[Yobyot]

I've often wondered what would happen if one put a CD into the slot that wasn't in the car's Gracenote database.

Today, I got a chance to see. I bought a new release, a CD that was only released this past Tuesday.

When I put the CD in, the artist and title were shown as "unknown" but track names displayed. I thought, "Oh well, you can't really expect OTA updates for Gracenote." Previously, I was investigating a Toyota RAV4 and I noticed its owners' manual contained instructions on updating Gracenote. I had decided that was a better system because what good is a static database in the BMW?

I drove off, listening to the CD. About five minutes later, the artist and album title had appeared. Gracenote database updates are apparently, available OTA.

I don't know if this is part of BMW Assist or not -- but it sure was cool.

[best1973]

Hello, I have have the same problem. I put in a (Newly Released) CD the artist name and album showed up with only Two Singles that were played off the album before it was released. Then today it removed the name of the singles.

Please chime in if you find a fix. Right now I am saving my music to iTunes at 320k with titles to the USB and saving it like that. I hate the fact that you have to see an un-named album in my library. It becomes a witchhunt for music which is annoying when you want to find a specific track.

[DJHakim]

Originally Posted by Yobyot

I've often wondered what would happen if one put a CD into the slot that wasn't in the car's Gracenote database.

Today, I got a chance to see. I bought a new release, a CD that was only released this past Tuesday.

When I put the CD in, the artist and title were shown as "unknown" but track names displayed. I thought, "Oh well, you can't really expect OTA updates for Gracenote." Previously, I was investigating a Toyota RAV4 and I noticed its owners' manual contained instructions on updating Gracenote. I had decided that was a better system because what good is a static database in the BMW?

I drove off, listening to the CD. About five minutes later, the artist and album title had appeared. Gracenote database updates are apparently, available OTA.

I don't know if this is part of BMW Assist or not -- but it sure was cool.

Actually, I believe what is happening is that the album info is being read off the CD itself (like CD-TEXT).