@#$%^@#$$% z919 radio@##$%%#@

[derrick1623]

ok, so i wrestled with my radio for a little while... finally got it out. ran the old cd changer wire i had in the mx6 all the way to the trunk. it is all hidden, anyways...go to run the other end to the dumbass z919. not compatible. goddammit! now i have to go through crutchfield and spend 350 dollars on the ONLY cd changer that works with this radio. grrrrrrrr. :mad: :mad: :mad:

 

[Cameleon3]

why buy a cd changer when you can put over 150 songs on one cd?? don't waste your money...with our car, I don't think it's worth it...just my opinion...

 

[derrick1623]

well, for one... my roxio burning software is a b****. it won't burn a cd for s***, wont even start up. so i figure, i'll hock the one i got now and just get the new changer.

 

[<Are you kidding?>]

Roxio is sweet, read the directions. Re-format your pc if it gives you probles. Cd changers suck!

 

[DooMer_MP3]

So you'd rather spend $350 and a ton of time instead of getting different cd burning software!?!? I wish I was made of money!!!

 

[derrick1623]

take it easy guys. i'm not exactly made of money, but i do want a changer. is it so wrong? ive contacted dell, reinstalled roxio, contacted roxio. it keeps saying creator has caused an exception in some .dll file. everytime.
but, the point is, why make a radio that only hooks to one single changer?

[ 02-18-2002: Message edited by: derrick1623 ]

 

[gonzoATX]

speaking of burning a lot of music to one cd how do you do that?? i just bought a cd burner and it wont let me burn all my data which is about 650mb of music. could someone please baby step me through the process of burning hourz worth of music to one cd. i allready have my music on the computer so how do you do it please help me i have musicmatch jukebox thank you for all of your help.............

 

[MP3_4ME]

I 'll help... but I need more info. Give me more details and I will certainly help.

Later

 

[kep0ne]

ok check it out...to make a data cd, first you need mp3s (hence the car name). all you have to do is first arrange the music in a folder on your hard drive. make sure theres no spaces, replace spaces with underscores ( _ ) cause the 919 wont read them. those with the 828 have the benefit of id3 tags (i wont bother explaining those...they get complicated and tedious). you can arrange them in different ways. ill explain my way, as it is the most organized wayi can think of.

-(Folder)
-- (album)
---- (01_song.mp3)
---- (02_song.mp3)
-- (album2)
---- (01_song.mp3)
---- (02_song.mp3)

i hope you get the idea. ok at this point, check over your directories to make sure everythings in order, and load up your burning program. i use roxio (which has given me no problems so far...i recommend it). make sure you're burning a data cd, and load up the <folder>. this in turn will load every subdir and tada, you have a mp3 cd set up. now all you have to do is click burn and you're set.

as for going through the folders, i have to use my 919 as an example. to pick a folder, press the preset 2 button. the display will blink the the current folder name. use the track fwd and rev (left and right) buttons to cycle through the songs. to cycle through albums, press the am button (down), this will swtich to folder mode. then, as before, use the track fwd and rev buttons to cycle through the albums. press 2 again to play. you can use the remote for this, but you still have to press 2 onthe HU, the remote has no function for this.

anyway, i hope ive cleared some things up, if anyone has problems...send me a PRIVATE MESSAGE and ill be glad to help.

oh yeah...all stereo directions are for the 919.

[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: kep0 ]

[ 02-19-2002: Message edited by: kep0 ]

 

[Kooldino]

Uhh...roxio 5 SUCKS. And everyone knows it. It has MAJOR known issues. It's caused thousands of people to have to format their PC. It really blows. Bad. For some people it works fine, but for a lot, nothing buy issues. Use Adaptec 4.03 or Nero 5. You're on crack if you're gonna buy a CD changer.

 

[jsesq]

Hi Y'all

I use MusicMatch and I have had very few problems with it. You can download a free version (it's slow, but it works) at MusicMatch or pay $20 for a complete version. I think I paid something more for lifetime upgrades and they have been honoring it so far.

 

[enry]

Roxio is s***. If you can, get a copy of NERO off of Kazaa or something. But only do that if you bought a real version and lost the CD . I had very little problems with Nero, and all EZ CD creator did for all the years I had it was piss me off.

laters.

 

[kep0ne]

lol...ok maybe i WONT recommend roxio. hasnt given me problems though.

 

[louis]

I use Easy CD creator 4.0 and it work great!
180 songs on a CD who wants a changer?!

 

[kingvitamin]

I'm a new owner of a MP3, but know a lot about burning CD's. First of all, don't bother with Roxio/Adaptec software (Adaptec used to make the EZ-CD Creator suite of burning programs). The best all around/one-in-all program is by far, Nero Burning ROM. EZ CD Creator dicks around with your Windows registry files, and conflicts with any other burning programs that you may have installed. With Nero, you can't go wrong. That's just from my experiences, and about 10,000 others from various other bulletin boards devoted to CD burning.

 

[gonzoATX]

i have to Nero 5 and please baby step me through the process of putting hourz of music on one CD and kep0 thanks for the info but im still lost

 

[hixtrix]

Nero isn't the most user friendly program at first- but it is certainly the best. The first thing that you want to do, is organize everything into one directory. I'll use my setup as an example- I have a folder on my desktop that says "My Music", inside of this I have created several more folders named Easylis, Altroc, Claroc, Techno, Rap, etc, etc. This will simplify the process immensely because you will not have to search through a bunch of directories to piece together a CD. A simple point and click and you will have everything that you need. I use 80 min cds and you can fit a ton of music on them. Nero is nice because it actually tells you if and how much you are exceding the data capabilities of the cd. If you are transferring albums, and have a large directory, just keep them seperated by folder and drag and drop them into a generic "burn" folder on your desktop.
Once you have everything organized you start Nero, and select a data format when you are cycling through your options at cd creation. Make sure all of your songs are saved in mp3 format! WAV files are what a normal cd player plays, and they are huge! If everything is not saved in the right format, you are defeating the purpose... At this point you go to your directory and either double click or "maybe" drag and drop the files that you want to burn (can't remember, at work). There is something that shows the mb limit on the cd- so make sure you do not excede this. It is important that you selected "data" earlier, because I am pretty sure that Nero will convert mp3s to WAV if you select the music cd option. After this- click burn and you are ready to go. This is long winded and full of too many "I think"s. Hopefully it helps though, but w/out the program in front of me I'm just not quite sure about all of the specifics. Nero is a rockin' program though, once you play with it more- you will see what I mean. It is really good for software with burn protection, because you can save the cd image to your hard drive, then burn it to cd. GREAT for OSs, games, etc- as long as you have a product key... err, I mean- well, backing up your software for personal use.

Good luck, I'll check back later.

[ 02-20-2002: Message edited by: hixtrix ]

 

[gonzoATX]

i understand everything except saving it in mp3 format what if i allready have songs saved on my computer isnt this mp3 format or do i have to do something else??

 

[hixtrix]

If you insert a cd and save it to your hard drive, the songs are going to be saved as WAV files. So, you need to convert Def Lepard's greatest hits to an MP3 format from this point. My suggestion would be to dl some freeware like Winamp. Nero can probably do it... though at this moment I couldn't tell you how. Winamp automatically converts WAV files to MP3 format. Just right click the track and check the properties, make sure it has a .mp3 tag rather than a .wav.
Check it out: http://www.winamp.com/

 

[cfbjr]

Dart CD recorder works good for turning MP3's into regualr cd audio CD's and NTI CD maker has never failed me for making big fat compilations of mp3's for use in the z919.