CD player cannot read CD-R

[m3r]

My mazda 3's cd player doesnt seem to be able to read CD-R, is that normal ?
I tought most people would want to leave copies of their CDs in the car so the originals donc get stolen, so it's basically a required feature of a car cd player, isn't it ?

 

[djltoronto]

My mazda 3's cd player doesnt seem to be able to read CD-R, is that normal ?
I tought most people would want to leave copies of their CDs in the car so the originals donc get stolen, so it's basically a required feature of a car cd player, isn't it ?

Try it again with another CD..
My factory CD player plays CD-r's as well as CD-RW's

I was shocked that it could play CD-RW's.
When playing CD-RW's I notice it's more sensative, meaning it will skip from time to time.
But with CD-R's and regular CD's, it's perfect.

Too bad it doesn't read CD text.

 

[UnNaturalinc]

I'm not sure with the deck in the 3, but sometimes certain brands of decks cannot read certain brands of CDR's.

 

[bluntman]

Too bad it doesn't read CD text.

You'll need the MP3 player option for that (CD-Text and ID3 tag info on the display).

 

[mazda3zoom]

mine plays CD-Rs and CD-RWs with no problem. now the bad tuner is another story...lol

 

[m3r]

it works now

If it can help someone, I managed to have it work, I just have to make sure I select Disc-at-Once/96 in Nero and burn at a lower speed. When I put the CD-R in the player, it takes 10-20 seconds until anything happens but after that it starts playing correctly...

 

[lumlum83]

Yes, I experienced this problem before! I could always play all the CDs that I bought from HMV and other CD stores. But for SOME OF the ones (CD-R, CD-RW) that I have burned, I got some problems playing those CDs with my mazda 3's audio single-CD disc player. So I did 2 things, and now I can play all the CDs now!!!

1. I asked the Mazda to replace a new CD player for me since it is still under warranty.

2. I notice that the Mazda 3 CD players can only play certain brand names of the CDs. I am sure that they can be the SONY and Fuji CD-R, but not Verbitan and some other types.

 

[djltoronto]

Yes, I experienced this problem before! I could always play all the CDs that I bought from HMV and other CD stores. But for SOME OF the ones (CD-R, CD-RW) that I have burned, I got some problems playing those CDs with my mazda 3's audio single-CD disc player. So I did 2 things, and now I can play all the CDs now!!!

1. I asked the Mazda to replace a new CD player for me since it is still under warranty.

2. I notice that the Mazda 3 CD players can only play certain brand names of the CDs. I am sure that they can be the SONY and Fuji CD-R, but not Verbitan and some other types.

I have a single disk CD player (NON MP3) and it will play any disk I put in it.
Most of CD's are good quality, but I recently bought 100 disks for $9.99. They are so cheap that about 1 in 10 has an obvious visual defect. So far, I've used 3 of them for audio and they all work perfectly fine in my car.

I have heard of people havin g problems in the past, so maybe it's also dependant on the burner that is used or even the speed they are burned at. (I burn mine on a 24x laptop drive - Dell)

 

[Chilly]

I haven't burned any discs recently, but a friend has given me one. All of my discs work perfectly. Some are dated back to 2000.

 

[m3r]

It seems to work now, but when I put the CD in, there is usually a 20-30 second pause before anything happen. That's why i tought it was not working.

 

[djltoronto]

It seems to work now, but when I put the CD in, there is usually a 20-30 second pause before anything happen. That's why i tought it was not working.

that pause is not normal...

Shouldn't be like that

 

[lumlum83]

well...
Now I use my laptop burner (with the program Nero and Easy CD Creator) to burn the audio cds with a speed of 24x, or sometimes 48x. They work fine now~ HaHa, I guess one of the reasons is that I got a new one-disc CD player in my mazda 3, and the other reason is that I don't use any cheap CDs for now..haha...only use SONY and FUJI ones now.

 

[djltoronto]

well...
Now I use my laptop burner (with the program Nero and Easy CD Creator) to burn the audio cds with a speed of 24x, or sometimes 48x. They work fine now~ HaHa, I guess one of the reasons is that I got a new one-disc CD player in my mazda 3, and the other reason is that I don't use any cheap CDs for now..haha...only use SONY and FUJI ones now.

I use the cheapest chinese made disks on the market... I then put a put a paper label on the top of them and they work fine..

Without the label, they scratch if you look at themthe wrong way!!

 

[lumlum83]

I use the cheapest chinese made disks on the market... I then put a put a paper label on the top of them and they work fine..
Without the label, they scratch if you look at themthe wrong way!!

Perhaps the quality of the Chinese-made cds that you have bought is AS GOOD AS the Sony and Fuji ones! (hump)
haha...I never place any labels on those audio cds that I have burned. I only use a permanent marker to write all the song titles on the CD. ^___^

 

[El Ropo]

I use Nero (no damn wizard version though). Some things that I've learned to do that help the quality of Audio CD Burns:

1. Never burn higher than 12 x
2. As mentioned above, use the 'Disk at once' write method.
and on the "read options" tab, I keep everything set like this: