Durabrand hm3817DT I was told I could play burned cds and I am not able to. Are any burnable CDs compatable..if not I'll be returning it immediatly I was completly misinformed thanks

Could it be the CDs you can't play, are burned in a PC?
Not all CD players can or will play CD's burned in a PC. Sometimes the CD player is to old, so not compatible with these CDs. Sometimes the player just does not play these CD's, because of rights protection.
A CD burned in a PC is less reflective than an normal music CD. Normal CD's do have a metal coating and are highly reflective. Burned CD's have a dye, and where the laser burned the dye, it only changed colour. Making it less reflective.
All modern CD playes should be capable of playing CD r's. But the player that is really compatible, is labelled CDr and CDrw compatible.

You may be trying to play an mp3 disc. An 02 would not have mp3 playback. It would have to be a standard formatted disc. One that less than 20 songs could be burned on and not rw

Do you mean Durabrand CD-968
If you do then this CD player will only play NORMAL music CDs (or CD-R CDs). Not MP3 format This set will not play CD-RW encoded discs.

To resolve this issue, try one or all of the following:

• The Wave® music system is designed to play commercial CDs, CD-Rs, MP3-encoded CDS and CD-RWs. If your system has trouble playing MP3 CDs, make sure the discs were recorded with compatible formats. See Cannot play MP3 CDs



• The system may not be able to play certain CD-RW discs. Playability is dependant on how the disc was recorded, including the format it was recorded in and the actual disc used for recording.
  Note: iTunes defaults to AAC as the encoding format. In order to use iTunes to make CDs that will play on the Wave® music system, you’ll need to change the format to MP3 How to Choose Import Options



• Different brands of CD-Rs and CD-RWs use different materials which may affect the ability of a player to read them. If you are burning your own CD-Rs or CD-RWs, experiment with different brands of discs



• If a commercial disc won’t play, check for scratches, fingerprints or other physical damage. Try the CD in another player. If it still won’t play, there may be a problem with the disc



• Reset the system by disconnecting the power cord from the wall for one minute, then plug the system back in

Do you get any kind of error when you try to play a dvd or burn cds to clarify it plays Music CDs ? and regular cds just not dvds ?

Unless you have one of the very latest laptops, your model laptop most likely has a DVD ROM combo drive - which allows you to play DVDs and CDs also burn CDs/
You need to give me the make and model number of your laptop for me to verify if your laptop is capable of burn DVDs.

You cannot play dvd's that are burnt meaning dvd-r or +r

if the burned CDs are of mp3 music your player won't play them.  I doesn't read mp3!  sorry

have you tried using another computer to burn them as some of the latest updates will give u this problem if not there are probably some compatability issues

burning to fast maby try updating software u burn with use nero