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Offline Sootchucker

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New Cool feature just found.....
« on: 09 October 2013, 16:27 »
Earlier on today (for the first time), I popped a CD into the glovebox DVD slot of my Navigation Pro (remember the CD - it's those small silver discs  :grin:).

I expected to see just Track 1, Track 2 etc on the display, but I was quite surprised that not only did the Album name appear, but also the track names AND the album art (direct from a CD).

I read a little more on the Navigation Pro and apparently it has a Gracenotes database built in which identifies a CD from it's built in database. I'm sure not all CD's ever made are loaded in the database, but I've so far tried about 10 and only one wasn't in the database and so just showed the track numbers only.

Thought this was a really cool feature.
« Last Edit: 09 October 2013, 16:30 by Norbreck21a »
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Re: New Cool feature just found.....
« Reply #1 on: 09 October 2013, 16:37 »
Earlier on today (for the first time), I popped a CD into the glovebox DVD slot of my Navigation Pro (remember the CD - it's those small silver discs  :grin:).

Nope, you've lost me  :grin:
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Re: New Cool feature just found.....
« Reply #2 on: 09 October 2013, 16:38 »
Cool... only if you've shelled out £1,725 on Nav Pro  :wink:
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Re: New Cool feature just found.....
« Reply #3 on: 09 October 2013, 16:43 »
Right, if you take a normal Audio CD (shop purchased not an MP3 one), and pop it in most CD drives, (be it in the car, home Hi-Fi etc.), you normally just see on the display "Track 1", "Track 2" etc, as obviously normal Audio CD's don't usually contain full track information (although some do).

With the Navigation Pro, it has an internal database of CD's done by a company called Gracenotes, which looks at the CD when it's inserted and compares it's contents and identifier to it's internal database. If it finds a match, then instead of just "CD Track 1", Track 2" etc, it displays the full album Name, track names and also full album artwork for the CD on the nav screen without any intervention from you - it's automatic.
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Re: New Cool feature just found.....
« Reply #4 on: 09 October 2013, 16:44 »
Cool... only if you've shelled out £1,725 on Nav Pro  :wink:

Well there has to be a reason I paid that much doesn't there 5-0  :grin: :grin:
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Re: New Cool feature just found.....
« Reply #5 on: 09 October 2013, 16:59 »
Aren't CDs meant to be used as beer mats these days......  :grin:

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Re: New Cool feature just found.....
« Reply #6 on: 10 October 2013, 17:42 »
Very nice feature!!! Hopefully the database is kept up to date with the Nav Upgrades?

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Re: New Cool feature just found.....
« Reply #7 on: 11 October 2013, 10:03 »
Have you tried more than one CD? Some have CD Text (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-Text) on the discs don't they?

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Re: New Cool feature just found.....
« Reply #8 on: 12 October 2013, 05:36 »
The majority of discs come withcdtext nowadays.
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