Failure to Burn

When ever I try to burn an audio cd the following error message comes up: "The Attempt to burn the disc has failed. The device failed to calibrate laser power level for this media". I have tried reducing the burning speed in the preferences, but to no avail. Any ideas?

I get the same error message when trying to burn an audio CD but haven't figured out the reason. I've tried a couple different CD-Rs but no luck. Changing speeds doesn't work either.

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