Why can't CD RW discs play on CD players?

RZetlin · March 14th, 2003, 17:35

I have a pack of CD RW dics and I can't get them to play on my CD player.

I can make a backup of my music CD and play it on my computer, but it doesn't work on my CD player.

How come CD RW dics doesn't work for CD players?

Is it because of the different laser?

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Chinoz · March 14th, 2003, 17:44

Maybe a different kind of dye used

Mr. Killjoy · March 14th, 2003, 17:47

The calibration is different on CD players, the same for the PSX, DC, etc...

But there some which can play them, even DC can be modded to do it by adding a switch and a RES

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Gismo · March 14th, 2003, 20:25

to play CD-RW it depends on the CD-Player model, I mean, my Sony Walkman CD-Player D-EJ751 can read CD-RW...

the problem is that the CD-RW surface (where the laser write on) is different from "standard" CD-R...

Thx, bye

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Esturk · March 14th, 2003, 20:38

My Koss Disc player can play CDR's. I don't know about CDRW's though, I have never tried them.

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**OK-OK** · March 14th, 2003, 20:38

Some can play them and some can't but most modern cd players can play em. I'm getting a minidisc so i dont really care

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zukeft · March 14th, 2003, 20:50

... and it's not just limited to CD players: my old 8X CD-ROM drive can't read CDRWs either.

Mr. Killjoy · March 14th, 2003, 22:23

LOL, you're the only one I know who still has 8x reader

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zukeft · March 14th, 2003, 22:38

Read my sig and you'll understand why.

Mr. Killjoy · March 14th, 2003, 22:50

RE-LOL, hum, sorry :rofl:
How can you play with that poor hardware?

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zukeft · March 14th, 2003, 23:09

Play? Who said anything about playing? I can't even emulate SNES correctly, not to mention the fact that I don't even have a soundcard. My PC should be the one that's mentioned in my profile instead.

Mr. Killjoy · March 14th, 2003, 23:11

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This one?
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zukeft · March 14th, 2003, 23:16

Yeah, but I still have (had, apparently) some HD problems so I sent it to be fixed. Unfortunately the guy in charge of that promised to bring it back to me yesterday, but he didn't show up and tomorrow he simply has to get married, so I won't get it back until Sunday, which is when he says he'll give it to me, and that sounds more like Monday to me.

e-ternity · March 14th, 2003, 23:29

bahahaha......
glad i don't have to deal with these cd music stuff anymore

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Player-X · March 15th, 2003, 07:53

Glad I use a Creative 32MB MP3 Player

Chinoz · March 15th, 2003, 09:17

Most players can play cd-r's
but most players can't play cd-rw's
and i would recommend an mp3 player like the creative zen over a minidisc
i have one..and unless your minidisc is netMD, god recording is gonna be a real bore

Violineb · March 15th, 2003, 10:09

You could just drag your whole PC around with you and listen to MP3s

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Aleksei (St) · March 16th, 2003, 22:15

its because of the surface of the cdrw is diferent from the cds

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Ipswitch · March 16th, 2003, 22:39

usually the player will say wheter or not it suppots CDRWs. I would recommend an MP3 CD player that supports cdrws.

**Shiori** · March 16th, 2003, 23:45

I think it can't play them because of the CDRW's significantly lower reflectivity rate than the CDR.

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March 14th, 2003, 17:35	#1
RZetlin General of Tangerines Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Defending the Sea Posts: 3,923	Why can't CD RW discs play on CD players? I have a pack of CD RW dics and I can't get them to play on my CD player. I can make a backup of my music CD and play it on my computer, but it doesn't work on my CD player. How come CD RW dics doesn't work for CD players? Is it because of the different laser? __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3700+ \| 2 GB RAM \| XFX Nvidia 6800 GS 256 MB XXX Edition \| Win XP Pro SP3 "Asu no Egao no Tame ni!" - So We Can Smile Tomorrow! Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/RZetlin

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March 14th, 2003, 17:44	#2
Chinoz ... Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Desa Park, Key Ell, Malaysia Posts: 2,307	Maybe a different kind of dye used __________________ System specs P4 2.6c \| Abit AI7 \| Radeon 9800pro \| 1024mb kingston ddr400 \| 120gb seagate sata \| 40mb wd \| And all the minor bits and pieces 3dMark2001SE

March 14th, 2003, 17:47	#3
Mr. Killjoy Translator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,829	The calibration is different on CD players, the same for the PSX, DC, etc... But there some which can play them, even DC can be modded to do it by adding a switch and a RES __________________ CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3.2GHz - RAM: 4GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF GTX460 1024MB - Monitor: H233H 23" 1920x1080 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec NeoPower Blue 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - Windows 7 Ultimate --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

March 14th, 2003, 20:25	#4
Gismo A man w/ a lot of dreams Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: now Geneva (CH) / past Lodi (ITA) Posts: 732	to play CD-RW it depends on the CD-Player model, I mean, my Sony Walkman CD-Player D-EJ751 can read CD-RW... the problem is that the CD-RW surface (where the laser write on) is different from "standard" CD-R... Thx, bye __________________ < half-december '02: ASUS L2480C (14" TFT / Athlon XP 1600+ / SiS 630/730 / 256MB SDRAM / 20GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) > half-december '02: ASUS L3562T (15" TFT / Pentium4 2.0GHz / SiS 650 / 256MB DDR / 40GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) > end-march '03: ASUS L3568T (15" TFT / Pentium4 2.4GHz / SiS 650 / 256MB DDR / 40GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) > june '03: ASUS M3410C (14" TFT / Intel Centrino Pentium-M 1.3GHz / Intel 855GM / 512MB DDR / 40GB HDD / DVD-ROM+CD-RW) ============================== always... Debian sid/unstable (& sometimes WXP-Pro+SP1+lastDX) / Super Dual Box (2-players PSXtoUSB) / Sony DualShock 2 Ocean blue

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Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,964	My Koss Disc player can play CDR's. I don't know about CDRW's though, I have never tried them. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition SP1 \| Intel Core i5 2500K - 3.30GHz, 8MB L3 Cache \| Asus P8P67 Deluxe, Intel P67 Chipset, Socket 1155 \| 8GB Kingston PC3-10600 DDR3 \| Nvidia GeForce GTX460, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500HLFS, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD1001FALS, 1000GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

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OK-OK I'm back... Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,507	Some can play them and some can't but most modern cd players can play em. I'm getting a minidisc so i dont really care . __________________ Don't let the beautiful eyes trick you before they eat you alive.

March 14th, 2003, 20:50	#7
zukeft Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bogota, Colombia Posts: 1,157	... and it's not just limited to CD players: my old 8X CD-ROM drive can't read CDRWs either.

March 14th, 2003, 22:23	#8
Mr. Killjoy Translator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,829	LOL, you're the only one I know who still has 8x reader __________________ CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3.2GHz - RAM: 4GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF GTX460 1024MB - Monitor: H233H 23" 1920x1080 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec NeoPower Blue 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - Windows 7 Ultimate --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

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zukeft Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bogota, Colombia Posts: 1,157	Read my sig and you'll understand why.

March 14th, 2003, 22:50	#10
Mr. Killjoy Translator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,829	RE-LOL, hum, sorry :rofl: How can you play with that poor hardware? __________________ CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3.2GHz - RAM: 4GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF GTX460 1024MB - Monitor: H233H 23" 1920x1080 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec NeoPower Blue 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - Windows 7 Ultimate --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

March 14th, 2003, 23:09	#11
zukeft Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bogota, Colombia Posts: 1,157	Play? Who said anything about playing? I can't even emulate SNES correctly, not to mention the fact that I don't even have a soundcard. My PC should be the one that's mentioned in my profile instead.

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Mr. Killjoy Translator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,829	>> AMD Athlon XP 2000+, Asus A7V8X (KT400), ATi Radeon 9700 Pro, 1024 MB Samsung PC2700 RAM (2.5 Latency), 60 GB Maxtor HD @ 7200 RPM, AC '97 Integrated Audio This one? IT's still a dream for me... __________________ CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3.2GHz - RAM: 4GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF GTX460 1024MB - Monitor: H233H 23" 1920x1080 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec NeoPower Blue 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - Windows 7 Ultimate --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

March 14th, 2003, 23:16	#13
zukeft Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bogota, Colombia Posts: 1,157	Yeah, but I still have (had, apparently) some HD problems so I sent it to be fixed. Unfortunately the guy in charge of that promised to bring it back to me yesterday, but he didn't show up and tomorrow he simply has to get married, so I won't get it back until Sunday, which is when he says he'll give it to me, and that sounds more like Monday to me.

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e-ternity ... Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: bc, canada Posts: 499	bahahaha...... glad i don't have to deal with these cd music stuff anymore __________________ Main: a7n8x dlx / athlonXP 2100 / (1)pc2700 512mb/ seagate 80gb/ ati 8500le 64mb.... now ati 9600xt 128mb YAY

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Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,111	Glad I use a Creative 32MB MP3 Player

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Chinoz ... Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Desa Park, Key Ell, Malaysia Posts: 2,307	Most players can play cd-r's but most players can't play cd-rw's and i would recommend an mp3 player like the creative zen over a minidisc i have one..and unless your minidisc is netMD, god recording is gonna be a real bore __________________ System specs P4 2.6c \| Abit AI7 \| Radeon 9800pro \| 1024mb kingston ddr400 \| 120gb seagate sata \| 40mb wd \| And all the minor bits and pieces 3dMark2001SE

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Violineb Study>Bton/Live>Bmore Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN/Baltimore MD Posts: 1,353	You could just drag your whole PC around with you and listen to MP3s __________________ PC1: CPU: Pentium 4 3.06 ghz - GeForce 4200 ti - 2x 256MB PC 1066 RDRAM - 120+160GB Western Digital JB PC2: Abit NF7-S -AMD Athlon XP 1700+- 2x 256MB PC2700 Kingston HyperX BH-5 chips!!!! Western Digital 120GB JB GeForce3 Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-S360 :guitar: 3DFX Voodoo 5500 PCI-Sega Dreamcast May 1999

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Aleksei (St) In Love! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ensenada Mexico Posts: 704	its because of the surface of the cdrw is diferent from the cds __________________

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Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,128	I think it can't play them because of the CDRW's significantly lower reflectivity rate than the CDR. __________________ My PC specs: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1 Ghz, ECS Elitegroup K7S5A, 256MB PC133 SDRAM, Geforce2 MX200 32MB, 20GB Seagate, Windows XP Pro. Ok, what else... Shiori figurine on top of case, assorted anime stickers on the side, lazy tabby cat on top of monitor.