CD Brand tested with Car CD Changer Combo

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Philips Sony Mitsui TDK Verbatim Maxell Ricoh Basf FUJI

Philips

Philips Premium Silver 74
Manufacturer : Taiyo Yuden
Dye : Cyanine Type 1
Bottom color : Light Blue
CD-Speed : 1-12x
Normal size : 74.43
Overburn size : 77.13

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Blaupunkt A071 : 100% ok
Clarion DRX 7375R : 100% ok
JVC KD-MK88 : 100% ok
Kenwood KDC C710 : 100% ok
Kenwood KDC C504 : 100% ok
Kenwood KDC C660 : 100% ok (burned at 1x with Feurio) on 1 but not other.
Kenwood KDC C660 : 100% ok (burned at 4x with CDRwin) on 1 but not other.
Nissan CV-707 (clarion 6 CD) : 100% ok
Pioneer CDX P24S : 100% ok
Sony CDX 71 : 100% ok
Sony CDX 605 : 100% ok

Philips Premium Silver 80
Manufacturer : Taiyo Yuden
Dye : Cyanine Type 1
Bottom Color : Light Blue
CD-Speed : 1-8x
Normal Size : 79.59
Overburn Size : 82.07

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Sony CDX 71 : 100% ok

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Sony

Sony CDQ-74CN
Manufacturer : Taiyo Yuden
Dye : Cyanine type 1
Bottom Color : light blue
CD-Speed : 1-6x
Normal Size : 74.43
Overburn Size : 77.07

Tested on car CD-Changers : Sony CDX-71 : 100% ok
Sony CDX-4180 : 100% ok

Sony CDQ-74BN
Manufacturer : Taiyo Yuden
Dye : Cyanine type 1
Bottom Color : light blue
CD-Speed : 1-?x
Normal Size : 74.41
Overburn Size : 77.07

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Kenwood KDC-C604 : works, but random skips sometimes
Pioneer DEH P625 single disc : 100% ok
Sony CDX-605 : 100% ok

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Mitsui

Mitsui SG Unbranded
Manufacturer : Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
Dye : Pthtalocyanine type 5
Bottom Color : light gold/yellow
CD-Speed : all (4x works ok)
Normal Size : 74.05
Overburn Size : 76.27

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Kenwood KDC-C660 : recognizes cd and tracks, but starts playing where ever it likes. (burned at 4x). Some minor skipping probs only track 1 to track 2 (burned at 2x).
Nissan CV-707(clarion 6 CD) : 100% ok
Pioneer CDX P24S : 100% ok
Sony CDX-71 : 100% ok

Mitsui Gold Unbranded
Manufacturer : Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
Dye : Pthtalocyanine type 5
Bottom Color : light gold/yellow
CD-Speed : 8x
Normal Size : 74.05

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Blaupunkt CDC-A 071 : 100% ok

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TDK

TDK Reflex CD-R74EC
Manufacturer : TDK Corporation
Dye : Cyanine type 0
Bottom Color : blue
CD-Speed : all (4x works ok)
Normal Size : 74.15
Overburn Size : 77.24

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Kenwood KDC-C660 : works ok, problems seeking back
Pioneer DEH P625 single disc : 100% ok
Sony CDX-71 : 100% ok
Sony CDX-705 : 100% ok

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Verbatim

Verbatim Datalife plus Metal Azo
Manufacturer : Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Dye : Cyanine type 0
Bottom Color : blue CD-Speed : all (4x works ok)
Normal Size : 74.30
Overburn Size : 76.16

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Alpine CDA 7837 : 100% ok
Kenwood KDC-C660 : refuses to work
Sony CDX-71 : 100% ok
Sony CDX-4180 : 100% ok
Sony CDX-5070 (single disc) : 100% ok

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Maxell

Maxell CD-R74 XL
Manufacturer : Hitachi Maxell Ltd.
Dye : Cyanine type 2
Bottom Color : green/blue
CD-Speed : 1-?x (4x works ok)
Normal Size : 74.28
Overburn Size : 76.57

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Sony CDX 705 : refuses to work ; tried 10 and none of them even started playing

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Ricoh

Ricoh 74
Manufacturer : Ricoh Company Limited ; made in EU
Dye : Phthalocyanine type 6
Bottom Color : light gold/yellow
CD-Speed : 1-?x (4x works ok)
Normal Size : 74.12
Overburn Size : 78.26

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Kenwood KDC-C710 : works, but skips sometimes
Sony CDX-71 : 100% ok
Sony CDX5490 : refuses to work

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Basf

BASF Extra CD-R74 Emtec
Manufacturer : CMC Magnetics Corp.
Dye : Cyanine type 0
Bottom Color : green
CD-Speed : 1-?x
Normal Size : 75.00

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Sony CDX 705 : most of them are running, but sometimes have to load them 2 or 3 times

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FUJI

FUJI Silver disk
Manufacturer : Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd
Dye : Cyanine type 0
Bottom Color : green
CD-Speed : 1-?x (4x works ok)
Normal Size : 74.45
Overburn Size : 77.00

Tested on car CD-Changers :
Kenwood KDC-C710 : refuses to work
Sony CDX-71 : refuses to work
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