So I have a Sony Xplod headunit in my car(model # CDX-F5710) and I know for a fact it plays mp3's...heres my issue...I cant seem to figure out how to get it to play mp3's my boyfriend figured it out when I first got it and cant seem to remember what he did(thats men for ya lol just messin) and I also lost my owners manual(thats women for ya lol) should it automatically read them or do you think I would need to change modes on it or something?? Also do I need to be using a cd-r or cd-rw or does it matter? and I burn my cds through windows media player Ive tried each format but it still wont read the damn thing when I burn them as mp3's...this is probably really simple as to what I am not doing right but Im really getting annoyed at trying to figure this out...so go ahead laugh bc Im an idiot I dont care lol but any advice would be greatly appreciated... and I know theres someone on this site that can point in the right direction...yes I will be laughing at myself when I figure this out lol

 

Make sure your not putting your music in folders and burning them to disc. Some head units like seeing the MP3's on the root of the CD. Also check that the Music your downloading is not copyright protected. Some MP3's I burn if they have the encryption will burn on CD but won't play in a head unit but on the computer they do.

CD-R's or CD-RW's don't matter. Should all play the same. Does the unit read the IDD tags (show title of music or artist)? Does it give an error upon reading disc and ejecting?

One last thing to try is if your using cheap cd's head units hate it. I would strongly recommend using CD-R's only. RW's after being used a few times cannot read the same way again..

 

Perhaps you also don't have it set to the correct source on the CD-Player either.

P.S you need a new boyfriend *wink*

 

It does read the title and so forth say when you have an original copy of a cd the only sources I have are tuner cd and aux Im just lost my boyfriend said he understands the folder concepts so Ill have to have him look at that tommorow as long as I dont burn them as mp3s theyre fine but dont display the info then

 

and it also said it plays ATRAC stuff too Im a little illiterate(not sure of spelling) when it comes to electronics and computers n so forth so thanks for the info Ill try it

 

My boyfriend got it working for me

 

Go to Sony.com and download the manual if you need it for future reference.

 

i tried but that didnt work and Im on aol so it takes forever and a day to download and when it downloaded it wouldnt load

 

Ooooh AOL...yuck. I'm sorry!

 

Thats your problem. Try a nice pioneer and that should solve it.

 

I like my sony it looks good made my speakers sound better in my opinion and I love changing the colors... I have no complaints about it just that I couldnt figure out that dumb issue lol and yes aol sucks I dont even have the oppurtunity for digital cable either no high speed chance either it sucks lol

 

so, what was the issue?

every one i've dealt with that had MP3 playback... just burn em to a disc and pop that bad boy in.

 

he was making fun because sony products have a unique ability to break about 3 weeks after the warranty runs out. also, realize that sony created the xplod line just to offset the loss they suffer on the mobile ES series. in other words, it's marketed solely on it's name.

 

If sony is any good you can download the manual from their website.

 

instead of burning it through windows media player I had to find the songs in the folders then send them to my cd-rw drive and then burn them as a data cd.... and I TRIED to download the manual I just went through all of that in my last reply no offense dude but if u dont like sony products thats fine all I did was ask a question about a problem I was having not whether or not it was a good product lol try having aol and trying to download anything...its not fun

 

I know, I'm a hater. But seriously I don't understand why people buy that stuff. No offense for those who aren't educated in the world of audio.

It should just accept them, have you tried a cd that worked before? Or tried someone elses mp3 cd? If its not the disc its definitely a setting on the radio.

Oh and the CD has to be finalized when burning.

 

I got it all straightened out now other then that like I said I have no complaints so far and no I dont know a whole lot about audio Im getting there....but I do love my headunit so far...::knocks on wood:: lol and every other headunit that I saw I didnt really care for the look or prices I got this one for christmas too I think it was around $200 or so but I love it....

 

it worked for me, here is the manual

Manual Link

 

thanks for the help!!!=)

 

yea and adobe was gonna take around a day or so to download....and I just figured Id ask on here and the manual took around an hour lol