Ok the newer f 150's play mp3 cds..i have looked EVERYWHERE (best buy, wal mart, target, office depot) i cant find them..where can i get these things!!?!?!

 

what is the difference in mp3 cds and regular compact discs?

 

You have to burn your own MP3s onto a cd. I don't think anyone sells cds in MP3 format. Last one I burned for a friend fit 144 songs on one cd.

Also make sure the deck says "MP3" on it. My doesn't, and it won't play MP3 cds. It says something like cd-rom disc.

 

Yeah bud, you have to burn mp3 cd's. You cant find "mp3" cd's at a store. You just buy blank cd's and burn your tracks onto them. Any brand of blank cd will do, dont be fooled by some of the advertising, just buy the leaset expensive.


Rock on,

Devildog101

 

An mp3 is a compressed version of an original.

For example when an artist records a track on a CD, the mic records everything, even sounds that we can not hear. When you take an original track, such as one on a CD you purchased, and convert it to mp3 format it removes all the sounds(fz ranges) that a human can not hear. So for example lets say that each 5 min song on a store bought CD is 46mb of data making a total of 15 songs that will fit on a standard 700mb disc. Mp3 formatting will take out sounds that you wouldn't hear anyways and compress the file turning each 5 min track into 6mb worth of data. Now with each 5 min song only taking up 6mb you are now able to fit about 115 tracks on one 700mb disc.

On the down side of this some people say that compressing the file will affect its sound quality. On a high end system and someone listening to it that has an ear for sound I could see it, but your average person will never notice the difference.

 

ok ive tried this..all my songs are in my itunes library and theyre mp3 format but it wont let me burn 65 songs to a cd..it says theres too many????

 

What bitrate do you have them saved at and how many MBs are your CDs?




Oh yeah...boo for MP3s

 

YOU burn MP3s on a regular dis. just a diffrent format of the song, it sounds better and ive been able to but 150songs on 1 cd before, shows track names and everything

 

idk about the bitrate? where do i look to find that? and my cd's are 700 mb

 

you use regular cd-r discs. You can use the program Nero 6 to burn the disc. Pretty much any burning program will give you the option to burn an audio cd or an mp3 cd. Whats great about it is you can burn several folders of music on one disc. On your factory radio there should be buttons that say folder on them. This will let you skip to the next folder onthe cd insead of having to scan through each song one by one.

 

Right click on your music file and click "properties" or something along that line...you should be able to find the bitrate there. Even at a decently large bit rate like 320Kbps you should be able to fit more than what you have.

Are you sure they are converted to MP3 format?

 

Something to note about iTunes and this may or may not be your problem. ANY song purchased throught iTunes CAN NOT be burned as an mp3(Data). You have to burn them as acc files(Music) and that brings you back down to the 15-20 song limit of a 700mb disc.

All songs purchased through iTunes have been for lack of better words Locked throught the use of DRM(Digital Rights Management). With the DRM in place you can not turn these purchased songs into an mp3 file in order to put it onto a disc. There are programs you can buy for a few bucks that will let you strip the original of its DRM and turn it into an mp3 file. The program I use is Sound Taxi. I pull up all the purchased iTunes songs and click convert, a few min later I have a seperate folder of all the purchased iTunes songs unlocked and able to be burned to a data(mp3) cd.

 

Go to preferences in iTunes, then make the tabs look just like this to burn in MP3 format.

 

On ITunes, go into "file" or "edit" (cant remember), then look for options or preferences or whatever they call it. Go into the section that says burning, it might be set so that you import to mp3 format, but burn to wma format. That would make that many songs too many for a blank cd.

While in there if you look under importing, that will show you the bit rate. Even at 320kbps (Custom) you should be able to fit quite a few songs on there.

If you want, email me later and I can walk you through it, I am at work (well sort of), and have it on my home computer.

Let me know,
Devildog101

 

Oops! Im an idiot... I just looked up and luke already had it up there. lol.

Good work luke280, that should help him out for sure.

Later,
Devildog101