stangvscamaro Report post Posted February 10, 2010 I just picked up my 2006 Fusion last week. The cd/mp3 player reads regular "factory" cds great. However, the mp3 cds that I always played in my other car on an aftermarket stereo will not play in my fusion's mp3 cd player. The player tries to read them for what seems like an eternity and then spits it out and says its a 'bad disc'. If I keep trying the disc, eventually it DOES read it, but very poorly, like it will play about 2 seconds of a song and then freeze, then just glitches. I have tried a few different brands of cds, all the same result. On a few occasions it has played the discs ok, with minor gitches here and there, but after a few songs it starts freezing again. Another thing I noticed is that I made a cd with about 86 songs on it, the player will start back at track 1 after only 40 or so songs. Has anybody else had this problem? Please help I'm desperate, I have an hour+ commute to work and another hour home everyday!!! I need good tunes!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pugger Report post Posted February 17, 2010 I just picked up my 2006 Fusion last week. The cd/mp3 player reads regular "factory" cds great. However, the mp3 cds that I always played in my other car on an aftermarket stereo will not play in my fusion's mp3 cd player. The player tries to read them for what seems like an eternity and then spits it out and says its a 'bad disc'. If I keep trying the disc, eventually it DOES read it, but very poorly, like it will play about 2 seconds of a song and then freeze, then just glitches. I have tried a few different brands of cds, all the same result. On a few occasions it has played the discs ok, with minor gitches here and there, but after a few songs it starts freezing again. Another thing I noticed is that I made a cd with about 86 songs on it, the player will start back at track 1 after only 40 or so songs. Has anybody else had this problem? Please help I'm desperate, I have an hour+ commute to work and another hour home everyday!!! I need good tunes!!! I'm having the same issue here. Tried itunes "mp3 disc" option, roxio, nero,3 different brands of discs and all at 4x burn speed with closed sessions. Each disc has only given me "bad disc" (never worked). I tried burning and audio disc with the same media and that worked. So I was thinking must be something with the radio, but then I tried some mp3 books that my wife gave me. And the cds with the mp3 audio books worked.So now I know the radio read mp3 cds but can't find a combination that works yet. I'm going to keep trying different brands and programs, and report back. Hope someone out there figured it out already. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoopdaddy6 Report post Posted November 18, 2010 (edited) Are you guys burning MP3's to CDs or DVDs? I'm pretty sure it won't read DVD discs... although it would be nice to have 4.7g of music on a disc opposed to only 750mb. Has anyone gotten theirs to play MP3's from a DVD disc? Edited November 18, 2010 by hoopdaddy6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stangvscamaro Report post Posted November 18, 2010 I gave up. I installed my aftermarket JVC head unit after too much frustration with the factory stereo. That worked fine, and for an extra $120 I could have also bought the adapter to work with the steering wheel controls. But I didn't buy that. By the time you guys are done experimenting with different cds, you will find that it just won't work. My husband works for a body shop and they were doing front end repairs on an '06 fusion. The shop just ordered the whole front clip. So my husband took the stereo from that and put it in my car. That one works perfectly fine! I would suggest that if you want the factory look, go to a scrap yard and pick up a stereo. I asked a Ford dealer how much a new stereo would be and would have run me about $400 + shipping from the states into Canada. From a scrapyard they were about $50-$70. So you can try your luck with a different used one. If you don't necessarily want the factory look, I suggest just relieve your frustrations and buy an aftermarket stereo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stangvscamaro Report post Posted November 18, 2010 They were mp3's being burned to disc, not dvd. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoopdaddy6 Report post Posted November 18, 2010 Strange... mine plays MP3 cds just fine, but not DVDs.. I'll just keep rockin the iPod for now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
