jbuck
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I have seen posts about Album Art issues but everything so far centers around Gracenote being on or off, and album art specific to a USB connected device or media card. Has anyone else noticed, and/or definitively confirmed that the MyFord Touch system does not load album art from metadata that may be on a store bought CD or that this information is not pulled in from Gracenote relative to a CD that does not contain metadata?
Part two of this question relates to creating an MP3 data disc. MFT supports playing MP3 discs. This is a great way to get about 200 songs on a disc for playback. However, in my experience I have yet to see album art displayed that I confirmed is on the CD I created. Further, it doesn't seem that Gracenote checks for album art for an MP3 disc or for that matter a store bought CD.
Ford is researching this for me while my 2011 has been in the shop for 8 days for this and other things (bad APIM had to be replaced causing lot's of problems). Does it make sense that Gracenote features would be source dependent (e.g. USB connected devices or media card only)? This just does not sound right to me and it seems my local dealer is also curious but has not gotten a definitive answer from Ford....yet. Early indications if you read the manual carefully is that Gracenote is only referenced in the context of USB or media card devices so Gracenote and/or metadata may not work with bought or created CD's. Hope I am wrong and that Ford will confirm one way or the other soon. We miss our vehicle and I am a little put off by these problems and lack of clarification but otherwise happy with the vehicle.
Did Ford miss the boat on this one? I appreciate that some owners may be perfectly content with Gracenote features only working for USB connected devices or media card but I am not one of them.
Thanks
Part two of this question relates to creating an MP3 data disc. MFT supports playing MP3 discs. This is a great way to get about 200 songs on a disc for playback. However, in my experience I have yet to see album art displayed that I confirmed is on the CD I created. Further, it doesn't seem that Gracenote checks for album art for an MP3 disc or for that matter a store bought CD.
Ford is researching this for me while my 2011 has been in the shop for 8 days for this and other things (bad APIM had to be replaced causing lot's of problems). Does it make sense that Gracenote features would be source dependent (e.g. USB connected devices or media card only)? This just does not sound right to me and it seems my local dealer is also curious but has not gotten a definitive answer from Ford....yet. Early indications if you read the manual carefully is that Gracenote is only referenced in the context of USB or media card devices so Gracenote and/or metadata may not work with bought or created CD's. Hope I am wrong and that Ford will confirm one way or the other soon. We miss our vehicle and I am a little put off by these problems and lack of clarification but otherwise happy with the vehicle.
Did Ford miss the boat on this one? I appreciate that some owners may be perfectly content with Gracenote features only working for USB connected devices or media card but I am not one of them.
Thanks