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Also curious. It's in my Infiniti G37 sedan as well, and anytime I put in a CD it says "checking gracenote." Always wondered what the hell that meant...
Yeah, when you put a CD into the player, it'll automatically recognize all the track names and stuff. Probably will also display cover art for you, too.
Yeah, when you put a CD into the player, it'll automatically recognize all the track names and stuff. Probably will also display cover art for you, too.
Cool! let me see if I can contain my overwhelming excitement for this feature..
can anyone tell me what gracenote is?
is it a useful feature?
A mystery piece of software that shows artist name, song and album artwork. Told me I needed to update on a 4 week old IS 350. Dealer didn't even know what it was and gave the deer in the headlights look when I asked. It would appear my Canadian vehicle has only a partial firmware flash. trying for weather and traffic updates. Anyone know of a U.S. dealer around Buffalo who can do this?
Yeah, when you put a CD into the player, it'll automatically recognize all the track names and stuff. Probably will also display cover art for you, too.
Song names are stored on the CD/MP3 itself. Gracenote is simply used for looking up album art - basically just a DB.
I noticed the same problems with Gracenote using the USB. All of my music has embedded artwork in small 400x400 dpi size. I have the Gracenote turned off in my IS, yet much of the music on my USB still displays the Gracenote art (usually a photo of the performer) and not the art I embedded. Some tracks do display my embedded art, and still others dislplay no art at all!
I don't know if the problem is with the car or Gracenote, but I do know that the 3IS audio system is a complete disaster in general.
A mystery piece of software that shows artist name, song and album artwork. Told me I needed to update on a 4 week old IS 350. Dealer didn't even know what it was and gave the deer in the headlights look when I asked. It would appear my Canadian vehicle has only a partial firmware flash. trying for weather and traffic updates. Anyone know of a U.S. dealer around Buffalo who can do this?
That would be perfect. I really want traffic info. One of the thing I miss from my BMW
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