Re: Problem with Honda CD player and home-burned CDs
 

On 11/27/06 9:41 AM, in article ee1mm2thvhioi9lvd3593fu0aidnjupg2r@4ax.com,
"Elliot Richmond" <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:39:03 GMT, BE <n3wsr3ad3r_|@|_sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
>> My 2001 Odyssey has the single disc CD player in the dash. The player has no
>> problem playing retail CDs, but it struggles with CDs that I have burned
>> myself.
> <snip>
>> Does anyone think this could be perhaps an artifact of the speed at which I
>> burn these - that the Honda player would prefer something burned at 1x or 2x
>> (instead of 8x or 16x)? Anyone else have this problem?
>
> This may not be of any help to you. But, I had a similar problem with
> a completely different system that I solved by taking the action you
> propose. The record speed that seems to work best for me is 8x, so you
> might try to experiment a bit.
>
> I also found it necessary to turn off the multi-session function,
> which seems to be on by default in Nero.
>
> However, it is possible that the Honda simply will not read
> home-burned disks for some arcane reason.
>
> Are these .wav files or .mp3? If mp3, try burning a CD with .wav files
> and see if that works. 2002 CD players should read .mp3s with no
> problem, but you never know.
>
> Hope this helps. Report back, please.
>
>
> Elliot Richmond
> Itinerant astronomy teacher

I forgot to mention that the recent batch of CD-R media I used was Verbatim
brand. I don't know if they tend to have this kind of problem or not.

As for the types of files I am burning - they are (lossless) .flac files
that Toast Titanium somehow handles during the burning process. The
"finished" file type as my iMac sees it is .aiff, which is the type it would
call the individual track files of a commercial CD.

I'll try burning one of the same albums that was trouble and do so at a
lower burn speed and let you know how it plays.

Thanks,
Be