Keith_R

The X-Box and CD-Rs

Hey all, I just went to go rip some tracks to my X-Box off of a CD-R I made and the box won't read any of my CD-Rs. Is this a defective unit or is it just not capable of reading CD-Rs? thanks.

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James St

Xbox doesn't support cd-r discs but it did read a few cd-rw discs that I tried.

JamesHl

I hear it depends on the dvd drive that your box has.

Keith_R

they work fine on my friend's box. All types.

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Dave F

The drives are really touchy. It depends upon the media and the manufacturer of the drive. If you are a gamblin' man, you can tweak the drive. (It requires opening the Xbox, etc...) Do a Google search for "xbox dvd pot adjustment".

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Tho

only xbox's with the samsung dvd-drive will be able to read cd-r .. most should be able to read cdrw though, early xbox's with thomson drives are the suckiest. thomson < philips < samsung

Dave F

That is a common misconception. The other drives can read CD-r's, just not as reliably & not as error tolerant. My drive is a Thompson, and even before tweaking it, I was able to read CD-r's.

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