Are you saying:
A: it doesn't have a CD drive in the radio or
B: it won't play recorded CD's in the CD drive?

I can't help you for A... Don't know what fits your car.

As for B, I haven't seen a CD player made this century that won't play
CD format recorded CD's.
Are your recorded CD's in MP3 format? There are still a lot of players
that won't play MP3 format CDr's. Try re-encoding them as CD format and
they will play.

It´s a common problem on the SC-901, some say you can fix it by burning the
CDs at slowest speed, x1.
I have 6 cd Volvo changer in the trunk, it takes CDRs.

Only the SC-900 and SC-901 can connect to the dolby sorround amplifier.

Niels

The Volvo stereo in my '99 V70 XC (non-Dolby surround) wouldn't play
half of my CD-Rs either. I replaced it with a Pioneer, since they'll
play anything.

You might check with the guys at the Audio Forum here regarding what
works with your surround processor:

http://www.volvospeed.com/vs_forum/

Try decent blanks, a better burner, slower speed and investigate what
program is being used for the copies. How the copies are done can effect if
they will work in "sensitive" players.

AJS

As an owner of a C70 wiht the same problem.   There are two fixes I find
that work

1)  record the material on CD R/W discs at 2x not a higher speed-  do
not ask why just know it works better- but not in all cases

2) I have a 3 disc Alpine changer in the boot with an adapter cable from
Apline - this plays all types of discs.

Hope this helps a bit.

I have a '99 C70 with the 901 (which I love the sound of), and I have
had problems with reading CDRs.  I'll echo several of the suggestions,
and add a little more detail:

- Burn at half the max rated speed of your burner.  This also extends
the lifetime of your burned disks considerably, as CDRs will fail over
time.  No, they're nowhere near as permanent as pressed CDs.

- Use Taiyo Yuden blanks, available from www.rima.com or
www.meritline.com (these will also extend burned CDR life).  I
recommend white printable ones, since the non-printable ones have very
little protection for the data layer and scratch easily (that's on the
top, not the bottom), destroying the disk.  Sure, other blanks will
work, but these are the best, and brand names like Maxell and Memorex
don't mean anything in terms of who actually made the blanks.

- Don't use paper labels.  I used to, and had several CDRs get stuck
in the in-dash 3 disk changer, requiring removal with hemostats.  One
got stuck enough I had to get the changer replaced, fortunately under
warranty.  These were Neato labels, and others may work better, but I
won't use paper labels in mine.

I've done quite a bit of research on CDR lifetimes and have gathered a
great deal of data on early failures, partly highlighted by the C70's
player.  These hints make long-lived CDRs that work in all my players.

max