Whats the low-down with making cds that will play in a car?

Question

So I'm trying to make a cd that will play in a car, except i can't get it to work. I used sonic record, and chose the option

"make a cd for a car." If i'm not mistake, what that does is finalize the disc, putting a code that will allow the cd to play in a car. What is it that stops a cd from playing in a car? How can i get it to work?

Answer 1

there is no code that stops or enables a cd from playing in the car. it usually does it by itself. its just like any other disc, it works in anything that plays discs. i suggest researching some better software for burning cd's.

Answer 2

i download my songs from limewire and put them on random cd-r   s    and they work fine...ur cd player also has to be abnle to read all of it too...

Answer 3

There's two things that may be happening.

One is that your CD player in your car is not capable of playing burned CDs. That shouldn't happen since most stereos today can play burned CDs. Regardless, if that were to happen you would have to install a new head unit (stereo/CD player)

The other thing that may be happening is that you are not burning the songs in the correct format, should be mp3 for most cars, or you are not using a CD-R. CD-R means that you can write on the disc, but can not write on it again. CD-RW is the type that can be written on over and over again.

To fix this, get a blank CD-R disc and put it in the cd drive on your computer. Load software and select the songs. When selecting songs, make sure the file extension is .mp3. Choose the songs you want, usually about 12-15 depending on size. Then burn, and once it is done go test it out.

If that doesn't work, try using windows media player's burn option. If the files aren't .mp3 it will convert them for you.

Finally if that does not work, you may need a new stereo. Which will between $80-$100 plus instillation if you don't do it yourself.