I have a Sahara with a stock radio. I tried playing an MP3 disk this morning and the player had problems playing a lot of the tracks. It would just try to read them for a few seconds and then go to the next. Also, it takes a lot of time to start playing. On a side note, I burnt the disc on my computer last night...:-)

 

You can try a couple of things:

1) burn your discs at a slower speed (8x instead of 48x)
2) try a different brand of cd-r

I'll bet that one of these will fix it.

 

Look in your manual. There are certain ways you need to burn your disc and rip your Mp3's (or WMA's). Everything is spelled out pretty clearly in the manual. (for a change)

 

This is almost always going to be brand of disc or user error in burning. PM me and I'd be glad to help you get it sorted out if you can't get it working.

 

Well, I burnt them as I always do.....24X i think, but I will try slower anc check....thanks

 

Some drives don't like media that's been burned at a faster rate (don't ask me why). It's probably the brand of CDR, but burning it slower may also help...

Good luck.

 

Would that affect some files and not others?

It sounds more like some of the files are an incompatible file type or bit rate. Could also be that the file names are too long. I'm no expert, though - just thinkin' out loud.

 

I don't have my stock unit installed anymore. Maybe it doesn't like VBR mp3s as opposed to CBR. I dunno.

 

I've heard people mention in other threads that the player doesn't like WMA's with DRM either. I think it can be turned off when ripping CD's using Windows Media Player.

 

this thread may help:

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-electrical-lighting-sound-systems-13/how-do-i-create-dvd-music-7971/

It is about burning DVD's but the same info will apply to CD's.