Ripping CD-R or CD-RW Disks to the HD
 

I generally use my iPod for music in my '10 with Nav. My music collection is large and it can be hard to navigate to a particular artist or album. So I decided that when I get a new CD I would rip it to the internal HD in the nav unit. Since I tend to listen to new CDs more than old ones it would make getting to the new ones easier.

It works great with store bought CDs but if I download an album from Amazon, burn it to a CD and try to rip that CD it generally has trouble ripping the songs. Looking at the manual it seems the CD drive doesn't support CD-R and CD-RW disks.

I have managed to get it to work on an intermittent basis. I have found that when I burn the CD if I burn it at the slowest possible speed (4x in my case) I have a better chance of having the car read the disk. Anybody else run into this? Do you have any tips to make the ripping more reliable? Perhaps a certain brand of blank CDs or a particular CD burner?

I was about to ask what brand of CDs are you using?? I have had trouble in the past with Poor quality CDs

CD-R80 cds from Phillips. I don't remember where I bought them as I've had them for some time. I don't really know who might make good quality ones vs. cheap ones.

I got into burning cd's in college. Forget about the silver topped one. They suck. look for ones that are painted.They have a better finish on top and last longer than tin foil topped ones. I still have some burnt cds from 8 years ago that work fine. I got them from Walmart in stacks of a 100 for $30. Durabrand they had a drk green top half and lines for labeling on the bottom half.

I have had good luck with Sony. Try one and see if it helps.