The sound system in my new chevy Camaro does not recognize homemade cd's. Is there a fix for that?
iPod classic, Windows 7
Check the manual for the system. It may require CD-R rather than CD-RW for example.
tt2
I'm using CD-R. They load onto the ipod ok but the car system doesn't see them.
Frank
Are you recording as audio CD or data disc?
Do the discs verify if you try to read back the data on your computer?
Have you tried burning with different software or a different brand of discs?
tt2
They were recorded as audio. I used Roxio to burn them.
I haven't try different software or different disk.
I have recollections about needing to use a finalize disc option sometimes. I would have thought that was automatic with CD-R but perhaps not. I haven't burnt a disc in years.
tt2
Let me try that. I'll let you know.
I put the disk in the computer I burnt it on and broughtt up Roxio. The option to Finalize was dimed so I assume thyat means the disk was finalized.
Probably, though I would check next time you try to burn. Can you read back or play the contents of the disc using iTunes?
tt2
Yes I can. I fact I can listen to them straight of the IPod. They show up on the index.
I am using MP3 encoder that would be correct right?
Playing off the iPod doesn't help establish if the data burnt to the CD can be read back from the CD which was the purpose of my question.
An MP3 encoder would be used when copying data from an audio CD into your computer to make compressed audio files for use in iTunes or other software or to copy to devices. When you use iTunes to burn a CD it gives you the option of creating a data disc, which copies the files directly, or an audio disc which recreates the uncompressed audio data to put on the disc. Your car's player may only be able to read this type of CD. Roxio may be generating data discs, particularly if you give it MP3 source files.
tt2
By the by.......If I put those albums on a flash drive the car system sees them. Which leads me to believe it's an IPod situation not the car.
But I thought we were talking about CDs, you know, those round shiny things that you might burn with Roxio? 😕
If you're talking about albums on your iPod that is whole different kettle of fish. Were you trying to burn from the iPod to CD directly rather than from source files stored on your computer?
Either way the sound system's manual ought to make it clear what formats are supported from various types of sources. If a flash drive gives the best results then "Go Flash, go!"
tt2
I loaded those round shiny things on to my Ipod. They show up on the ipod and I can listen to them from the ipod. But they done show up on the car sound system menu when I plug the ipod into the car. Store bought cd's do but not the ones I burnt.
I hope I'm not confusing you.
Burning is the process of making a CD or DVD from data stored on your computer.
Copying audio data from an audio CD into your computer is called ripping.
There are a number of different audio formats you might rip the data into.
Your iPod may be able to play more formats than the car stereo supports.
Your original question gave the impression that you were making CDs from content stored on your computer and then trying to play those by placing the CDs in a CD slot in the car stereo, and that the car system was rejecting them.
Perhaps your question would be better phrased as "Some of the albums I've copied into my iPod don't show up when I connect it to my car's stereo. Why?" which gets us back to the point of checking the system's manual. It should tell you what formats are supported.
tt2
The disk I made were all burnt from the original cd to a cd-r. I copied songs from multiple cd's to one disk.
When I loaded my disks onto the ipod it converted it to a mp3 file. All of the songs on the ipod are mp3.
Why doesn't my car sound system recognize homemade cds?
