Help!!!!! I can't play my burned CD's on my car stereo

I have a 1998 Buick Century and I can't play any of my iTunes cd's in the CD player. is this because the CD player is old and doesn't recognize the format? any input is appreciated

Many older CD players cannot handle a burned CD at all, so you may not be able to get it to work. But make sure you're burning the disk as an audio CD and that you're using CD-R disks, not CD-RW.
Good luck.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3581
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