Phillips cdr 950 audio cd recorder

Owner's Manual and Service Manual in the link. Old machine, has to be CDR(W)

Insert a CDR(W) which is absolutely free of scratches and
dust particles in the CD recorder tray.

https://manualsbrain.com/en/manuals/1841366/?page=17

https://www.google.com/search?q=Philips+CDR796+not+recording

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/122700/Philips-Cdr796.html
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"Won't Read". Is that the literal message? Blank discs are inherently unreadable until written.

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I could not find a manual for "CDR"930 but theFW930 appears to include it as part of a mini-system.

http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/f/fw930r37/fw930r37_dfu_eng.pdf


These are specifically for the CDR930 but are not free...

http://www.manuals-in-pdf.com/CDR930-p-193082.html

http://www.user-manuals.com/service-manual-PHILIPS-CDR930.html

There are 2 types of recorders. Professional, which you can use any kinds of cdr blanks and the Consumer, which requires to use
"Audio or Music only" discs and harder to obtain locally nowadays, but probably plenty on line.

What kind of error are you getting? Does it attempt to calibrate then display the entire disc as being full? If that try a blank that will tolerate recording at the 1x speed. Nowadays the only thing you will likely find are discs meant for audio recording or data discs that can record at speeds as low as 1x. If you can find some of the earlier kodak, Ampex/Quantegy, japanese maxells, etc then you will be okay. Also it may not be obvious but the cdr 615/620 will not record on cd-rw's
I bought one of those new and had nothing but trouble out of the phillips cdd2000 module that had to be replaced 3 times (3rd time at my expense of $300) but Superscope in Aurora, IL was good about support. Ironically I seam to remember a class action suit against Phillips over their very flaky cdd2000 drives.

You can get a free manual from
http://audio.manualsonline.com/manuals/mfg/philips/cdr770_cdr771.html
Please rate this solution. Thanks.

THE PHILLIPS CDR 770 WILL ONLY RECORD ON "MUSIC" CD'S.I USE A MEMOREX MUSIC CD FROM WAL-MART, IT'S A 40X700MB 80 MIN, IT WORKS FINE, HOPE THIS HELPS, GOD BLESS, PAUL

hi not sure if this helps but some disc ,s ive used on my 500s won,t work either so i changed the type of disc and it seems to do the trick i think some disc,s just aren,t good enough ie cheap ones .

How confident are you at opening it up? And where are you? If it can get table of contents info it could be gummed up grease on the laser sled.

time to buy new one or upgrade software
new cd/dvd formats came out maken it hard to play record or watch on outdate equipment
they remolded the cd/dvds with a new gloss

Both previous suggestions are wrong. Your machine displays 'wrong disc' as you are trying to use a computer grade CDR, this machine needs a 'consumer audio' grade cdr that are more expensive. Google the manual, it explains further.