what makes a CD-R skip in a car stereo?

[SkaarjMaster]

Started playing CDs in my car stereo this week and today the 5th CD-R started skipping on the 8th song and continued. I stopped at work, turned the heater off and no problems. I use TDK CD-Rs. Let's imagine that there is nothing wrong with the CD-R itself for the moment. Any ideas on what the problem might be?

 

[das_ben]

Bumps while driving? Another possibility is that CD players handle burned CD different. Some have no problems with them, some [especially portable ones, it seems] can't play them at all and some have slight problems, e.g. not being able to recognize the CD on the first few tries.

 

[SkaarjMaster]

Maybe it's possible that it doesn't like 76 min. of music on an 80-min. CD-R. It recognizes the CD title and displays it. It rec. the songs and displays their titles no problem........and of course rec. the CD no problem. As far as the bumps, I went over the same ones for the past 3 days with no problems.

The only other thing I can think of is it says this in the manual (Pioneer DEH-P6500 >> yep, I f**ked up and bought the one that didn't play MP3s):

"If the heater is used in cold weather, moisture may form on components inside the CD player. Condensation may cause the CD player to not operate properly. If you think that condensation is a problem turn off the CD player for an hour or so to allow the CD player to dry out and wipe any damp discs with a soft cloth to remove the moisture."

 

[W0RF]

The best burner software on the planet isn't going to produce the same quality of recording as a pro studio whose blank CDs are probably a sight better than the $20/hundred pack you picked up at the local geekstore. End result: picky CD players (cars are notoriously bad) are going to skip despite your best efforts. Not your fault.

 

[SkaarjMaster]

Just talked to my brother's girlfriend and she said the same thing (about it being a crap shoot with CD-Rs that is). My brother is still sleeping, the bum.

Anyway, I'll be playing some more CDs this week and I'll see what happens (store-bought and CD-Rs).

One interesting thing about this CD-R is that song #9 never burned and it's just dead-air during the playing time of that song. The first song to mess up was song#8 near the end and the beginning of #10 messed up. But all songs, except #9 (not there, hehe), play fine on the computer, home stereo, etc. This could be the problem, but I'm not sure. I may reburn the CD and see what happens.

 

[BillyBadAss]

I am guessing that your car stereo is not ment to play CD-R's even though it might play them. I had an old Sony previously that would play them, but as time went on, it would start making errors when reading them, and eventually would rarely play them. Maybe you have the same problem as me.

 

[W0RF]

One of the big problems I've encountered with CD-burning is the dedication of CPU resources to the burn. It seems if any hiccup whatsoever occurs in your resource usage, be it CPU time, hard drive reading, mem swapping, whatever, the results of that are amplified and recorded onto the CD, like trying to record a vinyl phonograph in a room full of children stomping around causing the needle to jump about.

maybe that's just my own bad experience...

 

[SkaarjMaster]

I usually turn off everything except Explorer and Systray before I burn, but it could be something else. I burned the same CD for someone else and it missed the burn at the same song #9. The mp3 plays fine on my computer, but maybe the 76+ is so close to 80 min. that it kinda freaked out. I used Nero Express to burn also. It would be cool if it was just this one CD that won't play in my new car stereo.

 

[FireSlash]

CD-Rs aren't as easy to read as regular CDs. If the player isn't mounted well, small engine vibrations might throw it off enough that it skips.

 

[B]

The tracks on a CD-R 80 are closer to eachother than on a regular cd. Usually older players have problems reading them because the laser can't adjust to the tracksize.

 

[W0RF]

I've noticed I can seldom get more than 70 min onto an 80min CD... and even then it was buggy as hell.

 

[Nickelass]

my dad has an ancient home cd player that plays CD-Rs horribly. so if the CD player you have is old it could have a problem reading them or something. other than that i would guess bumps or vibrations would cause that.

 

[ApostleX3000]

I've noticed I can seldom get more than 70 min onto an 80min CD... and even then it was buggy as hell.

Yeah, I never had any luck over stuffing cd-r's with 70+ mins of tunes. The last few tracks are almost always skipping. Although, I do have a cheapo pioneer deck which plays cd-r's like a champ, no skips or anything if I keep it under 70 mins.

 

[edhe]

Sleeping Policemen!

 

[Daedalus]

do they make CD players for cars that can play MP3s? I have a portable CD player that plays MP3 CDs holds a lot more than if you tried to burn 80 minutes of music.

 

[BillyBadAss]

I bought one a year ago, and it rocks!