[s-cars] CD-Rs in the URS4 factory CD changer

[Dave Ellis]

I had exactly the same problem with my '99.5 A4 (my S4 doesn't have a CD 
player yet).  After trying all the usual things to do with a picky CD 
player (good quality high reflectivity CD-Rs, burning at the slowest 
speed, trying various settings with Nero/MS-Windows and 
cdrecord/NetBSD) without success, I finally cracked the CD-changer open 
and sure enough, the lens had a film over it.  Cleaned the lens *very* 
carefully and put the changer back together, and voila!  No more 
problems.  I've had no trouble since, though I still have to be careful 
to buy good quality media to write to, otherwise it simply refuses to 
recognize there's a disc in that slot.
-Dave
'93 S4
'99.5 A4 1.8t


On March 15, 2005 12:20, JR wrote:
> I can burn CDs and they do play in my CD changer.  However, most of
> the songs have very loud static and distortion, and sometimes they
> will play and sometimes it will hang on a song that had worked before
> and not play.  Then next time it plays again.  Regular CD albums play
> fine. Clearly it's having trouble with the burned media.  Does anyone
> have a recipe for burning a CD and playing it in these old changers? 
> Anyone found a particular brand of CD-R that works better?  Or found
> a certain software package or burn rate that works better?
>
> Thanks,
>
> JR