Bose Cd Changer ?

[Brando457]

I just got my 99 C280 sport today and it has the bose system. Quick question can the changer play burnt cds?

I put in a burnt one not mp3 and it wont play it, but not sure if its the way im burning it or what. It just says magazine empty

[dshenberger]

It can be kind of picky. Some burners
work better than others. Also, sometimes
it needs "played with" to get it to
recognize the Cd's.

[Brando457]

Originally posted by dshenberger
It can be kind of picky. Some burners
work better than others. Also, sometimes
it needs "played with" to get it to
recognize the Cd's.

elaborate on played with please. I have a newer cd burner and new computer I just built custom for myself. I've been reading about various ways to burn the disc so ill give that a go in a few.

[mbsickness]

I have heard that CD-RW cd's will not work. So far the Mercedes changers in my 97 C280 and 02 ML play CD-R's.

[Uncle Jase]

I used to play burnt Cd's all the time but I think Mbsickness is right it might only play CD-R's

[benzonline]

I use the cheapest blank cds you can find...to me a cd is a cd....Pacific Mall (for those of you who are in Toronto) a box of 100discs for $20.

The trick for MB cd players is you must burn it at the slowest speed. Not 52x speed!! I do usually 8 or 12x speed..takes 10 mins.

[dshenberger]

I usually burn at 12x or 24x. Try just
doing a straight copy - it seems to me
they tend to work better. I think most
of mine have been CD-R, but if you finalize
your cd it should not make a diff.?

Playing with it: reset the cassette a couple
times, turn the radio on and off. Basically
anything to make it retry reading.

[Ashkan's C280]

I have tried many kinds of copier programs, easy, nti, nero, ect and sometimes it makes a difference and sometimes not I normally use good cds such as memorex or tdk, and I usually get problems with being able to change tracks, reading, or ff/rw but cds I have used that did work were I had these old ass compusa black 16x cdrs that work np, i also use a plextor drive burn at 12 or lower, I have yet to figure it out, cause I have had cheap cds work and not work, same for good quality ones, in all sorts of programs, and a few burners, what I can't understand is why it won't read burned cds well... wtf mercedes....

[Renn 208]

I use a Plextor DVDR PX-712A and Nero 6.3.1.20 with Princo CD-R media (I've gone through at least 6-8 spindles of 100) burning at 48x (7,200 KB/s).

No failures ever, and it works in the stock changers for a '97 w210, '02 w208, and the most picky of my CD changers a '95 Tahoe with an old Sony 10-disc changer.

[Ashkan's C280]

what do you burn with track at once? closed? open? session at once? disk at once?

[Brando457]

well i told my dad the problem the other day. Whats he do to fix it, freaking takes the magazine out puts it in waits a few minutes turns radio on turns it off and presto freaking works I guess thats why he makes the big bucks. The only thing I find weird about it is sometimes it will skip through the track a few seconds, but besides that its all peaches