Help with Alpine HU

94SSEi · Post by **94SSEi** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:07 am

Hi, I have a older Alpine CDM-7835, and I cannot play burned CD's with it. Is there a certain speed to burn at or something I should do when I burn them? I currently do not have the money to get a new HU, so buying a new one is not a option. It will play regular CD's, but as soon as I pop a burned one in, nothing. Please help!

brent · Post by **brent** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:11 am

How old is that model? It may just not be compatible. I am unaware of anything you can do to make it work. However, if its possible, someone on here knows how.

94SSEi · Post by **94SSEi** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:56 am

Well, It's quite, uhh... Old. I believe 2000 or so.

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:07 pm

I would venture that is a resounding no...unless it is just burned cds

As in the music is not MP3 based. Just a copy of a cd might work for you. Check out the cd media...is it CD-R or CD-RW? That will make a huge difference.

That model can play cd-r's, but cannot play cd-rw. I am sure it was made back in '00 like you said. Check the media that you burned your music on. I would be willing to bet it is either CD-RW or MP3 encoded music

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:25 pm

OnYrMrk wrote:I would venture that is a resounding no...unless it is just burned cds
As in the music is not MP3 based. Just a copy of a cd might work for you. Check out the cd media...is it CD-R or CD-RW? That will make a huge difference.
That model can play cd-r's, but cannot play cd-rw. I am sure it was made back in '00 like you said. Check the media that you burned your music on. I would be willing to bet it is either CD-RW or MP3 encoded music

^No question about it. I had one of those and sold it for the Panasonic for just that reason. Stick with CD-R and you'll be fine, it won't do WMA either.

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:28 pm

you can buy cd-r's and cd-rw's at Wal Mart or most other places similair.. cd-rw is just cd-re-writeable.. you'd want to match the burn speed of your cd burner to the burn speed that it says on the cd-r's.....

94SSEi · Post by **94SSEi** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:35 pm

I have been using CD-R's. I was told to burn the CD's at 8x. True?

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:37 pm

Back when I had mine I'm pretty sure that my cd burner was only a 4x, but I'm not positive of that.

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:13 pm

Hell I have a 52x and I burn them at 52x and not one problem at all.

94SSEi · Post by **94SSEi** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:25 pm

Ya, I have a 52x burner too. I burn the CD's for my dad's car at 52x with no problems. I guess I will be tossing this old HU in the trash. Time to go shopping for a new Alpine. :)