03 M45 CD CHANGER NOT READING CD-RS?

[scottsm45]

I Just bought an 03 infiniti m45 and the guy who had it before me had tons of cd-r's in the 6 disc cd changer and they all played great, as soon as I burnt a bunch of them, none of them worked. Is there something i'm not getting about the cd-r's that the system will read? Will only a certain type work? Do I need to slow down the write speed? Any advice will help. I've burnt 8 cd-rs so far and none of them work. Audio disc, data discs, mp3 disc, nothing works and I used 2 brands, Verbatim and another brand

[EniGmA1987]

You probably arent really burning them as audio CDs, otherwise they would work. I burn tons myself, used a few brands and no problems. I used to burn slow, sometimes I do medium speeds, and most of the time now I just dont care enough and burn them at 48x. They play fine in the CD player or center console DVD player.


What software are you using to burn? I pretty much always use a free version of Nero 6

[scottsm45]

You probably arent really burning them as audio CDs, otherwise they would work. I burn tons myself, used a few brands and no problems. I used to burn slow, sometimes I do medium speeds, and most of the time now I just dont care enough and burn them at 48x. They play fine in the CD player or center console DVD player.


What software are you using to burn? I pretty much always use a free version of Nero 6

yep, I'm burning them as audio cd's and i've used 3 programs so far and 2 types of cd-rs and nothing works! I can't figure it out. It shows in your profile u have a 2006, I think that's gonna be a different cd changer than my 2003, there wasn't even mp3 in 2003 and I read somewhere they infiniti cd players in 2003 only read 74min cd-rs because that's all that were there back then and now all the cd's are 80min cd-rs. Anyone with a 2003 m45 that can help please?

[Larz]

I have a 2007, so I agree that your system is probably not as updated as newer models. However, if you have a program that allows, try burning as a 'data' CD. Windows media player will allow this. I burn all mine as data and I can fit 90-100 tracs on one CD. You can scroll thru them with the center knob or the steering wheel gizmo.

[EniGmA1987]

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[svard75]

You probably arent really burning them as audio CDs, otherwise they would work. I burn tons myself, used a few brands and no problems. I used to burn slow, sometimes I do medium speeds, and most of the time now I just dont care enough and burn them at 48x. They play fine in the CD player or center console DVD player.


What software are you using to burn? I pretty much always use a free version of Nero 6

yep, I'm burning them as audio cd's and i've used 3 programs so far and 2 types of cd-rs and nothing works! I can't figure it out. It shows in your profile u have a 2006, I think that's gonna be a different cd changer than my 2003, there wasn't even mp3 in 2003 and I read somewhere they infiniti cd players in 2003 only read 74min cd-rs because that's all that were there back then and now all the cd's are 80min cd-rs. Anyone with a 2003 m45 that can help please?

Mp3's existed in the 90's trust me. It wasn't till recently that auto manufacturers started incorporating support for this.

When you burn the cd do you finalize it so no other data can be written? Try to find the exact model CDs that work and burn them at 4x speed just so that the laser gets more time to burn a cleaner more defined pit. Also do not use cdrws.

[scottsm45]

Ok guys, i've tried all your suggestions, nothing has worked and I know this cd changer works because when I bought it the guy had all 6 discs in it and it worked fine. Here's what i've tried so far, I have 2 different types of cd-r's:
Verbatime digital vinyl cd-r that look like little vinyl records and memorex music cd-r's, both don't work. I've reduced the speed to 4x, used the programs windows media player and burnaware professional, nothing has worked. So can someone with a 2003 infiniti with the factory cd changer please tell me exactly what cd's they used, what speed, and what program they used and not someone with a newer car where obviously it's not the same. I tried data disc, audio disc, mp3 disc, u name it and i'm getting really frustrated!

Thanks in advance for all your help,

Scott

[svard75]

Here's a couple of things you could try

Buy 74 minutes CDR's like from here http://www.ebay.com/bhp/cd-r-74

Ensure they are burned in CDA format

Ensure your burner is fixed to 4x or slower during the burn process

Finalize the disc.