ok, i have a 6 disc player with i guess mp3. ( it has the mp3 symbol on it.
anyway, i've tried using itunes to burn an mp3 cd. that didnt work so i tried dragging mo3 files to a blank cd and then burning it that way. neither one worked.
any ideas what i'm doing wrong?

 

the 6 disc unit doesnt play mp3

 

then why would they put the symbol on there? going cheap on the faceplates?

 

a pic of the symbol would help

 

i'll pic it tomorrow, it's freezing out there!!!! you know what it looks like :-)

it says 6 disc cd changer on the left and directly to the right of that it says MP3.

 

i bought this 8 used. it's an 09 r3 and according to mazda, mp3 isnt available as an option except on the base, so i'm just curious if the previous owner had it installed or maybe jacked the plate up and replaced it with an mp3 plate?
dont know either way i cant get it to play mp3's and it's frustrating me more than it should :-)

 

R3 factory doesnt support MP3.
its either single CD with MP3 or 6 changer without.

 

then why in the heck would they put this on the faceplate?

 

Probably the factory installed the wrong trim panel. It's rare, but mistakes like this can happen.

I don't even see an mp3 accessory available in the US. Maybe it is only for other markets, like Japan?

 

I think if its printed on it should support MP3
did you burn the MP3 disc?

 

In my '04 Series 1, I have the MD (minidisk) button but no MD deck!

 

Did you download the songs via iTunes? If you did you are going to run into a DRM issue and may not be able to play it on devices other than an ipod

 

No the trim panel is separate from the actual stereo. So it is possible to install the wrong face plate trim panel. Probably the assembly line worker grabbed the wrong one.

-Jack

 

yes i did. i converted the aac files i downloaded from i-tunes to mp3's using i-tunes. then i tried to burn an mp3 cd in itunes. after that didnt play, i tried dragging the files and burning straight to disc.

 

I used windows media player to burn my mp3 cd and it works fine in my car.

 

Habsfan (or anyone else with an mp3 deck), any chance we could get a pic of your *known working* mp3 deck?

Also, I'm going to assume the mp3 deck just plays files straight off the disc, no indexing or other weirdness required. zoned, when you browse the disc you burned on a computer, do you see the files show up on the disc? Can you play them directly off the disc? (Maybe using another media player app other than iTunes?)

 

And does the cd play in other devices that are not a PC ? I am wondering if maybe the brand of CD-R you are using is culprit?

 

Your in Canada.....MP3 capability is included. I still think the OP has the wrong faceplate. The only way to be sure is to pull the audio unit out and check the part number. There is also a way to check for MP3 error codes on the display but I am not 100% sure how to do it.

http://www.mazda.ca/root.asp?path=en...rx8--options--

 

WTF? How come the Canucks get MP3 capability and we don't

 

Might be the way you are burning your files, I create a playlist in I tune, fill it up, right click on the playlist name and burn, then when ask I click as Mp3 disk. I find that if you click burn disk at the bottom of the screen while in the play list, it burns your disk by folders (each artist a folder) not the best for me since they are not all well classed. maybe check also the type of cd you are using, I use sony's and works great. let us know how it goes, I got a 09 R3 with the stock 6cd unit, yours should be the same

 

Another unit from Canada!

Looks like they also get rain sensing wipers & auto climate control. So it's like a GT R3 compared to here.
Of course they pay A LOT more for an RX-8!

 

R3 a more or so like the GT, exept no navi, no sunroof, no heated seats, everything else is full equiped