I can't burn a playlist to a CD-R or CD-RW

Trying to make a mix CD. Tried two different types of CDs. Downloaded current iTunes update. CD-RW will play in car but not on Bose home stereo. CD-R for music spits CD out and says
The attempt to burn a disc failed. The device failed to respond properly unable to recover or retry.

Have you tried burning in a lower speed? You can choose in the PopUp right before burning the CD.

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Additional information:
-also ran "Repair" with new download of iTunes
-am using the same spindle of CDs that worked perfectly a month ago. Tried another brand also to be safe. None worked.
-ran CD/DVD diagnostics within iTunes with Apple Care - no issues apparent
-also tried write-speed 20X on advice of Apple Care (don't know why they thought 20X would be the magic number after the other 3 I tried didn't work)
-tried running itunes in another user account on the computer - same problem, same error code
-Apple suggested it was a copyright issue. I can't even burn music that I created/recorded myself, so that doesn't make sense.
-They thought maybe Quicktime wasn't installed properly, so we checked a film in Windows Media - it played, meaning Quicktime was fine apparently.
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Unclicked CD text option & Sound Check, ran burn from the File drop down menu (max speed) on a Philips CD-R and it worked! Had been right clicking the playlist name and selecting Burn option from there. That being said, it did not work on 2 other brands prior, with same settings. Not sure why. Just happy it's working again. Is it a brand issue?

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lewelew
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iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1389
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this is my first time posting here......I have upgraded my MAC to Tiger and since then I am having troubles burning my playlists I create. i record on Protools and then I burn CDs with my songs to give to people.....usually I create a playlist in I-Tunes, all songs are chosen and when I click burn it only burns one song and automaticly unclicks all the others.....It drives me crazy, I never get to burn my CDs again the way i want to.......what could that be?
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