xkr cd changer

[ARH]

hi

I have just bought an xkr my2000 with a cd changer. Is it compatible with CD-R's. I have recorded some CD's but they don't play. they get recognised and it knows how many tracks each cd has but they don't play. It plays real CD's fine.

thanks

[BigNige]

Make sure you encode the CD's as WMA files, should be ok then.

[ARH]

thanks I will try that

[ARH]

Well I turned the mp£3's into wma's burnt them to CDR but it still did not work. I used nero if that makes difference. Can anyone help?

[BigNige]

ARH said:

Well I turned the mp£3's into wma's burnt them to CDR but it still did not work. I used nero if that makes difference. Can anyone help?

Hmmmm...do pre-recorded play in all slots and do burned discs not play in any slot?

I had this issue when I bought my X308.
Dunno what the cause was in the end but I bought a s/h changer off Ebay and it's been fine since.

They're dead easy to fit and go for around £75.

[a8hex]

When you first tried it, did you have Nero produce a "real" audio CD or is in a CD full of MP3 files?
I have no idea whether the CD player in the XKR is able to play MP3 or WMA CDs. Any CD player should be able to play regular Audio CDs. Some early ones can be fussy about CDRs.

The CD changer on my X300 plays CD-Rs and CD+Rs recorded as audio CDs fine.

Edited by a8hex on Saturday 7th March 18:10

[B16 RFF]

Try burning the tracks as CDA files. I believe that's what manufactured CDs use.

Paul.

[ARH]

Hi

I tried burning them as CDA files, letting nero convert mp3 to cda, it recognised the number of tracks but did not play them. It took a long time to read the disk as well. I tried mp3 disks, wma disks. these also get recognised but wont play. Could it just need a clean inside?

The biggest issue is the CD collection got banished to the back of the loft a few years ago when we went over to MP3. So the ideal solution would be to incorperate some kind of MP3 player instead of a cd changer. I can't seem to find a solution which does this, apart from an FM transmitter. these are often not as good as they could be. Although my mobile (nokia N79) seems to manage OK.

Again thanks for any help

[a8hex]

I think there was a discussion about plumbing in an MP3 player in place of the CD autochanger here a while ago.

It might be worth trying a CD+R instead of a CD-R
If not, it might be worth talking to an Alpine dealer and seeing if there is a compatible autochanger that will work. I've had CD I've burnt myself working in XK8 autochangers. I used to get them as rentals out of SFO and I almost always use copies of CDs in rentals.

[P700DEE]

CD+R and CD-R ?????? Think you may be getting this muddled with DVD standards. For CD you have CDR and CDRW. RW discs do not always work. Never tried mp3 files with my 98 XKR CD changer (HK) but it happily reads CDR copies of discs. I use Nero but just as disc copy not burning. Are you certain you have closed off the disc ? Do they play in other players ?

[a8hex]

P700DEE said:

CD+R and CD-R ?????? Think you may be getting this muddled with DVD standards. For CD you have CDR and CDRW.

Oops!
Sorry
Put brain in gear before typing

[ARH]

Well after much playing about it seems to play CDR's if the recording side is blue. I tried it on few old CD's I recorded some time ago. I now just need to find CDR's where the recording side is blue to prove the theory. Any one know which CDR's are blue?

[Cecil]

Hi not sure what you mean by the blue recording slide, I had problems with 700Mb CDR's try the slightly smaler ones, 650MB I think, also leave some free space, 6MB or so, I had problems when I filled them up, I have an Alpine changer circa 2001 and it is fin with CDA format CDR's.

[lux_r]

I have a 2000 XKR factroy standard changer plays every disc I put in. Try burning your MP3 to the disk from windows media player, thats what I do with mine, never had one problem except sometime the track will jump if I hit a pothole or somesuch, Note for disc type, it works with CDR but never CDRW. I buy these 100 disc packs from the supermarket, super cheap items no problems with them