Kenwood HU problem

[kombat96 10+ year member]

Hey guys. i have a kenwood HU, recently i've tried to burn a mp3 cd and play it, well the cd sits in the HU and reads searching, ever so often it will play a song then go right to reading. i havent changed anything different when it comes to burining my cd's. i've tried to clean the HU, checked and its still secure nothing loose.

could it be that the HU is DOA. what would cause that i know its about 4 years old and i do play cd's 98% of my drive time.

thanks for the input peeps.

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Have you recently changed the type of media you use for burning purposes?

 

[kombat96 10+ year member]

Nope still burn using Nero and i get my mp3's from the same place too. the cd's i burn play in the computer & dj equpiment just fine forgot that tidbit.

 

[terryracing86 10+ year member]

try different cds to burn on, i burn mine and 1 certain kind in my old kenwood hu wouldnt play them but other discs it would, good luck

 

[kombat96 10+ year member]

same brand jsut 2 different speed cd's.

 

[kombat96 10+ year member]

i'm think new HU and be done with the headaches.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

What's the model # on the one you're using right now?

 

[makdaddy 10+ year member]

Will store bought CD,s play?

Also I agree that if you changed Media that could be the problem.

 

[kombat96 10+ year member]

Will store bought CD,s play?

good question, i havent tried, as far as model no clue right off hand, i will check.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

Make sure you're using good quality cd-r's, blank cd's have gotten cheaper and cheaper over the years, but it's mainly because manufacturers have figured out how to make crappier and crappier media, the good quality more expensive media still exists.

Before you spring for new media, tho, try using nero if you're not already, there's a free demo at http://www.ahead.de make sure you burn the disc with disc-at-once recording, which automatically closes the disc, and try burning the disc at a low recording speed, i was always skeptical about it, but recording speed really does make a big difference with a lot of drives, unless you have a plextor with the varirec and smartrec and all those crazy recording algorythms.

And lasty, x2 on making sure you use a compatable file type. Make sure they're mp3 format, that they don't use variable bit-rates (even players that are compatible sometimes have trouble, best to avoid it altogether) and the bitrate is compatible with the deck. You should have no problem with 128-192 bitrates for sure. Also, if you've got a few spare discs around, experiment with splitting the files up into more folders, seperate folders for each album, etc. But do not put folders inside of folders, make sure all folders are only 1 deep, head units have trouble dealing with folders inside of folders, and complex file structures. And lasty, how many files are you recording on each cd? If you use really low bitrate files, it may be possible to fit more files onto the cd than the head unit can deal with. I don't know for sure, but it's possible that the unit can only deal with, say 150 or 200 files per disc. Try burning a cd with only a few songs and see if it that one's a desire.

Good luck, there's lots of variables for compressing music, and for burning cd's, so it's difficult for me to help you 100%, but install a fresh cd-recording program in case you screwed up some wacky setting somewhere, and download some pre-encoded mp3's from realmofexcursion.com 's downloads section, so you know whether or not it's your encoding settings.

One last thing i thought of, is make sure the files aren't digital rights management (drm) protected, copywrited files that can only be played on the computer, your computer will allow them to be recorded to the cd as data, but will not open on your player.

Let me know what works. Peace.

Edit: lots of posts while i was distracted with my response, too lazy to leaf through and remove what's already said.

 

[kombat96 10+ year member]

nero 6 ultra edition buring, mp3 formattting and about 135 songs on the disc. i have tried memorex old cd's that i have and some new there differents speeds. i havent had any problems until recently. sucks i dont want to shell out 300 notes for a new HU, but if i have to ya know.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Does the unit ever give you an error code or the display simply says "reading" for xtended periods without playing the files?

 

[kombat96 10+ year member]

have had an error code cant remeber what it was error eoc, ecc something to that nature

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

That sucks man, probably a real problem if it wont play your older mp3 discs that worked fine.

Last thing i can think of is maybe the unit has an option for 'force cd-audio' for enhanced cd's with both data and music on them? I think the xxv-01d has something along those lines, couldn't hurt.

You could also try resetting the head unit, if it's got a way to do it, in case somehow the codec got disabled. You'd probably lose all your eq/crossover settings, so i'd use that as a last resort if you're really considering a new unit.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

TOC error. perhaps?