Do I just push finalize to finish the burning of the cd?

Hi,
It sounds like you haven't followed the last step to the burning procedure. All you need to do once you've completed burning your disc is to Finalize the disc. Read below why you need to finalize as well as the steps to follow in order to finalize the disc.
Hope this helps ;)
How to Finalize Finalizing is writing the TOC (table of contents) on a disc so a CD player can recognize the number of tracks, the total time for each track, and their location on the disc. A recorded disc must be finalized to playback on a standard CD player. Once finalized a CD-R disc can be played on CD players that support CD-R playback. CD-RW discs can only be played on CD players that support CD-RW playback. Consult your CD player owner's manual to confirm supported formats. Finalizing is necessary to: • be able to play a recorded CD-R or CD-RW disc on a CD player • prevent further recording on a disc • avoid erasing tracks on a CD-RW disc • record text information onto a disc you record Notes: • A finalized CD-R disc can never be recorded onto again. • A finalized CD-RW disc can be unfinalized for more recording. • The CDR300 can play back unfinalized CD-R or CD-RW discs. • SYNC REC+FINAL mode automatically finalizes.
Here are the steps in order to Finalize your disk
1 Push Stop. The display shows the number of tracks and their total playing time. 2 Push FINALIZE. FINALIZE is displayed for about 3 seconds.

push finalize button, when finalize is flashing push play

Configure ROXIO to "finalize" *IMMEDIATELY* after burning the disk, i.e., *BEFORE* it gets ejected.

Sounds like the CDs need to be finalized. Also, if you are burning MP3s, make sure your radio is compatible with MP3s.

Either the HD is bad or you will need to reinstall the O.S. /firmware.
the firmware is avail on the alesis site

try the O.S first. The o.s will fix any software related issues
if not , then try switching out the CD drives with a known working one. or try to burn a standard cd. if it works for the standard cd, then the problem is software related.


hope this helps.

dave

The discs were not "finalized" or "closed" - place the cd's back on your computer cd-rom drive and search the help file of your CD burning software and search for "closing disc" or "finalizing disc." Some programs will allow you to close or finalize after you have already burned them, but others (Sony SoundForge is one exmaple) will not allow it - you may have to re-burn the discs and select the option that says "close disc after finishing" (this option is usually left unchecked by default, because closing or finalizing a disc prevents you from adding any new information to the disc).

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Put the cd back and press finalize...Wait a minute until finalizing time is displayed...After that press the pause button and it will start finalizing....It will count down until it is finished...

bad dvd what brand uuseing to burn with philps is touchy are u addingto much to a dvd also i would do mor ethen 4 gb on a dvd 5 disk ok single layer burn it slow does it have a speed adjustment do 4x 8x max

You can try finalizing the disc on another machine.Have you tried a different disc? You may have a laser issue.