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I own the Alpine CDA7995......and I am very familiar with it I have my whole system hooked up to it and basically I know what I'm doing..........but I'm stumped here......im trying to compile a bunch of mp3's onto a cd.....you knwo burn a cd of mp3's in their mp3 form not in the audio form so i can fit like 500 some songs on one cd.......and then my headunit is supposed to read it.......but it doesnt.....for some reason it wont give me the files or the songs or anything......it just has one track about twenty minutes long that plays nothing but silence.......i have checked the book and done what it says, i have changed my media, i have changed the burnere im burning w/, nothing seems to work......if anyone could help me it would be great cuase this is starting to make me mad.....Thanks in advance..

 
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Are you using burning software designed to make MP3 Audio CD's? You can't just burn it as a data CD with MP3 files.

 
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I've had car MP3 players before and for both of them (and even with 2 of my in home DVD players) you have to:

1. Locate all the mp3's that you want to use. (I always encode and use nothin less than 128kbs for quality)

2. Start your cd burner software (I use NERO)

3. CHOOSE DATA CD!!! (Because thats what it is, the cd player just doesnt play the Mp3s like an audio cd, it reads the mp3 files)

4. Use only CD-R (Not CD-RW)

5. The disc HAS the be finalized.

6. Enjoy

(oh and Mystic3030, thats not always true, I used to use a really old version of Adaptec to create mp3 cds and all I had to do was burn as a data cd)

 
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Thanks a lot guys i'll try it asap and tell ya if it worked......and yeah i was burning it as an mp3 cd......but i'll try data cd now and see if it works......thanks

 
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Alright i used nero express.......went in......chose data cd.......added my mp3 files......burnt it.......tried it and the same thing happened.......it had one track and dead silence.......i dont know what is goign on and its getting pretty frusterating.......

 
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I've always burned my mp3 cds as data. It's always worked for me on my pioneer and pmp3cdps

 
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U did "FINALIZE or CLOSE CD" right? If you did then everything is right. Its something on your players end then.

 
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yeah thanks for all the help guys.......I took in my cds that i've burnt last night to the nearest circuit city and tried them on an alpine they had there and they worked as they should.........so its def. something on my HU's end.....and i think i have to get it sent out to be fixed which blows but whatever if it will work then it will work..thanks for all the help and replies you guys have been great.......