Burned disc won't play on CD players but will play on PC

iTunes informs me it has burned my playlist successfully to a CD-RW, but when put in a CD-player, 'disc' comes up. When I put the CD-RW into the PC again, iTunes tries to import the songs like its a normal audio CD. The settings in iTunes are set correctly to burn on the disc format 'Audio CD', and the burner itself, when I've 'Checked for updates', is apparently up to date. What can I do? Should I use a CD-R intead of CD-RW?
Any help would be appreciated!!

+"Should I use a CD-R intead of CD-RW?"+
Yes. Many "normal" (i.e. non-computer) CD players cannot handle CD-RWs. When burning an audio CD to play in a regular CD player or car stereo, always use a CD-R.

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