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lazlow · 02-10-2005, 07:12 PM

hi, im new to the forum and my family just bought a new xb, and i looked forward to the radio since it can play .mp3 format. but when i put it in, it only played 8 songs out of like 200 and then when i put all the songs into folders thinking that would fix it, it will only play a couple songs from each folder, but it will play all the songs from one folder. how can i get it to play right? thanks for the help!

sciontc_mich · 02-20-2005, 06:57 AM

hey lazlow..
did you burn the disc as a "disc at once" method? I had this problem too with my tC radio, I was using Roxio easy cd-creator.. it was not updated to the newest patch (my cd-burner was newer than the software).. Eventually I got tired of Roxio being tempermental (sometimes would burn right other times it wouldn't). I went and bought Nero 6 and now burns everything fine.. Make sure you burn the disc as a data disc not an MP3 disc.. since that formats it funky.. won't read it correctly like you're mentioning.. I also found that the brand of blank CD makes a huge difference.. FujiFilm at Best Buy (10 pack of CD-R, says made in japan on the back) works great.. the cheap ones from sony and tdk did not work that well (took a long time to read them)..

so let us know how it goes..

lazlow · 02-20-2005, 05:54 PM

ok thanks. ive been using sony ones so ill try getting something different.

sciontc_mich · 02-21-2005, 02:28 AM

keep us posted to how it goes.. hope that solves it..

lazlow · 02-23-2005, 07:30 PM

ok i got the fujifilm CDs, but i dont know if that actually helped because it was how i burned the CD that made it work. i use easy CD creator 5, and i was trying to burn it as a data CD, and i tried as an mp3 CD and it worked...interesting considering your advice. also i did the "disc at once" option. thanks for the help!

sciontc_mich · 02-24-2005, 01:33 AM

that's great you got it working! yeah easy cd creator 5 caused some weird things on my cd burner, so I went and used Nero 6 instead.. in that program it has to be burned as a data cd, go figure! either way you now have it working! that's the important part.. I was using TDK before, they took a couple extra seconds to load up, the fujifilm loaded quicker, I would assume that is because of the dye color.. oh and disc at once, best way to go, most compatible that way... either way glad it's working now!