Why won’t a mp3 CD play in car player but plays on computer

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What could be the reasons for a new car CD player (has the markings: RDS, MP3 and CompactDisc) not to play MP3 files from a CD, that normally is read on every computer or so?
The plaser in the car reads audio CDs without problems.

I've tried recording the MP3s on two different brands of CDs, and with two different speeds (16x and 24x; for some reason I cannot get it to record at lower speeds although they are offered in options, it just defaults back to 16x).

Best Answer

I've seen several car stereos that can read MP3 data CDs if they're CD-Rs, but they can't handle CD-RWs. you're using RWs, try an R and see if that works.

Also (from the PC side), ensure you're fully closing the CD/session when done writing, most stand-alone CD players I've run into over the years (auto or otherwise) don't like unclosed/multi-session CDs.

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