CD player will soon be acquainted with my backhand

[the cadillac kid]

aright so my normal CDs that i make for the car consist of 18 or 19 songs, ... thats the max iTunes will allow to fit on one CD.

So a friend of mine suggested i don't use iTunes to burn & just write the files onto the CD.

I tried to play it in the car and i got NOTHING. It wouldnt play, wouldnt change songs, NOTHING -- the car acknowledge there was a CD present because it said CD 1 on the display, however nothing played, wouldnt let you change tracks, and raising volume had no effect.
I then wondered if something was wrong with the CD, however i tried it just now in the panasonic stereo system i have in my room & its working fine & its playing track 2 of the like 40 i put on the CD.

How can i get this CD to play in my cts!?



all help is appreciated.

[CADIMAC52]

Originally Posted by the cadillac kid

aright so my normal CDs that i make for the car consist of 18 or 19 songs, ... thats the max iTunes will allow to fit on one CD.

So a friend of mine suggested i don't use iTunes to burn & just write the files onto the CD.

I tried to play it in the car and i got NOTHING. It wouldnt play, wouldnt change songs, NOTHING -- the car acknowledge there was a CD present because it said CD 1 on the display, however nothing played, wouldnt let you change tracks, and raising volume had no effect.
I then wondered if something was wrong with the CD, however i tried it just now in the panasonic stereo system i have in my room & its working fine & its playing track 2 of the like 40 i put on the CD.

How can i get this CD to play in my cts!?



all help is appreciated.

Install the Panosonic system in your car? Just kidding,not sure but hope you find some help.

[the cadillac kid]

its a 4 piece system -- the main unit 2 boxes w/ 6 speakers & a 8" sub -- lol

thats my last resort though

[todd2fst4u]

you made an mp3 cd. the files are still compressed. your system at home knows how to decompress the mp3s before playing them. im guessing the cd player in the cts doesnt know how to read mp3 cds

[the cadillac kid]

damn it -- i checked Reeds & it says the cts (or in this case the v) doesnt play mp3 .. but u can put it in teh 6 disc changer.

uh so what if ur cts didnt come with one?

anyway of moddifying this CD now even though the files have been written?


anyway of modding the car before tomorrow morning so that i can use this CD?



thakns

[the cadillac kid]

http://www.cadillacfaq.com/faq/answers/mp3player.html

[RightTurn]

Just play the radio, Mike.

[the cadillac kid]

got it rt!
will do -- but that will be what i do AFTER i've tried everything else including throwing my home system into my trunk

. . . but at least she remembered my name

[rblimas]

Originally Posted by todd2fst4u

you made an mp3 cd. the files are still compressed. your system at home knows how to decompress the mp3s before playing them. im guessing the cd player in the cts doesnt know how to read mp3 cds

i thought it was the other way around???

[todd2fst4u]

Originally Posted by rblimas

i thought it was the other way around???

what was the other way around?

mp3 cds keep the mp3s compressed. that is why you can fit like 40 songs on 1 cd

[the cadillac kid]

sooooooooooooo advice is??

[rblimas]

Originally Posted by the cadillac kid

sooooooooooooo advice is??

aftermarket

[RightTurn]

Originally Posted by the cadillac kid

sooooooooooooo advice is??

AM/FM. "r a d i o" How many times I gotta tell ya Mike??

[SvB4EvA]

Originally Posted by todd2fst4u

you made an mp3 cd. the files are still compressed. your system at home knows how to decompress the mp3s before playing them. im guessing the cd player in the cts doesnt know how to read mp3 cds

100% correct

Originally Posted by the cadillac kid

damn it -- i checked Reeds & it says the cts (or in this case the v) doesnt play mp3 .. but u can put it in teh 6 disc changer.

uh so what if ur cts didnt come with one?

anyway of moddifying this CD now even though the files have been written?


anyway of modding the car before tomorrow morning so that i can use this CD?

nothing you can do unless u go aftermarket, this almost made me NOT get my car. OR you can always do the MP3 player mod, which is what im going to do.

Originally Posted by rblimas

i thought it was the other way around???

no, hes right!

Originally Posted by todd2fst4u

what was the other way around?

mp3 cds keep the mp3s compressed. that is why you can fit like 40 songs on 1 cd

You can fit a lot more then 40!!! I have a MP3 disc with every Metallica album/song on it. ALL my cars have had aftermarket radios installed by me that played MP3s. I have about 12 MP3 CDs with basically ALL my music on them. Because u can fit near 400 songs on a regular CD... This was ideal for me and eliminated the need for a CD changer. Who needs one with ~350 songs on one CD?

Originally Posted by the cadillac kid

sooooooooooooo advice is??

Like I said, I almost didnt buy this car for this reason. I love my music and I knew this would be a pain in the ass. Cant really go aftermarket radio cause the DIC... right?

I suggest the MP3 player mod... What else can you really do beside building a carputer? (seriously thinking about the carputer myself)

Like the author says @ http://www.cadillacfaq.com/faq/answers/mp3player.html it is REALLY stupid on GMs part... This is simple to implement. Ide rather a one disc player that can read MP3 format then this POS 6 disc changer!

[kfx]

Originally Posted by SvB4EvA

Like the author says @ http://www.cadillacfaq.com/faq/answers/mp3player.html it is REALLY stupid on GMs part... This is simple to implement. Ide rather a one disc player that can read MP3 format then this POS 6 disc changer!

agreed 100%