I'm hearing that you shouldn't play burned CDs in your car because they're harmful to the CD player. I looked at the owner's manual, and it confirmed this, but didn't say why.... What's the reason?

-Chad

 

it causes the laser in the cd player to make more passes to read the disk and any fine scratches or anything like that on a burned disk can cause it to make alot of passes again

 

If the player indicates it is CD-R / CD-RW capable I wouldn't worry about it. If it burns out the laser, get a replacement when it happens. Some of the cheaper CD-R's will flake apart over time. I would try to stay clear of those as the flakes in the player will surely interfere with proper performance.

 

That just means you need to upgrade you stereo system my friend. CD-R and CD-RW and being used more frequently. Just get something thats compatible.

 

Agreed I have an alphine 8797 i believe and it plays mp3's which your only gonna find on cd-rs and cd-rw. Thats all i ever play in my car. And no problems ever.