cd player help

[DecoyOctopus]

i have a 03 miata with the factory radio. anyway i had a cd-rw and it had some songs so im like hey just try to see if it works in the radio and to my surprise it did. now my girlfreind lost that cd, no big deal right but i bought more cd-rw and they dont work. is there different types of cd-rw or what, any imput is appreciated.

[integra82786]

there is cd-r and cd-rw. make sure that it wasn't a cd-r disk the first time, some cd players will play cd-r disks but not cd-rw.

[Elbow]

^Correct

[Kaiser]

The disks also may need to be "Finalized" after being burnt if they are CD-RW's. This essentially turns the CD-RW into a CD-R by burning an extra layer of data that allows more conventional audio-cd players to read the disk. Without being "Finalized" any burnt CD will not play in a regular audio-cd player, and afterwards all of them should (Assuming the burning process worked right, which isn't always the case.)

[TreyMan]

Make sure you are not burning the songs as MP3s as well.

[DecoyOctopus]

nah it was a cd-rw cuz i erased and burned over it several times. as far as the finalization thing goes i have no idea how to check if it does that. i know they arent being burned as mp3 either.

[jmar32]

also use the same brand as the one that worked. i work a duplicating place and some bbrands dont like other cd players.