rw cd's won't play

[stevie m]

I've just acquired a new comp and new cd writer, after writing all the cd's play on my free standing music systems but the cd-r's on my car audio, which is only 1yr old, lose clarity after track 12 anyone know why and how to correct it

[Adampy]

Not sure on that but found this ino which might be of some help? All about types of CD-r's and their quality?

http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_quality.sh tml

[PhilBy]

Car players are notorious for giving trouble with CD-r's ... You seem to be half way there so try burning at a slower speed and see if that helps.

[wideboy]

As Philby says, try a slower speed - no more than 8x for Audio CDs - some people use 2x or 4x. I usually found that the CDs got quite hot after a while - probably not good for the dye layer. Try putting another CD in, let the other one cool and then palay it later from track 12 on, see if it's any different!

I now use a hard disc mp3 player in the car - you can also get devices that play memory sticks and memory cards!

Hopefully someone will bring out an in-dash Hard Disk that you upload tracks to from a memory stick or 'iPod'-like player.