CD's Play, But Then Again Don't.

I'm stumped with this one, because if it plays in one shouldn't it play in all??? 

 

No, it shouldn't play in all just because it plays in one.

 

The Disc is CD-RW if that makes a difference.

 

Yes, It does make a difference, If the said device cannot read a RW disk it will make a very BIG Difference, as you already know. What format did you burn MP3, Audio or what??? Right now either the disk is in the wrong format for the Vehicles you have tried or they don't read CD-RW disk. Try a Regular Old CD-R Disk.

 

pcgeek11

 

As noted, you need to make a "standard" audio CD, not an MP3 or WMA CD.  Also use a CD-R and keep the CD burn speed to 12X or lower as many audio CD players, especially car in-dash CD players have problems with CD's burned at higher speeds.

 

Use the regular CD burning program that came with the PC, not a media player's CD burning capabilities.  e.g. if you have Sonic Record Now, use that.  If you have Roxio, use that.

 

One other thought, when you "rip" songs, save them as wav files, not MP3 or WMA.  wav files are what are needed for standard audio CD's.  Some CD burning programs will convert MP3 to wav first and some will not.  Also, wav files are full fidelity audio files, MP3's are "something less" than full fidelity (how much depends on the bit rate) and  converting an MP3 to wav does not regain the full fidelity - the audio file will still be at the MP3 fidelity.  Some media players, that have CD ripping capability may only save in their own format not wav, so use a regular CD ripping program.  Audiograbber is a free and very good ripping program that will rip to wav or MP3.  Do a google search for Audiograbber. 

That was the problem.  It never dawned on me that indash CD's could only play CD-R's.   I re-ripped, and it plays great.  After reading your response, I realize there's a lot more I should check into to produce a quality recording.  I really appreciated the info.