The CD player in my new 2006 F150 Lariat wont play home made CD's. My home burned CD's will play in ANY other player and any other car deck. I called the dealership, and they indicate that they have heard of the problem, but wont/don't offer any solution or answers. I want to know if the Ford CD players have been "crippled" as an anti piracy measure?
My F350 won't play them if they were burned at too fast a speed. If I burn my CDs above 8X they error out, or just won't play.
Spdloader
This is a common problem, it happens to many CD players, even some home units. Spdloader has a good suggestion. You can also try a different brand CD blank, some work better than others.
Also consicer asking your question at rec.audio.car.
I find that my CD won't play a CD-R unless it is a "silver" one. Any tinting of the color will prevent it from playing. I also find it sensitive to burn speed and likes disk burned at about half max rating or less. I have 3 different auto players and all have this problem to some extent. I have a $10 clearance bin portable cd that plays anything that will go in the slot. Go figure!
Lugnut
Apparently burning your own CD is a crap shoot. I like to listen to audio books., I usually burn them as MP3 files on a cd. I've never had a problem with them playing on any of my vehicles (a Fords with a factory MP3 player) and a couple of aftermarket players. However, my SO's aftermarket CD player would not play the exact same CD that worked in my players. I never could figure this out. She solved the problem when she got a new car. It came with an auxiallry inpout, so now she just moves the MP3 files to Her MP3 Player and uses that.
My suggestion is to try a different brand of CD and lower the burning speed.
Ed
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