On 8 Jan 2006 at 14:05, Gunnar Bagge wrote:
> I like to use copies of CDs in my car and only certain brands work.
> Philips, for one, as I found out through trial and error. The player
> is quite old, though and the newer one in my wife's car will play
> anything you put into it. As always, YMMV.
After having my CD wallet stolen from my car, I only carry copies -
when I do.
I have in the past found that some COMMERCIAL CDs would NOT play on
my older Sony CD player. Some not at all, and some would skip. This
is understandable - the laser is not as "bright". I opend up the
player and swabbed the laser lens with alcohol - this helped quite a
bit.
Laser can be cranked up by a service tech (if you can find one), but
this will just make it die sooner. Replacing the laser is a
possibility, but cost prohibitive. Again, parts for audio equipment
are almost nonexistant, especially if your unit came from Walmart.
Anyway, I got a new DVD player that does it all.
Back to subject at hand - I have also found at least one CD that
would not play in my PC, but would play on that old Sony :-) This
was while back, so protection was not in play. So there are all
sorts of exceptions.
Burning copies is easy, but results tricky. CD-R copies will seldom
play on my old Sony CD player and are often a problem in a car.
Unless you find blanks that in combination with your CD burner make a
good combo.
Using CD-R/W is a waste, they never play in older units and seldom in
car players.
Of course if you have a new DVD player for your media center, it
should play everything. I suspect these players have brighter
lasers, or at least cranked up higher. Doubt they will last 20
years, but we may be into whole new medium by then and pay each time
we play a song :-)
Rich
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