CDRW won't play on my CD player E90 325i

SiKkBaSs · 07-03-2008, 07:12 AM

My 325i SE will not play CD RW. Will I have to buy a new head unit should I want to hear music I've burned on to a CD-RW?? Or am I missing something??

Tag · 07-03-2008, 08:32 AM

Have you tried a CD-R instead? CD-RW's may not be compatible with your reader.

Cookiemonster · 07-03-2008, 09:13 AM

most cars have a problem with cd-rw's ....cd-r's work fine

bsamoul · 07-03-2008, 11:45 AM

dude don't buy another head unit just cuz it doesn't play cdrw's. you can try finalizing the rw, or just use cd-r's

mds82 · 07-03-2008, 12:00 PM

i have a 2006 325xi and it will play cd-rw's just fine. did you make sure you burned it correctly?

GregL · 07-03-2008, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bsamoul

dude don't buy another head unit just cuz it doesn't play cdrw's. you can try finalizing the rw, or just use cd-r's

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Originally Posted by mds82

i have a 2006 325xi and it will play cd-rw's just fine. did you make sure you burned it correctly?

+1, make certain it's finalized.

In Nero 8, I burn indash discs (CD-R/CD-RW) as ISO 9660:1999, while discs that go into the CD changer are burned as 9660 + Joliet. The latter will read in both, but the indash can support the former with longer displayable filenames so I figured why not.

nhhiep · 07-03-2008, 09:11 PM

did you finalize the disc?

monkeyboy · 07-04-2008, 11:51 PM

is there a strong reason to use CD-RW's when CD-R's are so cheap ? CD-RW's use a different dye technology that are intrinsically more difficult to read and create more compatibility problems.

GregL · 07-05-2008, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by monkeyboy

is there a strong reason to use CD-RW's when CD-R's are so cheap ? CD-RW's use a different dye technology that are intrinsically more difficult to read and create more compatibility problems.

I revise the content of my CD's quite regularly, 7 of them between the indash and cd changer. To me it's just more convenient to be able to wipe a disc and replace it with new stuff whenever I feel like, even if only to swap a single song. I used to go the cheap CD-R approach but it seemed like such a waste despite the dirt-cheap price. Plus I've never ever had problems burning Philips CD-RWs at 10x for use in the car.

BzsBimmer · 07-07-2008, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by GregL

I revise the content of my CD's quite regularly, 7 of them between the indash and cd changer. To me it's just more convenient to be able to wipe a disc and replace it with new stuff whenever I feel like, even if only to swap a single song. I used to go the cheap CD-R approach but it seemed like such a waste despite the dirt-cheap price. Plus I've never ever had problems burning Philips CD-RWs at 10x for use in the car.

I tend to agree with gregL.
I normally use CDR's but I'm starting to use RW's now because I change music so often and I hate having a bunch of disks in the car.

i8_it · 07-07-2008, 07:01 PM

i had the same problem in my car... i decided to switch off in my navigation dvd slot and it worked =/. I popped it back into the cd player slot and it loaded but did not play the music... whatever i threw out the cd from all my anger

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