Topic: Philips 950 CD recorder question

[DaveH]

I've had this burner for several years now and I still have yet to figure out which music CD-Rs it accepts. Some labels (Maxell, TDK, Sony) pick up some of the times, other times it comes back with a disc error. Other times it picks it up but when I stop the recording, the data is lost. I read recently that some of the older Philips burners only accept certain discs. Can anyone recommend which ones? Thanks.

[DSatz]

Five or six years ago (I think), I bought a Philips CDR-560 deck, which also requires "Music" CD-Rs. I had a lot of trouble with Maxell blanks and ended up calling Philips' consumer support hot line. I was told that they didn't support or recommend Maxell "Music" CD-Rs. So I switched to whatever other brands were available, and almost any other available brand did seem to be much more reliable in that deck.

I think that your deck is from about the same period of time, and it may have similar (or the same) internal components.

--best regards

[nameloc01]

Sony makes quality "music cdrs", Walmart and Target have the best deals on these. Fuji also makes "all-purpose cdrs" which work great for stand-alones, a lot of times you can find these at Walgreens and CVS quite cheap..as most people don't shop them for audio supplies making them constantly on sale.