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Hi Ya`ll

I`m new to this DVD scene and have bought a bleeding Sony and am really fed up with this non playing of CD-R`s is there any hack to do this? I heard that the hardware hacks for dvd regions etc dont cure this?

Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For a player to read normal CD-Rs it needs two lasers. one dvd, one cd.

The Sony range (excluding 7700) only has one laser, dvd, this is fine for playing dvd and cd but no good for playing CD-Rs. This is because dvd uses a different laser frequency, it can manage to read CDs but can`t read CD-Rs due to the dye reflectivity which means the disc can`t be seen by the player.

Their is no mod etc to fix this problem. Many players suffer from the same problems.


Type II Dye CD-Rs exist and will work on most of these players, problem is finding a supplier for the discs.

Someone over at the DVD Debate forum has said that they got Kodak Gold/Silver Ultima CD-Rs to work, but it only worked when recorded with their newer Plextor CD writter and didn`t work with their older writter.

I have a Sony 725 and a philips cd writter, I am going to try some of the kodak discs once I get the chance (so far I have tried Memorex 80m blue/green CD-Rs and Kodak Gold (non ultima) and these don`t work)

If CDRs dont work have you tried CDRWs?

Theyre very cheap now. The Princo which are guaranteed to work with all re-writers are £1.10 each or 80p for 50. They are superb.

Get them here:
http://www.cd-rmedia.co.uk/princocdrw.htm.

When I was looking into buying a Shinco DVD player way back, I read they use a Sony loader which cannot read CDRs.
THIS MAY HAVE CHANGED!

Try this page for Shinco CDR compatibility:
http://www.hanman.freeserve.co.uk/shinco/
Scroll down to September and click on the `more` hyperlink.

Carrot