MP3 disc won't play in your car? Two answers that worked for me...

I bought a new car with an mp3 changer and thought "All right!! Hours of music!". First few discs I made either would only play the first couple of songs or none at all. After searching for answers, two came up that did the trick. So here they are!
1. Select the music you wish to burn, right click, select "Convert ID3" and choose "v1.0".
2. Slow the burn speed down to 4x.
After I did these two things, my mp3 player was very happy!!

Oh yeah, use "name brand" cd=r...not the house brands.

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