Out of curiosity I stuck a recorded disc (not original) in my changer and was pleased to find it works. Some may know this and posted before but I don't think I'll bother changing for MP3, although you get more musak on MP3. I'll just convert my discs back to normal audio, still work out cheaper than a new changer. I listen to radio as much as disc so not that fussed now.

CDR's will play fine in the changer, the only discs that dont are CDRW discs and those with raw MP3's on. I never put original discs in mine, just incase they got stolen or scratched by the mechanism.

CDR's will play fine in the changer, the only discs that dont are CDRW discs and those with raw MP3's on. I never put original discs in mine, just incase they got stolen or scratched by the mechanism.

It had never occured to me before to try it

Never had a problem wityh CDR's in changer except the old one I had a few years back.

Most CD changers are set up for them now. There's a theory that the faster you write the disc, the harder it is for the changer to read it (or any cd player in fact). This may reduce the life of the laser. I don't write any faster than 16x or preferably 8x if i can. There 'is' a difference. Just compare the written surface of 2 discs written at different speeds.

There's a theory that the faster you write the disc, the harder it is for the changer to read it (or any cd player in fact). This may reduce the life of the laser. I don't write any faster than 16x or preferably 8x if i can. There 'is' a difference. Just compare the written surface of 2 discs written at different speeds.

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Any links or anything with more details on this?

AFAIK, once burned they'd be identical - just the rate at which the identical pattern is written to the CD is varied...

Rob.

I find burning discs faster makes them less likely to work in the Skoda changer. The brand of disc makes a difference too.

There must be some difference, because my Symphony HU can read CDRs but not CDRWs, but my retro-fit Alpine changer can do both...??? I know there are subtle differences in the way data is physically recorded on a 'proper' CD compared to a CDR, which is different again from a CDRW - I'm assuming that this must have something to do with it (the 'contrast' between a 1 and a 0 or somesuch...)

When I had my OE changer in I found a couple of albums (genuine - not recorded) that simply refused to play on it.

Albums were brand new and worked perfectly in every other player I put them in - the changer just refused to recognise it!

No such problems with my kenwood changer!

Out of curiosity I stuck a recorded disc (not original) in my changer and was pleased to find it works. Some may know this and posted before but I don't think I'll bother changing for MP3, although you get more musak on MP3. I'll just convert my discs back to normal audio, still work out cheaper than a new changer. I listen to radio as much as disc so not that fussed now.

In my experience there are a number of factors.

1) write speed - the faster the copy speed the more likelihood of missed information hence skipping or no play at all.

2) Error correction - depending on manufacturer, method of error correction on laser pickup varies - some will play scratched discs or 'fill in' the gaps left by a fast write speed - others won't

3) Disc colour - you may have already seen that CDR's come with blue, gold, green, silver tints. Some players cope with certain tints better than others

4) Even with original discs, some producers (Warner, Sony etc) are using an anti piracy method of encoding their discs which contravene the 'Red Book Standard' laid out younks ago. This means some players won't even read an new, original disc!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_(audio_CD_standard

Jat :banana:

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Any links or anything with more details on this?

AFAIK' date=' once burned they'd be identical - just the rate at which the identical pattern is written to the CD is varied...

Rob.[/quote']

no links i'm afraid but i've tried it with a home cd player in which the laser was starting to go. No hope of playing a disc recorded at x32 but no probs if written at 8x. Eventually it would only play original discs and then nothing at all.

I keep everything on mp3 players now and only resort to cdr's if I need to record something for someone else.