Stageline 260DJ

[kev 0]

Picked one of these up as a spare backup player it works fine with Genuine Pre Recorded CDs but I have a few favourite mixes of my own on CD-R but this player wont play them it reads them and on Infinite Discs it will play 1 or 2 tracks but not the others on the disc has anybody else had this prob and if so did they find any CD-R's that will play in it

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[DJ Marky Marc 0]

You will always have problems with this cd player and CD-R media. the only sure way round the problem is a new cd player !

 

 

[kev 0]

Thank's

ah thought that might be the answer http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/wallbash.gif

 

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD

 

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[chrismk 0]

One of the biggest problems with CDRs is that when you burn to disc choose a

burn rate of about 16X, or lower if you're not in a hurry, the lower the better and

can sound better too.

 

Another miss issue is to buy cheap burners that you can now buy for a mere £30

steer far away I've burnt my fingers in this area, Sony, Pioneer make proberly the

best burners in the industry noting that Pioneer is the industry standard in all cd

manufacturing processes from DVDs to music.

 

Software is also a issue and NERO is not as all powerful as it appears to be, theres

loads of free software out there up for grabs which concentrate more on burn

quality than eaes of use, if you want it simple then NERO is ok.

 

CDR disc are as important and those large 100 disc packs you can pick up for next

to nothing at a certain high street dealer or PC world just dont cut it, I use TDK

Metallic CDR80 and have found the quality is to a big winner in both musical and

software use, note that I use them in my car on a Pioneer head unit not designed

for CDRs and I have no problems.

 

I hope this helps you in some way

 

Cheers

[speedy 0]

I use the very same player and i have never experienced any problems, either with genuine cd's or CD-R's. I must admit thought that i do burn them at 16x speed, otherwise a higher speed makes the tracks skip.

 

[TymmyD 0]

I agree with the burn speed issue,

 

But as for makes of burner ALWAYS go for Plextor, They make the best burners avaliable. They tend to be a bit more expensive than the rest but as the saying goes "you get what you pay for"

 

Also turn DMA off on the burners ide channel, this can sort alot of quality problems with burning, just make sure you burn slower, the buffer level will be doing a lot more activity than usuall.

 

I use Nero and haven't had any issues using this. Does the job

 

 

Try it, you might like it!

Edited August 15, 2004 by TymmyD

[NineLives 0]

If you are having to turn DMA of on your PC to get a good burn , then check all your other PC settings.

 

DMA should be "on" for best performance

[transeurope 0]

It's very very simple . Your CD Mech is faulty, or else your servo control board is.

 

Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. Any CD player should now be able to play CDRs, these are supposed to be professional machines for goodness sake.

 

I remember once a certain Major Manufacturer's tech department giving me all this polava about the machine not being designed to read CDRs when I was getting a returns number. I had the unit all boxed up as you are supposed to in the original retail packing. Clearly written on the box was "CDR compatible".

 

It's faulty, it frequently happens. If realigning/changing the mech doesn't work, then it is the servo control chip that is wrong. Either way it's faulty.

 

I have never had a problem with a deck that was working properly with CDRs burned at 48X, btw. And I use whatever CDRs Lidl sell, mostly Maxell.

 

This is the 21st century and these are supposed to be professional machines. Don't be fobbed off.

Edited August 16, 2004 by NineLives

[Gary 0]

Some CD mechanisms will read CDRs, some wont.

 

The older the CD player, the less likely it is that it'll read CDRs. Take Technics first try at a tabletop/flatbed CDdeck for DJs, it loves shop bought CDs, but not CDRs.

 

Even fewer mechanisms, and above all, their driving software, more than a couple of years old, will play Rewritables successfully.

 

Some success can be had with older mechanisms/drivers by reducing the burning speed, and not using lop-sided sticky labels, which can cause spin/balance problems during play attempts.

 

Some Gemini CD units, like the MP3000x, which is reviewed on this forum has an adaptive reading laser which even tries different settings if it has trouble reading problematic CDRs easily.

[ChrisPointon 0]

With Pre-1999, or in some cases Pre-2000 machines you stand a far greater risk of non compatibility than with a brand new machine. Bear in mind however that in some cases it is not the laser, but rather the chipset which can also reject CD-R media, and that some manufacturers may stock hold a certain date code of chip for some time, and that newer machines made after 2000 may also be affected. Just because a product is made in 2001, doesn't mean that it doesn't contain a chip manufactured in 1999. Hit and miss compatibility (Where some players accept and others of the same type reject) can be an issue with manufacturers who buy component from grey market sources or where a component went obsolete during a production run and an older date code had to be sourced. This was once an issue with some firmware revisions of a Tascam player.

 

Fortunately however, these days even the budget CD Players will play CDR's, However CDRW may be another matter with only Mid - top end players being compatible.

[kev 0]

Thank's to everyone who took the time to answer me......... What I have found out is that when I use my FREECOM external writer burning at 8x or 16x TRAXDATA CD-R's have not let me down. http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/thumbup.gif

Told you I would'nt be beaten

 

CHEERS