Burned audio cd won't play in new car

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Burned audio cd won't play in new car

We just bought a 2006 Mustang with a Shaker 500 audio system. In the brochure it states "with the ability to play standard and mp3 burned cds". Normal audio cds burned on my mac with itunes 6 skip. Can't burn mp3 disks with songs purchased from the music store. Help!

Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Mar 24, 2006 8:10 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 24, 2006 9:11 AM in response to Chele Gerson

As especially car player are often reported to be very picky regarding burned audioCDs: Try to switch the brand of CDs and/or lowering burn speed.

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Chele Gerson Author

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Mar 24, 2006 11:46 AM in response to Kay Marczoch

Thanks so much for the response. I tried other brands of CDs, I'll try the slower burn speed, but I feel my problem is iTunes purchases and mp3 incompatibility. I'm trying to find a way around that issue.

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Answer 3

Mar 24, 2006 12:17 PM in response to Chele Gerson

For what it's worth. My Brother can't play any of my iTunes discs in his Ford vehicle. He has to reimport the files and then reburn them on his PC. I wonder if it's something with Ford stereos? My acura has no problem playing my iTunes discs.

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Chele Gerson Author

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Mar 24, 2006 12:31 PM in response to James Bearde

Must be a Ford problem. Our BMW, Hummer, and PT (geez, sounds so preppy, we're not, promise) can all play the CDs we burn. The fact that "mp3" is right on the face of the cd changer in the car is clear on the format of choice. Has your brother had success changing the format of iTunes purchased songs to mp3? I'm working on that one as we speak. Do you know how he exported then imported successfully? Thanks

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Chele Gerson Author

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Jun 9, 2008 9:49 AM in response to Chele Gerson

so much time has gone by since this was first posted, and we have since found a brand of cd that will work in my daughter's car.

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