't put the adhesive label on them. just use a sharpie.

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thanks you yea i work for bose and i was like what? when he told me it but thanks guys

red 6mt prem navi

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Keep in mind that only certain kinds play also...the first couple I tried didn't work...I use Memorex now and they work fine. I know someone on here said that Fuji works too...not sure about the others...

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I use any kind of cd brand, and they all work.. Is it maybe the 2004 g35 got a better cd player?

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yea, i use all types of cd's in my 03 coupe. no problems so far.

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All types of CD's here too and they all work, including the ones iwth a label!

It's true though, if the label hasn't been put on precisely and its not of a good quality you might get in trouble with it later when the adhesive wears out or even worse, when the adhesive eats through your CD's upper layer.

Also, try putting the CD's in order, say Slot 1 through 3 if you wanna load only 3 CD's. for whatever reason, this minimizes any risk of getting stuck.

Another tip is to make SURE your burnt Audio CD's are finished i.e if your burning program ever asks for an option of "Close The Disc" or something like that you choose it. Otherwise it could send the unit in to an endless loop where it tries to read the CD but it can't cause its not closed. An easy way to check this, if you have any doubts, is to play the CD in your home stereo.

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Your dealer is just telling you that to be safe, that way if one does get stuck they can do they "told you so," plus now you can't say you were never warned.

One label should be ok, they make them extremely thin & with the notion that your obviously going to be playing them and that some players are extremely sensitive. Laptop CD-roms often are problematic (or just make a lot of noise). In fact, memorex even has label cd & dvd-'rs out. This way you can write directly on them without smudging, or use a label printer (not too popular yet), or even put another standard cd label on top of it.

And some more useless info...
The lens in the bose system must be very good if it can play cd-rw's. A pressed cd (retail cd) has a reflective rate of about 90%, a burned cd has about 70-80% and a cd-rw has about 35%. The reason CD-RW's can't play in all CD players is that the laser is not strong enough. This is why on very old cd players even burnt cd-r's don't work because the laser is so bad.

Regardless, you should be ok either way.

There are a few different chemicals that can be used when they make cd-r's and the no-name brands (and some name brands) use the real cheap stuff that makes them not so friendly. I have never had a problem with memorex, maxwell, or tdk (only had problems with tdk dvd-r's).

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