I saw this mentioned in another thread, and thought it would be interesting to ask the Main Forum: Has anyone experienced issues with home-made CDs in the 6-disc changer? One poster (in CA) mentioned that a Toyota service manager had mentioned that commercially burned CDs were thinner than home-burned ones, and that self-made CDs were more likely to get jammed in the CD changer. My dealer (in NJ) also mentioned this same issue to me when he saw me using a home-made CD in my Prius -- he said that it was the number one cause of CD changer failure and that they saw a lot of them .. and that the repair/replacement was not covered under warranty. So I guess my questions are: - Are the home-made CDs really an issue in the CD burner? Any home-made CDs, or just those with the paper stick-on labels? (E.g., would a self-burned CD without a label be okay?) - If in fact a home-made CD was jammed in your CD player, could Toyota reasonably decline to replace this under warranty? I'm specifically thinking that the CD player is labeled as supporting MP3 CDs -- which to my mind implies that someone will have burned such a CD him/herself.
very interesting question. just how in the heck are you supposed to play mp3 CDs without burning them yourself? i guess when I do try this out i will seek out "thinner" burnable CDs from best buy when i plan to use them.
I've used homemade CD's in two different General Motors cars so I hope they'll work in my new '08 Prius that I'll pick up tomorrow.
Home burned CDs work just fine in the Prius. In the 2004-2005 Prius you cannot play cds in MP3 format. IMO do not put sitcker labels on the CDs. I would just use a Sharpie and write the information on them.
I use home-burned CDs in my 2005. I don't know what they are but they play just fine. They've also never been stuck. HOWEVER, I do not have the 6 CD changer. I play one at a time in my base model.
6-CD changer not only plays burned CDs, but plays burned MP3 format CDs (all my Kate Bush studio albums on one CD! Yay!)
I agree with the pp who said that the stick-on labels are the culprit. I was getting some weird error on my 6 cd changer yesterday and so I looked at the info that came with the car, and it said not to use cds with labels on them.
for a while there every saturday once a week i was ejecting a rewritable and updating some podcasts on it and putting it back in the prius, and you cant get any thicker then a cd-rw, and it never happened to me, heh
That's all I use: home-burned CDs. You should never apply a paper label to a disc that will be used in a slot-loading player. That's virtually all cars, and all Macintosh computers. I just scribble with a Sharpie.
Steve0, your avatar is really starting to annoy me! On topic: No stick on labels, and you should be fine.
I have a 2004 with 6-CD changer. I use home burned CD-Rs all the time with no problems. Do NOT use stick-on labels. It is not just the thickness that is bad, but the glue will soften in the heat and the label could come loose. In the old days of cassette tapes that used to happen all the time, but with a tape, you could stick a table knife in to unjam it. I don't even want to think about having to unjam a 6-CD changer.
Yep, I've used both home-burned music CDs and MP3 data CDs in my wife's 2006 6-disc changer with no problems (except that the $%^# MP3 menu on the MFD becomes disabled when the car is moving)
Haha, funny you should mention that. I was driving along one day and wanted to see the tracklist for my CDR. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get it to work until I stopped at a convenience store and realized! The car is smarter than I am!
