CD changer and burned CDs
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CD changer and burned CDs
My CD changer in my 05 C coupe has been having a number of intermittent playback issues pretty much since I bought it in January, and it looks like the problem is that the magazine doesn't always seat right. It happens to me no matter what type of CDs I put into it, burned or purchased. However, when I took it to the dealership (Stead Motors in Walnut Creek--a bunch of sleazy douche bags), they refused to replace it stating the problem was that I had burned CDs in it, and Mercedes can't play burned CDs. Ignoring the whole issue that I told them it happens with regular CDs and all, has anyone ever heard that the MB CD changer doesn't play burned CDs? That seems like pure BS to me.
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Originally Posted by josha
My CD changer in my 05 C coupe has been having a number of intermittent playback issues pretty much since I bought it in January, and it looks like the problem is that the magazine doesn't always seat right. It happens to me no matter what type of CDs I put into it, burned or purchased. However, when I took it to the dealership (Stead Motors in Walnut Creek--a bunch of sleazy douche bags), they refused to replace it stating the problem was that I had burned CDs in it, and Mercedes can't play burned CDs. Ignoring the whole issue that I told them it happens with regular CDs and all, has anyone ever heard that the MB CD changer doesn't play burned CDs? That seems like pure BS to me.
Take the car back somewhere else with a magazine full of original CDs or with only one CD in it.
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Ah, it's amazing what a phone call to the dealership general manager can do. They replaced the CD changer, and after listening to 2 people tell me that they still think the drive was ok, as soon as I turned on the car and selected the CDC, it played burned CDs just fine (and has continued to do so).
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There are two issues with burned CD's:
1) The marker ink transfers to the rollers, mucking them up, and
2) With the sticker type labels, the glue dries out, the label separates and gets chewed into a million pieces and evenly distributed throughout the inside of the changer.
1) The marker ink transfers to the rollers, mucking them up, and
2) With the sticker type labels, the glue dries out, the label separates and gets chewed into a million pieces and evenly distributed throughout the inside of the changer.
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Originally Posted by bryanm
There are two issues with burned CD's:
1) The marker ink transfers to the rollers, mucking them up, and
2) With the sticker type labels, the glue dries out, the label separates and gets chewed into a million pieces and evenly distributed throughout the inside of the changer.
1) The marker ink transfers to the rollers, mucking them up, and
2) With the sticker type labels, the glue dries out, the label separates and gets chewed into a million pieces and evenly distributed throughout the inside of the changer.
-s-
Last edited by scorchie; Mar 6, 2005 at 04:57 AM.
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Originally Posted by scorchie
If you read the Mercedes documents, you'll recall that the main issue is with the varying thickness of discs
I just noticed on your signature that you have 63 door dings on your list of modifications - I don't have any and I'm thinking of getting some, can you suggest a good shop?
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I just noticed on your signature that you have 63 door dings on your list of modifications - I don't have any and I'm thinking of getting some, can you suggest a good shop?
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Originally Posted by scorchie
I usually get them downtown in San Francisco...
Back to the topic - another problem with CDs of all types, non-circular labels (e.g. mailing labels) thowing the CD off balance when it spins, causing wobble.
