Car Titles

How do I burn a CD so song titles show up on my car stereo?

I know that my car stereo will do this, and I am burning WMA's from Windows Media Player, so I know it will work. I've burned CD's like this before and they don't show up. What's the trick?? Thank you!

Public Comments

1. Normally, you have to burn the discs as DATA, not music. And your CD player has to support playback of such data discs.
2. First you have to have a CD player in the car that will allow for MP3 CD's. These are different from regular CD's in the fact that they include what is called an ID3 tag. This tag allows certain CD players to display Title, Track, Album and other information. Make sure first that the CD player in the vehicle has that capability. Next make sure that you have a CD burning program that will allow for MP3 CD's. A regular CD can hold usually around 20 songs, MP3 CD's can hold hundreds of songs.
3. No, you don't need them to be mp3s or data disc. It's possible to give titles to normal audio tracks. I do that all the time. But not every cd player will see them. They need to be able to show "CD text". Before you burn the cd (or copy it) look in your CD burning software (Roxio, Nero, etc) and where you list of tracks is just click and edit track names. That is, change it from "track 1" to "whatever the title is". Then burn it.