[clue]

Hey i just purchased a 2003 Mustang GT. On the Mach 460 audio system, whenever i put burned audio cd's in (CD-R)'s, i get a "CD-ROM" message and it spits it back out on me. I was also wondering if the Mach 460 played MP3 compressed CD-R's. Thanks for the help.

[GTRaptor]

It doesnt play MP3s

Some cd players wont play CDRs if you dont CLOSE THE DISC burning session (use single session to record the CD-R), this could be the case.

[Stangboy5666]

some factory decks wont play writeable cds at all, because of all the legality issues. This could be a possibility but I kinda doubt it

[JAMESJ7]

I have never had a problem playing burned CDs in my 460. Like he said, did you close the burn session?

[Matt5L]

Yeah it should burn a cd that was burned correctly. Burn it as a audio. Try using CDRWIN thats a good program.

[Neko-]

Hmm... Guess I'll raise this thread from the dead and restart this tidbit of convo.

I've been browsing the booklet (or atleast a PDF of it, since the booklet is actually gone) included with my 2002/2003GT, which states something about an Mach MP3 music system on page 59, and I quote:

MP3 DISC QUALITY FACTORS

The MACH MP3 music system is designed for use with CD-DA (regular audio disks), CD-R and CD-RW discs. Discs must compy with ISO 9660 and Joliet standards.

Several factors can effect disk playback quality:

* Disc capacity - Each disc contains about 650 MB of storage capacity. We do not recommend using high capacity discs containing 700 MB of storage

* Disc type - Some CD-RW discs may operate inconsistently and may cause an error message to appear. We recommend burning MP3 files onto CD-R discs.

* Disc finalization - The disc may be left open for the purpose of adding sessions to it at a later time, but be sure to close each session or the disc will not play.

* Bit rate - The player supports bit rates from 56-320 kbps, as well as variable bit rate MP3 files, but lower but rates will have a noticable effect on sound quality and are recommended only for speech or low fidelity music material. We recommend that you encode MP3 files using a high quality encoder.

* PC configuration - Encoding MP3 files requires intensive use of your computers resources. Follow the PC configuration recommendations of the encoder software vendor. We recommend that you avoid running other software applications on your PC during MP3 encoding to avoid undesirable noise and distortion

Since regular audio-CD's I've burned are being played without a problem in the unit, I decided to see what a data-CD with MP3 music would do. I've burned it according to the stated ISO9660 and Joliet standards that are required (all MP3's as files in the root of the CD, although the supported Windows long file names are being used) and chucked it into the CD player.

It was recognised as a CD-ROM disc, and promptly was spat out of the unit as a non-usable CD.

Now am I reading the manual wrong and does the Mach 460 system that I have (with the 6 CD changer that's described in the same manual om page 43 at the top located at https://web.msslib.dealerconnection....000c5880331a9a ) not have MP3 capabilities, or am I doing something wrong in creating the CD itself? Perhaps I need to burn the files away to specific folders or something? Long filenames may be causing issues? Is this something specific to the Mach 1000 system, or even the standard CD player displayed on page 19?

Any insights or thought are appreciated.

[Neko-]

No-one any idea's on the above question?

[radioman]

if you let me no what the part # is on the head unit i can tell you weather or not it is a mach mp3. there is a differance between having the mach 460 and having a mach mp3. The mach 460 describes a stereo system and the mach mp3 describes a radio. The only reason I ask for a part # is because there is a chance that the radio is a mach mp3 with a bad cd mech it is very common in those.

[Neko-]

Hmm... I'd have to figure out how to get that thing out of the dash then...

Would a picture of it help any?

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i7...g/DSC01356.jpg

Otherwise I'd have to see when I can get the time to actually remove it, and verify it's partnumber.

From what I can see it doesn't accept MP3 CD's. It does accept regular audio CD's just fine, so I'm guessing the original radio in the car does support MP3, while this one with the 6 CD changer in it, doesn't.

[radioman]

That radio does not play mp3's the mach mp3 is a single cd

http://www.radiosandmore.com/prod_de...3l5t-18c815-ba

Check out the link this shoul be the exact radio. All the radios with that mount and plug style that play mp3's are single cd. It is going to be near imposible to find a 6 disc that will mount and plug in.

[Neko-]

Noted... So the original does take MP3... This 6 changer doesn't... That was the basic answer I was looking for! Thanks a bundle!!!