jlindblo Report post Posted August 29, 2009 We took advantage of the "Clunkers" program (thanks to you all) plus traded in our 1999 Toyota 6 cyl Camry on a FFH which has all the bells and whistles. Now the wife has severe arthritis and would notice any negatives in ride and comfort .... and from a person who would immediately let me know ... she didn't!! Her first comments were " It's much quieter and definitely more comfortable than the Camry .... with plenty of zip too. And the ride and drive-ablity is very very nice". So we got off to a good start here. But my question is about the Gracenotes database. It was the wife's birthday and I bought her 3 cds of her favorite music and recorded them to the "Jukebox". I had my Bluetooth enabled cell phone in the car and I expected (and hoped) that the album and artist would be captured and written to the Jukeboxe's hard drive, either by phone or it's database. It wasn't and I entered in all the information in manually. My thoughts were that the database on the hard drive would be aware of the cd contents, or that my cell would dial and hook into the Gracenotes database and grab the information. Neither happened leaving me a little confused. Do I need to request an updated software update on a cd ... or am I missing something here? :blush: :blush: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlwaverunr Report post Posted August 29, 2009 We took advantage of the "Clunkers" program (thanks to you all) plus traded in our 1999 Toyota 6 cyl Camry on a FFH which has all the bells and whistles. Now the wife has severe arthritis and would notice any negatives in ride and comfort .... and from a person who would immediately let me know ... she didn't!! Her first comments were " It's much quieter and definitely more comfortable than the Camry .... with plenty of zip too. And the ride and drive-ablity is very very nice". So we got off to a good start here. But my question is about the Gracenotes database. It was the wife's birthday and I bought her 3 cds of her favorite music and recorded them to the "Jukebox". I had my Bluetooth enabled cell phone in the car and I expected (and hoped) that the album and artist would be captured and written to the Jukeboxe's hard drive, either by phone or it's database. It wasn't and I entered in all the information in manually. My thoughts were that the database on the hard drive would be aware of the cd contents, or that my cell would dial and hook into the Gracenotes database and grab the information. Neither happened leaving me a little confused. Do I need to request an updated software update on a cd ... or am I missing something here? :blush: :blush: I had the same issue when i put in a newer CD, so I called the number on the GraceNote page (CD Database Information)---it was Ford. The rep didn't really have a good answer. She 'thought' that the update for the database would be on the NAV updates, but from what I understood the updates were separate. I saw that Acura has free updates that are available for download for their systems---I would hope that information could be available for us Ford Owners through the syncmyride.com site. It was a pain to enter one album manually, I can't imagine several. :banghead: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlindblo Report post Posted August 29, 2009 I did see in the user's manual an 800 # to call ..... but I would prefer to just go to a website and download what I need. It's a snap on your computer so it shouldn't be any different with the FFH as long as your phone is active. Or so it seems to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
black70bird Report post Posted August 31, 2009 I did see in the user's manual an 800 # to call ..... but I would prefer to just go to a website and download what I need. It's a snap on your computer so it shouldn't be any different with the FFH as long as your phone is active. Or so it seems to me. Make sure you have reception with Sirius, that is how the information is updated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oman Report post Posted August 31, 2009 According to the Ford notes on the Sync forum, the database is loaded from a CD onto the hard drive. It does not update live over the air. The database on the drive can be updated by ordering a CD from Gracenote. It does not update when you do a Sync firmware update. The CD is only updated every 6 months or so from what I understand. If you register on the Sync site you can get the order details, I don't have them with me. I think there is a charge under $10.00 for it. Jon Make sure you have reception with Sirius, that is how the information is updated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlindblo Report post Posted September 1, 2009 Thanks black70bird for the info. I will see if I can find the website. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites