Hey!

all of the sudden - my mp3 player doesn't seem to work properly..I'm wonder if anybody else has had this problem. I just did a search and didn't find any info.

Ive tried about 5-6 mp3 cds -- most of which worked before.

The buttons that normally advance songs from steering wheel -- and from stereo don't do anything -- they meerly start the first song playing again. However - the seek button advances CD1 to CD2, CD3, CD4 as if I have a cd changer (which i dont -- all i did was install the mp3 player)! and then i can change songs using that button - but very very slowly... It doesn't seem to make any sense. Somtimes it works - but most of the time it doesn't

It worked great for a few months - and out of nowhere this started to happen.

Anybody else heard of this?
Jon

 

Doesn't sound right. Did you try cleaning the head? Also, I noticed if I burn cds at higher speeds, it has a hard time reading them consistently. I now burn at 8x and they all work no probs.

 

Hmm! that may be.. ive been burning at 24x.. ill try to slow it down and see..... i didn't have any issues earlier...

jon

 

They may work at first at 24x but it is more sensitive to dirt/scratches etc. I know it kind of sucks because we have all this speed but can't use it in our cars. I find that they do work well at home mp3 players especially on the computer.

 

Try burning your MP3s at a lower sampling rate like 120 kbps or less. If recorded at a faster rate some units may not be able to read the disk.

 

I just had an mp3 installed from the dealer it works fine. It says CD1 then the songs

 

still having this strange problem -- maybe ill reset the radio? is the only way to hard reset the thing by pulling off the negative lead on the battery?
Jon

 

I burn allof mine @ 10x andhavent had any problems.