just got a new alpine deck. Its awsome, but it wont play MP3's if its on a CD-RW. The deck says it can play CD-R and CD-RW. MP3 on CD-R works just fine. Ive never had a deck that can play MP3's so maybe Im doing something wrong. Im using Adaptec Create CD to format the CD-RW and then I drag-n-drop the MP3's onto the disk. Put the CD-RW into the deck and it just gives me an error message. Am I doing this the wrong way? Help please!

 

Have you tried using a brand new CD-RW? Sometimes some machines can't read an RW that has gone thru many erase cycles.

 

Formatting suggests you are packet writing and not making a DATA CD. Are you using a part of EZ-CD called "Direct-CD"?

You should NOT have to format a CD-RW to use it to make a DATA CD.

Do this:
Open EZ-CD, to make a DATA CD.
In one of the menus at top (it has been a while since I have used it) There is an option to ERASE CD-RW. Do that.
Then after it completes, make a regular DATA CD just like you would if you were using a CD-R.

 

The disks I am using are new. And I am using Direct CD to set it up like its a hard drive that you can ad or remove files at will. I will try it the other way by creating a data disk. thanks for the help. also.. the deck says I can organize songs into 'files' is this something that I have to do in the creation process on the computer or after when the disk is in the deck?

 

chances are that it won't read because it is not finalized.


adam

 

Easy fix----
Do Not ever use Direct Cd or any other packet writing software. Your life will be much easier without it.

Its a CD-RW, treat it as a CD-R, until you are tired of what is on it, then do a quick erase and re-write it.
But always, always, make a DATA CD from within EZ-CD ( or even better NERO)

EDIT: The file structure must be set before (during) the burning process.

 

one word NERO.

If you need help getting it email me.

nathanbourbonniere@hotmail.com