[Mistletoe]

Do you have any advice for burning CD-Rs that will play on old players? My Sony CD changer, and the CD players in both cars won’t play CD-Rs I make. They play CDs fine. I assume it is because the lasers have gotten weaker with time and can’t read the CD-Rs which don’t have as much difference between a 1 and 0 pit compared to stamped CDs? I even ordered Verbatim ones with blue azo dye that was supposed to help but still no dice.

[jwrallie]

Are you burning it as slow as possible? That can help a bit, but I’m almost sure you know about it.

[some-guy]

I have this problem as well with my 2005 Prius CD player, and my 2005 Odyssey's changer before I replaced that car. I think only the highest quality CD-Rs written at the lowest possible speed is your best bet, but I think there are more variables than that.

[HPsquared]

Have you tried a different writer?

[Mistletoe]

I've only tried my HHB BurnIT CDR-830, which I love.

https://rapmag.com/a/01/feb01/hhb-burnit-cdr-830-review

I guess it's time to find an old computer CD burner and see if those work.