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[Dave DND]

so,what your basically saying is, if you want your head unit to last as long as possible dont use burnable media?
 Whats the odds of repairing a worn out lazer and associated optical parts?
 

Correct on the first bit - Although its OK to use CDr`s on units that have been specifically designed to acceopt them. Most aftermarket radios from around 2002 onwards but most of the Original Equipment guys are still only starting to play around with them - certainly not comaptable on anything generally before 2005.

Yes, lasers can be replaced - providing that they can be obtained (Philips went belly up years ago) and remember that some of these units are way in excess of 10 years old, so spares just aren`t that commonplace.

[Albatross]

There are many differences about construction, materials used, layers etc etc, but teh main difference is that the recordable discs use much smaller "dots" and closer "Tracks" to record the data.

The older CD players were never designed to focus on something this small, and basically they are straining so hard to du so that they wear out prematurely.

This was covered in quite some detail a few months ago, maybe someone else can find and post a link to the thread?

Bottom line though, don`t use modern CDR`s on old CD players, or any OEM in Car unit pre 2005 that does not have MP3 logo on the front. MP3 units are an exception, as they have been designed to cope with the modern / computer type discs for data.

 

This may be what you are referring to:

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1214037845/

Although I have seen you involved in this discussion many, many times on here.

I'm just about to fork out the £76 for a genuine NavTeq 2008/9 disk; you know you should.

http://www.navigation.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/Navteq-NavteqEurope-Site/en_GB/-/GBP

[feeutfo]

dont mind paying the money, providing the bloody thing works. As we find on the other thread, tmc does not. Hence no traffic, bit gay really. Very disappointing.
Ref to siemens ncdc 2015/13 sat nav and its failure to provide traffic info via tmc.