Note that, even if your car doesn't have a "line in" port, there are adapters that can play through your car's cassette player (if it has one), or have a tiny FM transmitter that your car radio can receive.
Or, when you're buying a car, see if they have an MP3-compatible CD player available. (Given that portable CD players with MP3 ability are only about 10 dollars more than ones without, I can't imagine that the car manufacturers won't start including that ability soon.)
Leo A. Notenboom
August 20, 2006 11:57 AM
Actually, I use a cassette adapter, which works relatively well. I've been through about three FM transmitters and my experience was that they all pretty much suck. :-(
elaine
August 26, 2006 2:29 PM
I had the same problem. I dont know much about formats and I do not have Roxio. My solution was simple. I switched from the CD-W to a CD-R. Then the music i burned played on all my CD players, even the car
Bob
September 30, 2006 5:24 AM
When I record from my cassette player through my sound card it plays back through only one speaker. I'm using stereo jacks. What am I doing wrong?
Oliver
December 15, 2006 3:52 PM
I have burned CD-Rs that will play in my personal car's cd player and computer but won't play in an Acura's Boise 1998 system. What format should I use to burn CD-Rs or what media should I use to burn audio disks for the Boise?
Joan
January 31, 2007 7:55 PM
Hi, I downloaded music on iTunes and want to burn a CD for the car. I have tryed CD-r, audio format 4 x speed with 3 sec between but can't get the car to see it. I am using the default format of iTunes to download the music. My old computer had Roxio but this computers burn software doesn't see the songs I downloaded. I am frustrated!!! What do I do. Thanks for ANY help. Joan
Steve
November 12, 2007 10:32 PM
My car will play the cd-r that I record in audio format, but as the disc continues, the quality gets worse until it skips and cannot be understood at all. This happens progressively, beginning at about 25 minutes in. Any clues for me would be very welcome. I am burning with NTI CD Maker Gold on verbatim cd-r blanks on a dvd writer that says compact re-writable ultra speed + (system says it is a Sony CD-RW crx320e)
hank daniel
November 30, 2007 10:13 PM
I have read this artikel and I have to say, Leo is talking around the soupbowl. Look at the extensions of the song files of a Cd which you bought in a store. You'll see .cda. If you use any burning software, no matter which one, if it can burn audio cd's, you will see the same extension. Why didn't Leo explain that? By the way, there are many free audio burning softwares out their. Look in Major Geek or Freedownloads you'll find pleny. And yes, you do have to use CD-R. Also, depending what CD drive you have, you have to finish that cd. If you open the drive before the cd is full, it will 'close' that cd and you wont be able to write more songs on it.
Farhan
January 28, 2008 11:55 PM
Hi My question is that i don't know exactly that at which speed i should burn audio c.d for my car c.d changer i am using Nero C.d Burner software
please help me out
Leo A. Notenboom
February 2, 2008 11:38 AM
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Any speed your burner is capable of should work just fine if
you use reasonably good blank media.
Comments
Read the article that everyone's commenting on.
August 20, 2006 10:40 AM
Note that, even if your car doesn't have a "line in" port, there are adapters that can play through your car's cassette player (if it has one), or have a tiny FM transmitter that your car radio can receive.
Or, when you're buying a car, see if they have an MP3-compatible CD player available. (Given that portable CD players with MP3 ability are only about 10 dollars more than ones without, I can't imagine that the car manufacturers won't start including that ability soon.)
August 20, 2006 11:57 AM
Actually, I use a cassette adapter, which works relatively well. I've been through about three FM transmitters and my experience was that they all pretty much suck. :-(
August 26, 2006 2:29 PM
I had the same problem. I dont know much about formats and I do not have Roxio. My solution was simple. I switched from the CD-W to a CD-R. Then the music i burned played on all my CD players, even the car
September 30, 2006 5:24 AM
When I record from my cassette player through my sound card it plays back through only one speaker. I'm using stereo jacks. What am I doing wrong?
December 15, 2006 3:52 PM
I have burned CD-Rs that will play in my personal car's cd player and computer but won't play in an Acura's Boise 1998 system. What format should I use to burn CD-Rs or what media should I use to burn audio disks for the Boise?
January 31, 2007 7:55 PM
Hi, I downloaded music on iTunes and want to burn a CD for the car. I have tryed CD-r, audio format 4 x speed with 3 sec between but can't get the car to see it. I am using the default format of iTunes to download the music. My old computer had Roxio but this computers burn software doesn't see the songs I downloaded. I am frustrated!!! What do I do. Thanks for ANY help. Joan
November 12, 2007 10:32 PM
My car will play the cd-r that I record in audio format, but as the disc continues, the quality gets worse until it skips and cannot be understood at all. This happens progressively, beginning at about 25 minutes in. Any clues for me would be very welcome. I am burning with NTI CD Maker Gold on verbatim cd-r blanks on a dvd writer that says compact re-writable ultra speed + (system says it is a Sony CD-RW crx320e)
November 30, 2007 10:13 PM
I have read this artikel and I have to say, Leo is talking around the soupbowl. Look at the extensions of the song files of a Cd which you bought in a store. You'll see .cda. If you use any burning software, no matter which one, if it can burn audio cd's, you will see the same extension. Why didn't Leo explain that? By the way, there are many free audio burning softwares out their. Look in Major Geek or Freedownloads you'll find pleny. And yes, you do have to use CD-R. Also, depending what CD drive you have, you have to finish that cd. If you open the drive before the cd is full, it will 'close' that cd and you wont be able to write more songs on it.
January 28, 2008 11:55 PM
Hi My question is that i don't know exactly that at which speed i should burn audio c.d for my car c.d changer i am using Nero C.d Burner software
please help me out
February 2, 2008 11:38 AM
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