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Feb 2, 2004 | 09:30 PM

Benoit1967

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I am about to order my truck, as described below. The question I now have is... Does any of you have the single CD Player? Have you tried to listen the burned CDs? Do they skip?

I am debatting whether I should order my truck with the 6 discs changer or stay with the standard single CD. The option is 310$ up here (Canada)

Anyone who is willing to shed some light, I would appreciate it.

Thanks

Feb 3, 2004 | 07:57 AM

Dr No

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I have a six disk in my 04 F150 and two cars with single disk. My experience with burned disk in all is if the disk is a quality brand disk, burned on a quality burner, with quality software(Nero), then they will not skip.Any of the quality variables not met and the disk may skip.

Mike

Feb 3, 2004 | 11:09 AM

jcreality

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I agree a lot with Dr. No on that....it starts with the media you slide into it. As far as I know, these head units (cd players) in the new Ford F150 are made by Pioneer. I'd have a hard time imagining that Pioneer would not make them CD-R or CD-RW compatible. I have a '98 Acura that plays all my burned cds mostly-fine. The reason I bring this up, is I don't know if all stock headunits do this, but I'VE found that when my cds are really cold, and/or the stereo itself....that there is a much higher tendency for skipping. If that happens, I take the cd out, let the heater in my car blow on it for a few to warm the cd up some, put it back in.....and the problem is solved. I know, kinda funny, but it works for me.

Maybe that'll help you.

Try this: take a burned cd to a dealer and hop in a truck and try it out......they should be happy to let you do it.

I think it'd be a proper assumption that if it plays fine in the single cd, it'll play fine in the 6-disc changer. If the same company made both, it's very likely that the reading mechanism (laser pickup) would be the same.
Good luck!

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Feb 3, 2004 | 11:19 AM

xsabrz

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CD player plays burned cds...

wished I opted for the six cd player

Feb 3, 2004 | 11:52 AM

srob

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I have the single CD palyer. It plays my burned cd's just fine. Even the ones that I have placed a cd lable on.

Feb 3, 2004 | 02:13 PM

grayflare

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I have the 6-disc player in mine and have had no problems with burned cds. Go for it.

Feb 3, 2004 | 02:38 PM

makealoop

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I got a note from Ford, a few years back, saying not to use CDs with the sticky label. If a corner turns up, it could get caught in the player. Just write on the blank CD with a Sharpie.

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Feb 3, 2004 | 08:23 PM

Benoit1967

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Thanks to you all...

I will stick with the single CD player and burn my CDs from originals so I don't have to listen to ZZ top for 10 songs in a row... Thanks a million

I am now trying to find the Invoice Price (canadian) to see if I can get a better price than the X plan.

Feb 3, 2004 | 09:15 PM

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GordoPanocho

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But you're still limited to 15-20 songs per burned CD. They have to be burned as .WAV files ... not the much smaller MP3. On average, I find WAV files to be 11 times larger than their respective MP3 counterpart.

Now, you can swap out CD's all you like, but I find that to be a pain. That's why I quickly opted for the 6CD changer ... just my opinion. I'd much rather stick in six burned CD's and get 100+ songs from which to choose.

Feb 4, 2004 | 02:29 AM

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2FastLX

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I have the 6 disc CD player and it plays burned CD's just fine. It even plays Re-Writable media.

For anyone considering aftermarket components...
I have a 1200W Alpine/Infinity system with Alpine's CDA-9815 head unit. It plays WMA's, MP3's, and any other kind of CD I stick in it except DVD's, and you can put around 300 WMA's on a cd at CD quality. I even get 50 songs on the little mini discs. WMA's are smaller than MP3's and sound better than MP3's to me. I can tell the quality difference in a 128kbps MP3 and the original CD. I can't with a WMA at 96kbps. I just thought I'd share that info for anyone looking to upgrade. Go with WMA if you can get that option.

This system is in my old beater Mustang right now, but I hope to get it all installed in the F-150 soon. Anyone have an aftermarket setup in their '04 F-150 yet?