FINALLY got the cd-r to work over the weekend, I had a number of cables lying around and try one, and what'd ya know - it worked! With that problem solved I tried something else - burning one of my Sony CDRs to see if it work... Surprise surprise, the cd burned, and the system will read it. Guess something might have been funny with the way the other cd's were burned.. but I've got them to work on a number of different systems before. Oh well, I'm just happy that the cd's wont go to waste... I may have gotten them cheap buying in bulk buy Sony cd's still aren't cheap...