Help me be less confused
January 16, 2009 10:24 AM Subscribe
I don't get it. Why won't cd's I burn play in this Samsung DVD/VIDEO-CD/CD PLAYER DVD M101?
So this machine is primarily designed to hook up to the TV and play video but I bought it to play audio cd's which it does perfectly in my wife's office plugged into the auxiliary channel of her stereo. But it will only play audio cd's that are purchased. If I burn a cd for her using iTunes forget about it. We get a message that says "no disc". It just won't play. However the burned disc will play in every other cd player we own. It doesn't make sense to me that store bought discs will play and the home grown ones won't. I have burned mp3's and audio cd's but neither will play. Why is this? More importantly is there a way to burn discs that will play?
So this machine is primarily designed to hook up to the TV and play video but I bought it to play audio cd's which it does perfectly in my wife's office plugged into the auxiliary channel of her stereo. But it will only play audio cd's that are purchased. If I burn a cd for her using iTunes forget about it. We get a message that says "no disc". It just won't play. However the burned disc will play in every other cd player we own. It doesn't make sense to me that store bought discs will play and the home grown ones won't. I have burned mp3's and audio cd's but neither will play. Why is this? More importantly is there a way to burn discs that will play?
Best answer: What does the manual say about burned disks?
Says here that your Samsung player can't play recorded or rewritable CDs.
posted by nikkorizz at 10:40 AM on January 16, 2009
Says here that your Samsung player can't play recorded or rewritable CDs.
posted by nikkorizz at 10:40 AM on January 16, 2009
In one of the comments on the page that I posted, someone had luck with Sony CD-R 700mb/80min CDs, you might want to give that a shot.
posted by nikkorizz at 10:42 AM on January 16, 2009
posted by nikkorizz at 10:42 AM on January 16, 2009
snowjoe: store-bought CD's are not burned the way that home made ones are. Some players are not built with a pickup that can read them. This used to be very common, but less and less so lately. I remember back in the '90s a friend of mine bragging about his awesome new CD player that could play CD's he made on his computer.
posted by idiopath at 10:56 AM on January 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by idiopath at 10:56 AM on January 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Best answer: DVD players of that vintange (2001? older?) dont have lasers able to read CDRs very well. The workaround at the time was to buy CDR rewritables as they had a glossier finish and the laser could pick them up. You have to try a few different brands before you get one to work. None may work for you. Considering how cheap DVD players are you can probably buy a new one for what it would cost you in time and expense to experiment with various brands of media.
posted by damn dirty ape at 2:57 PM on January 16, 2009
posted by damn dirty ape at 2:57 PM on January 16, 2009
Response by poster: So....I went to Costco and was very careful about checking that it would play most all music formats. Phillips dvp 5992. Forty nine bucks. Using another type of disc would not have worked for me because I would have had to re-burn (is that a word?) a bunch of cd's. Thanks everyone. Now I wish I had my one question a week back because I feel kinda naked in public without it in my back pocket so to speak!
posted by snowjoe at 5:05 PM on January 16, 2009
posted by snowjoe at 5:05 PM on January 16, 2009
Burn the discs at the slowest speed and see it that makes a difference. Were your music cds finalized?
posted by gjc at 7:23 PM on January 16, 2009
posted by gjc at 7:23 PM on January 16, 2009
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posted by devbrain at 10:40 AM on January 16, 2009