Gracenote???

[rerock]

I have a question. I wanted to know if anyone has figured out how to update the gracenote database. It doesnt read any of my new CDs. I cant get in touch with gracenote and pioneer is no help. Can someone tell when an update is coming or what I can do to fix this problem. It sucks typing in every name of every song when I record a cd.

[raddd]

u shouldnt have too....im using nero 6 and as soon as i drag the songs to the playlist it automatically swaps data

[BigFloppy]

[quote name="rerock"]I have a question. I wanted to know if anyone has figured out how to update the gracenote database. It doesnt read any of my new CDs. I cant get in touch with gracenote and pioneer is no help. Can someone tell when an update is coming or what I can do to fix this problem. It sucks typing in every name of every song when I record a cd.[/quote]

Yup, Coldplay "Parachutes" won't record correctly.... freakin sucks... Now I have to go in and specify EVERY DAMNED TRACK

[jbell73]

Here's Pioneer's response to updating the CDDB:

[url=http://208.220.235.52:7001/eSupportJSP/cp_SolutionFind3.jsp?solution_id=F16818]http://208.220.235.52:7001/eSupportJSP/ ... _id=F16818[/url]

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The Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote. Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related content delivery. For more information visit [url=http://www.gracenote.com]www.gracenote.com[/url]. You would log onto their website and obtain the information relative to the needed music (artist, title, etc.) and update your AVIC-Z1 manually from it's touch panel display.
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You gotta love Pioneer!

[rerock]

Ok when you go to there website I see nothing for the Z1. Where do you have to go and is there a number that you can call these guys at. Has anyone updated theres yet.

[jbell73]

From my post above, the only way to update it is to type in the names / titles manually.

Basically there is none. I would exepect an update with the MAP/OS updates provided by Pioneer, but that's not come out yet, so there is no way to tell for sure.

[Guest BlackG35]

If I burn an audio cd from mixed mp3s, will gracenote still recognize them?

[Marauder]

[quote name="rerock"]I have a question. I wanted to know if anyone has figured out how to update the gracenote database. It doesnt read any of my new CDs. I cant get in touch with gracenote and pioneer is no help. Can someone tell when an update is coming or what I can do to fix this problem. It sucks typing in every name of every song when I record a cd.[/quote]
The best way to handle these CDs is to duplicate them with a CDDB-aware CD recording application that supports CD-TEXT (I use Nero 6). When you burn the CD, just select the "burn CD-TEXT info" option (or whatever your app calls it), and it will store the titles on the CD-R/-RW disc. Then you can rip that into the Z1, and it will store all of the information except genre (which, personally, I haven't found much use for anyway). One small caveat with this is that the voice recognition in the Z1 will not recognize CD-TEXT discs automatically, but I explain how to manually fix that [url=http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=791]in this thread[/url].

This is a minor inconvenience, but it's an easy workaround; the CD ripping/recording software does most of the work, it beats entering the info manually on the Z1, and you also get mixed-case text instead of the upper-case only text that you're confined to when you enter the data directly on the Z1.