Mike, you're not the only one who has had problems/troubles making an MP3 disc. There is a certain amount of computer savvy involved, but very little. One of the most common problems getting a MP3 disc to play in the Harmon Kardon Deck is "embedded artwork". It's the artwork that plays when you're playing a song using the windows media player or playing the song on a smart phone. Odds are that if you remove the embedded artwork you'll get ANY disc that you burn to play in your scooter. Here's a link to answer just about any question you may come up with. It may take a bit of time to read it but the final outcome ( 150 to 200 tracks on a disc ) will make the effort worthwhile.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...-kardon-5.html

 

I had problems getting them to work until I followed the instructions posted by Mike5511. I was making the same mistake by not setting the playlist type to M3U. After I did that... it worked great.

 

what program to convert iTunes to mp3's?

Thank you!

 

People still use cd's? I haven't had a cd in years!

 

Here ya go!

http://ipod.about.com/od/itunesbasic...nes-to-mp3.htm

 

download CDburnerXP

couldnt be any easier

 

Well then, I guess that makes you special ( in some way ) doesn't it? I've got some 8 tracks that I can sell you if those would help you.

 

A few thoughts on mp3 CDs for the bike, in no particular order.

Use good media. I STRONGLY SUGGEST using Verbatim CDR blanks. You can get them at good prices from newegg.com (and a few other places). Lately, I've been buying the "white label" ones.

STRIP OUT any cover art BEFORE you burn the mp3's to CD. There are apps out there that can "batch process" mp3 file "metadata", and remove the cover art. It's a known problem that the Harmon-Kardon player on Harleys can "choke" on the cover art. When it does, it will simply skip over the mp3 file and not play it.

Be careful about numbering. The HK player is going to sift through the mp3 files, and if you haven't taken care to number them in the order you want them to play, you may find they play in an order that is completely unexpected. I assemble all my files in a "working folder" before I create my CD burn file, using "001", "002", etc. (three digits needed because you can end up with over 100 files on an mp3 CD).
Note: I DO NOT renumber my original copies. I create the working folder to contain the tracks for a particular CD, strip out the cover art, create a numbering scheme, and then "drop them" into my burning app.

Use a good burning app to arrange and burn the CDs. I use Toast on the Mac. Not sure what to recommend for Windows users out there.

The burn format you use should be an "MP3 CD" or data CD with mp3 files (Toast has a choice for MP3 CD). You DO NOT want to burn a "music CD" -- entirely different animal.

By the way, if there are any streaming internet radio stations that you like, you can get ahold of an app that "captures streaming audio to disk" (such as AudioHijack Pro on the Mac) into mp3 format files. Look for stations streamcasting in at least 64k, 128k is better. I capture these streams into 192 or 256k mp3 files, and can end up with 5+ hours burned on a 700mb CD. I usually "split" the incoming files into 40 minute segments for better handling.