Making your own cd's.

[reefdiver]

94 coupe.......cd player seems to have a mind of it's own. Sometimes it will play cd's that I burn myself..sometimes it wont. :confused I just got done making a new one...put it in player..played fine.A few minutes later I tried it again...cd player says "error" and the radio even stopped playing. Had to turn car off and then on again before the radio would start again.Anyone else have problems like this? I know that older cd players dont all recognize burnt cd's,but I cant figure out why it will play when it feels like it...and wont when it doesnt. Kinda like my wife.

 

[Bob Chadwick]

There can be an issue with home written CD's but I have never heard where it would work sometimes.

 

[Aeroman]

Burnt CD's

I just put a deposit on a 1995 Ragtop. Knowing
the problems with burnt CD's I took one with
me to see what happened in the Bose player.
I had been playing the burnt CD for weeks
in my 2002 Cavalier, but it would not play in
the 95's Bose. The seller put one of his burnt
CD's in, and it played fine. I burnt my disc using
Music Match Jukebox, and it converted MP-3 files
to wave files as it burnt. The seller used Roxio's
Easy CD basic version 5. He had to just copy
wave files from his computer to the disc because
the Basic version does not support MP-3 conversion.
Maybe something happened during the
conversion process with Music Match that the
Bose didn't like. Anyway, I put Roxio's Easy CD
Basic 5 on my computer, and will burn a disc
directly from .wave files and see how it works
when I pick up the car. Needless to say I was
bummed out that I would have to change my whole
CD burning habits just to play a disc in the Bose. I'll
be even more bummed out if my new procedure doesn't
work.

 

[froggy47]

I've heard it mostly has to do with the brand/recording speed/even color of the cdr. Just experiment & find one that works & stick with it.

 

[unleadedbrew]

Also the brand of the disc makes a big difference. I burned some using brand name discs and they wouldn't play in my work cars player. My daughter told me her discs would play anywhere. She got them free from Staples and there wasn't even a name on them. I copied the one that wouldn't play onto one of hers and bingo.........end of story. :gap

Of course that doesn't explain why yours play some but not other times. :confused


_Gordon

 

[garycr14]

CD's

I have a "94" myself, sometimes they will play, sometimes they don't. I can try a cd today, plays fine, try the same one tomorrow, it may not. They don't seem to do well if they have been in extreme temperatures. I solved the problem by keeping a lot of cd's in the car, some burned, some original, that way I always have something to listen to. You got to keep in mind that the technology wasn't there in 94, at least not at the level of our expectations today.

 

[cablexpert]

"bummed out" in a Vette ?

 

[XTrabet]

one thing i'm sure is to choose the lowest speed available (1x) to burn your CD's and some brands work better than others.

 

[Florida Guy]

I had the same problem with some of my home recorded CDs and was able to correct it. The speed at which you are recording to the CD is too fast. Makes no difference if the CD is designed to record at a high speed, like 48X. High speed recording will play back fine on your computer but can cause problems when it is played on other devices. I record using Windows Media Player with Windows XP so the following steps to correct it may be a little different for your computer. In Media Player select TOOLS then OPTIONS, then DEVICES. Highlight the drive use to record music and select PROPERTIES. Select RECORDING tab. Select a slower recording speed. (I chose 8X.) Click OK. That should cure your problem.

 

[dburgjohn]

CD-RW vs Store bought

A asked the rep at some radio repair shops and they said there was a difference in the lasers designed to play store bought and burnt CDs. Several Corvette radio repair shops offer CD-RW conversions for our radios.

 

[reefdiver]

Burning them at a slower speed is the answer !!! 73 degree's here today..not a cloud in the sky- washed,waxed,top off---- made myself a cd before I left for a 100 mile joyride. I usually burn them at 8x.....but I tried it at 4x instead. Worked like a charm. Good tunes...beautiful weather..great ride.....can't wipe the smile off my face yet. Saw about 10 other vettes out today, now my arm is tired from all the waves. Think I'll take the kid for some ice cream..just not ready to park the vette yet. :L

 

[garycr14]

Good News

I'll have to try recording at a slower speed.

 

[RoadReady]

Most of the secret is the amount of data....Only burn a maximum of 74 minutes (at 4x) and you should not have any problem. The Bose won't read CDs containing 80 minutes, but it will read any brand 80 minute CD burned with only 74 minutes.

 

[HTRK-1]

You're just lucky the CD players works at all. I've also heard about the upgrade. I've been looking for a source for the Cd mechanism so I can replace it myself. I have not been very lucky. I may have to give in and send the unit out for repair. Obviously the repair shops are very tight lipped about where they get the parts for this. Dr. Don wants more for the part than they do to make the repair. You can bet when I get it back, I post the CD mechanism mfg and P/N. I'm sure it's a generic unit and can be had for $75 or less.

 

[Aeroman]

Finally got consistant burns.

FINALLY CD-R's THAT PLAY IN MY BOSE:crazy


I have 3 different burning programs on my computer:

Music Match Jukebox Burner Plus

Adaptec Easy CD Creator

Roxio's Easy CD Creator version 5 basic

I've tried different discs, different settings, different numbers of
songs, and different speeds.

Music match will not produce anything that will play in the Bose. They'll
play in every other car, or home player, but not the Bose.ad

I haven't experimented much with the Adaptec, but first attempts
were not good.:confused

If I burn with Roxio's burner, I can burn any disc, any speed, and either from .wav files or .mp3 files and get a good disc every time. The program
is a little "buggy" but that might be some kind of interference with the
other programs. I do burn and get a disc closed before I get any error messages though. For my Bose, Roxio is the answer.

 

[drags1998]

Thanks for all the tips,Now I will try it again!!!!!!! Only at a slower speed.

 

[hAZcAT]

First time I heard of going slower as a good thing :L

 

[Vettelt193]

I have the same problem on and off with CD-R's.... I found that if you put the CD in, and then skip to track 3 or 4 as it is loading, the CD plays 99% of the time. hope that little trick helps

 

[AnytownUSA]

HTRK-1,
I've been thinking the same thing. I haven't because I'm sure the wife would freak out unless I could honestly tell her I knew I could fix it. For some reason she gets up in arms when I start taking the vette apart. I have a couple of CD players and a CD-ROM drive. The mechanism looks very similar in both. If anyone has info on this let us know. I'm sure there are several folks who'd like to do it themselves.

"First time I heard of going slower as a good thing :L"
haZcAT,
Maybe you should run that statement by your wife/girlfriend.