how the hell do i get the cd title to show on the display, i read the manual n just cant get it

 

you can only do it with MP3 cds

 

then why did it display the xhibit cd

 

not true, it depends on the cd....i have some burned cd's that were burned with the correct track titles and they show up, and i have some store bought cd's that don't...so really, it all depends on the cd. if the cd you're trying is gonna do it, you'll find out by pressing the text button. once for the album, twice for the track, then a third time to get back to the original screen.

 

The CD has to be burned with CD-Text info.

 

This is starting to drive me insane. Kinda glad someone else asked....Anyway, if a CD is burned in MP3 format, then the track title/artist info will display? I was playing around on my iTunes last night trying to get it to work, but the help section said to re-import files in MP3 format. Wish I knew how to just change them over. Sorry, a little off topic there. Just trying to figure out the whole CD text process....

 

all my cd's, both audio tracks, and mp3's show the title

i use the default settings for an audio cd on nero and they show. maybe keep pressing text until you see it.

 

itunes doesnt do it, it ____es me off

 

The songs have to be named in Windows. There's software that does it for you or you can right click on the MP3 on click the "Summary" tab then click advanced then you will see where to put all the text. You should see somethinglike this:

But there is software out there that makes it easier, try searching on Download.com.

You can also set your view to details in windows explorer to see if they have already been named or not like in the pic.

 

Some original CDs have CDtext. Other than that if you have MP3 on the player.. make mp3 cd and it should read it.

 

Sadly, only one CD in my collection is formatted :? I haven't yet tried burn anything in mp3 format, but am going to. Will see if that works. Unfortunately, I have a mac, so that windows info is just teasing me Have used download.com before. but if anyone can recommend a good program for this kinda thing for mac OSX that would be lovely

 

Yeah some do. There isn't many of them though. But you can always rip a org. CD and burn it over with the text too. I used to use a program for CD text but it's been a long time since I used it and I can't remember what it was. Most of your downloaded music has text already but if you're ripping it most of the time it won't have it. It all depends on what ripping proggy you use. I know Musicmatch has a feature of knowing what the org CD is and it would name the tracks and add text for you.

 

I've got musicmatch, perhaps I'll try using that. Hopefully the one I have will work with mac....May just have to suck it up and head over to the parents house and spend some quality time with their pc.

 

You need to have an internet connection for the Musicmatch to work, which I'm sure you do! But Pioneer just came out with a deck that plays ACC files from I-Tunes too. Might want to look into that!

 

Yeeeessss....airport cards are a wonderful thing....how do you get free internet?? Pull off someone else's wireless signal! hahaha! I'll have to check into that pioneer deal. What's an ACC file??

 

AAC files my bad! Here it is here:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-KinmepK...0&I=130DEHP770

 

You can change your apple AAC files to mp3 in itunes, just highlight the tracks you want to change over, right click, and select "convert to mp3." You're going to want to use a different burning program though, try Easy CD creator in "MP3 CD" mode.

 

Sweet!! I thought iTunes would be hopeless. Will try that tonight. Thanks bunches!!

 

is that cd an enhanced cd? meaning if u put it into ur computer or DVD player it has extra features like vids and site links and stuff? maybe thats what the case it. or maybe ur cd player likes xzibit more than the other crap you play?

 

Here are instructions on how to burn an MP3 CD in iTunes so that title/artist/album info will show up: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60931

Remember first to go into iTunes Preferences and under Burning choose "MP3 CD." Otherwise it will burn an audio CD which you don't want.
iTunes for OS X: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164524
iTunes for Windows: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164638