Westerly

In my car, a 2005 Legacy Wagon, with only one CD in the changer it repeats automatically. There is a delightful 1 sec pause while the changer goes back to the beginning of the CD, the CD timer starts over at 0, and reminding me of how nice this mod is.

As Lucid says, it is a CD recorded with no content. I think one was probably sent with your kit. I had trouble with the one that was provided (no fault of Jazzy) and created one, described on this forum, using Audacity and iTunes. If only 1 CD is in the changer it will automatically loop. If you have other CDs in the changer they will play, in turn, not the 'silent' CD.

The rep at the local computer store where I bought the lens cleaner recommended recording in CDA, an older standard audio format. With info from http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audio_CDs (see Burning CDs) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_Audio_track I used Audacity to generate a silent AIFF at 1 hour and 8 minutes, on a Memorex CD-R, 700MB, 80 Minute, 52x Multi Speed disc; brought it into iTunes so I could burn it as an Audio CD. I selected 8x speed on the hunch that a faster burn might compromise the burn itself, don't know if this made a difference. Reason for 1hr 8min is the comment from the Audacity man page Red Book spec #1 that the max recordable time on an 80 minute CD is 79.8 minutes; I backed off that maximum to be safe. Used the CD lens cleaner; popped in the Memorex CD-R; Taj Mahal never sounded sweeter. Thanks for the suggestions; westerly

jasejase - thanks for the reply. I had found Jazzy's link to Audacity and used that to burn the 'silent' CD, 180 minutes. car_cursed/jazzymt - thanks for the replies. The CD that came with the mod board seemed to be recognized, but the head kept jumping back and forth across the CD. The CDs that I burned, AIFF, WAV, & MP3, all spun normally and the CD timer kept track of the time. Even though they spun normally, it seems something was not being recognized and therefor nothing was being passed from the CD player to the radio/amplifier. I'll be getting a CD cleaner disk today to try. I'll post results. thanks, westerly

iPod music will play on top of a music CD, but not a blank CD. Any suggestions appreciated.