-- Posted by Quantumleaper at 12:16 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 ive had a alpine cd player in my car since 2003...its given me hundreds maybe thousands of hours of crystal clear and skip free heavy metal and happiness. but... for about the last 3-4 months ive had some trouble with the player. i burn a cd and play it, but someones only track 1 works....someones they dont play at all. ive also had the problem of the first minute of each song working than the player says ''error''. its gotten to the point, if im going somewhere i burn 3 copies of the cd i want in case i have these problems. theres also an issue of brand new cds skipping. shit happened again today, i burned Death Magnetic and tracks 3,4,5,6 didnt play. so i burned another and it seemed to work. any ideas on what i can do? -- Posted by nudy judy at 12:18 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 i had this problem. run a cd cleaner worked a treat on mine -- Posted by Quantumleaper at 12:19 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 do you mean the thing that looks like a normal disc, but with the little brush on it? tried it before, didnt work. -- Posted by Rippzter at 12:20 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 get some decent music -- Posted by Quantumleaper at 12:22 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 Quote: from Rippzter at 12:20 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 get some decent music all you rap fans are the same, you diss everyone elses music but in reality your music sucks fucking ass. how about YOU go get some better music. oh, and your peice of shit comment contributed nothing to this thread. you horse's ass. -- Posted by nudy judy at 12:26 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 maybe its a dodgy disc u have. sometimes u get some that dont play in all cd players. alpine r very good, but occasionally the discs are pants! and yes the one with the brush is what i meant! ive never had a problem with mine and it was my bros for about 6 years before i had it! -- Posted by Holden Commodore at 12:59 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 If it's a five year old CD player, I'm surprised it's worked as long as it has. I've had one since 2005 (Panasonic CQ5301U) and it's coming time for replacement. Sometimes the aftermarket units aren't made as well as factory car cd players, and parts can give out. I think your best option would be to possibly buy a new one. -- Posted by Quantumleaper at 8:17 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 Quote: from Holden Commodore at 12:59 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 If it's a five year old CD player, I'm surprised it's worked as long as it has. I've had one since 2005 (Panasonic CQ5301U) and it's coming time for replacement. Sometimes the aftermarket units aren't made as well as factory car cd players, and parts can give out. I think your best option would be to possibly buy a new one. yeah im going this route. im getting one with a SD card slot and all that shit. just need to gather some cash. -- Posted by Holden Commodore at 11:50 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 Personally speaking, my brother has had his ALPINE head unit since 2003 or so.. And has used it *every single day* For at least 45 minutes a day. It has never once let him down. I have also had good luck with Panasonic. -- Posted by mcodeath at 12:13 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Could be dirty or could be on its last leg. I've had good luck with Sony decks lately. -- Posted by coloring the void at 10:25 am on Sep. 6, 2008 is it only doing this on cd's that you burned? try a normal cd. -- Posted by Quantumleaper at 12:43 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from Coloring The Void at 10:25 am on Sep. 6, 2008 is it only doing this on cd's that you burned? try a normal cd. i havent tried a normal cd for weeks..i remember the few i do have worked pretty well. i use memorex cd'rs for the past 12 months at least...could it be the cd-rs? -- Posted by coloring the void at 12:53 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from Quantumleaper at 12:43 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from Coloring The Void at 10:25 am on Sep. 6, 2008 is it only doing this on cd's that you burned? try a normal cd. i havent tried a normal cd for weeks..i remember the few i do have worked pretty well. i use memorex cd'rs for the past 12 months at least...could it be the cd-rs? that's what i'm thinking, it might be the format of the CD's or even the cd file format and thus the player isn't recognizing it.   -- Posted by Quantumleaper at 1:06 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from Coloring The Void at 12:53 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from Quantumleaper at 12:43 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from Coloring The Void at 10:25 am on Sep. 6, 2008 is it only doing this on cd's that you burned? try a normal cd.    i havent tried a normal cd for weeks..i remember the few i do have worked pretty well.    i use memorex cd'rs for the past 12 months at least...could it be the cd-rs? that's what i'm thinking, it might be the format of the CD's or even the cd file format and thus the player isn't recognizing it. but ive been using blank cd's since i got the player -- Posted by Holden Commodore at 9:37 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 So it's more than likely the player. What is your budget ? -- Posted by superpuff101 at 3:44 am on Sep. 8, 2008 it sounds like some ofm your wires in your cd player have burnt out you can do either of two things you can and try and locate it and get it fixed or you can get a new cd player any more enquires message me