dgrig

I've done much searching but have not had my questions answered completely so was hoping to have some light shed on the topics. I'll try to be as detailed as possible so that for future reference these questions won't have to be answered again.

I've burned an MP3 CD using iTunes, most of the songs quality of 320. Keeping size under 700MB. Once putting it into the COMAND (single disc) slot, it loads up, slowly. Then the song switching is also very slow, some songs it does not play at all. Sometimes it locks up. I've used this CD in the loaner I got (2010 w204 c300 w/ Audio50) and there absolutely NO problems. I currently have an 06 SLK55 with COMAND and I'm in the process of acquiring the upgrade disc.

My questions is as follows, are there particular requirements that I'm not meeting for burning this CD? (I don't want to try a DVD yet as I assume it'll take even longer to load). I'm hoping that the update will fix this but until then, I want to try everything possible to get this working flawlessly.

RichardM98

Does it play a commercially made music CD? If so, the problem may be the brand of blank CD you are using or the software you burn with. CD and DVD players can be a little fussy although there are supposed to be standards.

Good luck.

E320 Newbie

couple things you might try.
when you burn the CD, burn it at the slowest speed your software will allow.
have you tried a different burning program? I've used Nero, and burn the CD as a Data disc.

are all your songs in one folder? If you break them into different folders (albums), the software is only loading one folder at a time, in mine, it loads quicker.

I also burn mine at 192 instead of 320... with the roadnoise, I don't notice a discernable difference in the sound, I can get more on the disc, and it may affect the loading time, since there's less info being read.

I did burn DVD's with multiple folders.. think I got around 1100 on a DVD.

dgrig

Just wanted to update, I've gotten a solution, just installed the software update disc and all problems fixed!

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

RichardM98

Thanks for taking the time to give a followup. That's really important when someone finds this via the search feature.

omagicbum

Just curious. Did you have any problems with the command on the 05 c55? Did it need an update disc as well?