MP3-CD Player Issue: CDs not playing

Darcey · Post by **Darcey** » Thu May 22, 2008 11:24 pm

I tried "search", but since both of these words I'm concerned about are 3 characters or less, it fails. :/ I also skimmed through the subjects, and think it's fine if I start a new topic, so... here goes. I have a new 2009 Vibe GT. I'm trying to burn a CD of mp3's to play in the car, but I cannot get it to play. We've tried burning on 2 computers, 3 different CDs, and each and every time I put it in the car and it says "CD Loading..." and then ejects the disk and basically says "Haha, very funny, you thought I'd take this? It's not working. Try again." We confirmed that the CDs do have data on them, they're burned as .mp3. We haven't got a separate mp3-playing CD player anywhere else to try them on, though.Looking on the net, I wasn't able to find much that might help, so I decided to cave and ask you folks. Does anyone know of any problems with the Monsoon mp3-cd player, or is there something *I* need to know about? What program(s) do people use for this/what has worked for you in the past, so I can try to narrow down if it's my computer, the CDs, or the system?Thanks!

nygiantzz1 · Post by **nygiantzz1** » Fri May 23, 2008 12:12 am

What speed are you burning the discs at? I don't burn any faster than 24X when I burn CD's for the car. You may be burning at a speed faster than the CD player can read.

Burns1210 · Post by **Burns1210** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:35 am

I'm having the same problem! I just bought an '08 with the monsoon and it won't play mp3s. I know the discs work, I've been playing them for years in my old head unit. What's the deal?

Darcey · Post by **Darcey** » Sat May 24, 2008 2:47 am

18x, I believe. I will give a try burning on a couple different settings to see what happens, though; I never even thought of that!

Burns1210 · Post by **Burns1210** » Sat May 24, 2008 4:50 am

I've tried 48X all the way down to 2X. Nothing. When I pop the cd in, the display says Track 1, but nothing happens. When I hit song list, it says song list empty.Should I take it back to the dealer?Someone tell me what CD burners you've has success with! I'm using NTI CD/DVD Maker.

Burns1210 · Post by **Burns1210** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:47 am

Well, I found out the problem...I have the 6 disc in-dash CD player...that one is not mp3 capable.Exactly the opposite of what the dealer told me.

gr8vibe · Post by **gr8vibe** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:26 pm

This may be a stupid thing to say but, You are using CD-R's to burn arnt you? Not CD-RW's? Also, are you using MP3 software? Or just mp3's. They are totally seperate issues. USUALLY all newer cars ABSOLUTELY play MP3 cds regardless.MP3 software condenses songs so you can fit like 100 mp3's on 1 CD. Mp3's like the same as on a regular cd disc. Hope this clears it up. Burning speed has NOTHING to do with it playing. I burn at close to 45x and I've never had any issues with my players.

Darcey · Post by **Darcey** » Sun May 25, 2008 1:05 am

I've been using the Windows standard burning process, which asks you to confirm if you want to burn the disc .wav formatted or .mp3 formatted. Everything I'm burning are .mp3s, which I've played before in iTunes and Windows Media Player (and no, they aren't locked to a particular computer or anything). The burning process "locks" the CD afterward, and says (I'm paraphrasing here): "Securing the disc so it can be played on any device, not just a computer".As far as the discs themselves, I'm not sure if they're CD-R or CD-RW; I've been assuming CD-RW because it's a massive unlabelled spindle, but we've had them for a couple of years and the label is MIA. It's worth checking on, though--I may swing over to OfficeMax and grab a couple of fresh discs just to check.

gr8vibe · Post by **gr8vibe** » Sun May 25, 2008 1:37 am

PLEASE DO! Only some head-units stock CD players play CD-RW's. Most do not. I've never encountered one where they did. When you do, buy some CD-R's and try again. I'm 100% sure it will work.

dianebrat · Post by **dianebrat** » Sun May 25, 2008 1:59 am

Quote, originally posted by Darcey Â»I've been assuming CD-RW because it's a massive unlabelled spindle, A big spindle will be regular CD-R'sCDRW's are rarely, if ever sold in that way since they're more expensive and reusable, CDRW's usually come in individual jewelboxes.Diane

Darcey · Post by **Darcey** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:01 am

OK... figured it out, after tracking down some CD-R's.1. The spindle I'd been using was actually DVD (Rs or RWs, I'm not sure). I kvetched at my boyfriend for leaving them unlabelled that way; he hadn't even remembered that's what the stack was.2. We had a stack of unlabelled CD-RWs as well (yay for a tecchie household?), so they have been labelled separately.3. After burning to the CD-R, it works.Thank you all for the input and suggestions so I could get this resolved.

gr8vibe · Post by **gr8vibe** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:29 pm

glad you figured it out!

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