OK, I cannot understand what is wrong. I am burning Mp3 files to a CD and notice that when the HK radio gets to track 8, it will skip to 9, 10 or sometime track 11. Now for the strange part. This is happening to 2 different HK radios… one that was repaired by Iron Cross last year.

I am using 2 different brands of CD’s and it is the same on both HK radios… and yes Iron Cross did replace the CD player part that sometimes goes bad. This is happening when parked or riding. I have been in the shop today and the same CD skipped in both CD players at the same point.

I am using Memorex and HP brand CD’s. I use Windows Media Player to burn the disk as Data disk at the slowest speed.

What am I doing wrong?

 

Are you removing the tags from the songs. There is a thread (probably buried deep) about burning mp3s. The biggest problem was that most MP3s have so much information in the tags that the HK radios skipped over the songs.

 

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...sue-still.html

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...on-kardon.html

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...-and-mp3s.html

 

For the stock HK radios, it's important to burn the files as DATA not MUSIC. Then you can fit a ton more on the disc, and the radio will recognize the disc as MP3 with the mark on the display.

I like to number each track so that you can put the tracks in the preferred order, IE:

01 Blackdog
02 Stairway...

Etc, this way the display also lists the track number and song name.

Also, rip the original music to 320kb for the best possible SQ. I can get nearly 100 320kb songs on one 700MB CD-R that sound much better than an IPOD or Bluetooth.

 

I finally figured out how to make the artwork show and deleted a bunch of the art files. Burn 1 CD with just short of 100 Mp3 files and I see that it still is skipping some songs. Burning as Data and the slowest speed with Windows Media Player.

 

My Mp3 files are 128 and up. A collection from over 10 years or more. Most all the new ones are downloaded from Amazon. I do burn as Data at slowest speed but my first try with artwork deleted has some songs being skipped.

 

You might have to remove all tagging. It might not be in the links that I posted, but I seem to remember that some versions of tagging caused errors as well. For the songs that I burned onto disks, I removed all tagging except for the name and artist.

 

Thanks for all the help. I went thru all 94 Mp3 files and deleted everything I could except name of song and group. Burning another CD and will give it a try later tonight.

 

Well, I have given up on burning CD's. I pulled the HK and installed an Aquatics and now all I have to do is pull the small memory stick and add any new song that I download. No more burning CD's for me and I get to hear every one of my songs and not just what the HK wants to play.