Picking up my new G in the weeks ahead. Fun part first -wanted to summarize some of the music related basics re CF, the HD music box and CD players - is my understanding correct?

Flash Card Reader

• Can play MP3's - YES
• MP3 playback order: Nested. See manual Pg 4-36
• Can load to HD Music Box - No ??
• Can update missing titles on HD Music Box : YES. See http://www.infiniti.com/music-update/
• Can view text tags on display screen - ??

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Single In-dash CD player (with 6 CD player in trunk)

• Can play audio CDs : YES
• Can play duplicated CDs or audio CD ripped from PC : YES
• Can play MP3 CDs - YES
• MP3 playback order: Nested. See manual Pg 4-36
• Can load tracks to HD music box - commercial audio CDs only
• Can view text tags on display screen - YES - Album Name and Track Titles.

6 CD changer in trunk

• Can play audio CDs : YES
• Can play duplicated CDs or audio CD ripped from PC : YES
• Can play MP3 CDs - NO ?
• Can load tracks to HD music box - ??
• Can view text tags on display screen - Track names only
  

6 CD Changer in dash

• Can play audio CDs : YES
• Can play duplicated CDs or audio CD ripped from PC : YES
• Can play MP3 CDs - YES
• MP3 playback order: Nested. See manual Pg 4-36
• Can view text tags on display screen - Track names only
• No Music Hard Disk.

NOTES re HD Music Box:

• Can update missing titles on HD Music Box: YES. See http://www.infiniti.com/music-update/
• Can upload music from CF : NO
• Can upload music from single in-dash CD player - Commericial only
• Can upload music from 6 CD changer in trunk?: ??

 

From my experience, you should be able to copy any cd's to the HD regardless of if they are commercial, though it will not get track info.

As for the text tags, you can view them for any of the above by pressing the TEXT button on the screen.

JZ

 

So since the 6CD in-dash changer/headunit has no hard drive, does it really have gracenote?

 

Here is how I setup my MP3 CDs.

I make the tag just have song name.

Then I put the songs in folders by artist.

The screen then will have the Artist Name and directly below it the Song Name.

It also has great options for All CD Mix, 1 CD Mix, 1 Folder Mix, etc.

So I put similar genre bands on each MP3 CD. If I want to listen to just one band I do 1 Folder Mix. If I want to listen to the whole genre I do 1 CD Mix.

I love this car!!!

 

Nope, Gracenote only comes with the Music Box.

 

If you have 6 in Dash, you cannot have HD music box.

 

first, it checks the names on the cd, then it checks the names in gracenote. if no names on cd, and no gracenote on your car (or not in the gracenote library), no track names

 

I don't believe the folder nesting for the CF card works as advertised nor as it is shown in the manual. For me, it seems to only read the lowest level of folder on the card and doesn't seem to offer any "drill down" capability as the manual indicates it should offer. There have been a number of threads on this, I think others have seen this as well.

 

I must have missed the comment about not having the HD/Music Box. sorry!