SONY CD Text?

Sorry not really Vauxhall but couldn't find suitable NG. I have a
Sony head Unit and
have just fitted a SONY CDXT67 changer. All seems to work fine except
the text for each track doesn't show any more?

If I burn a CD with NERO and put a title on it then I see the title so
text is working.

If I take the same CD and put it in the head unit then I see text for
all the tracks as well. Is there something I have missed or is this
'normal'

cheers,
Len

 

Hi Len,
Sony do not do full CD text for this changer. You'll get the
disk name but not individual track names.

RE: suitable newsgroup. Try uk.rec.audio.car

Stu.

 

Stu,
Many thanks, I mailed Sony and they got back almost the next
day with the same answer. None of their CD changers support track
names.


cheers,
Len

 

Hi Len,

Lots of Sony changers support full CD text. I know my
CDX-T70MX does, as did my last Sony changer.

Stu.

 

Stu,
Sorry for the confusion. Sony tell me there are 2 types of
text. CD text and Memo text. My head unit supports both and that's why
I get track names as well as CD name. All their changers only support
CD Text so you only get the CD title not the track names.

Well that's what they reckon anyway. Are you saying you get track
names as well as CD title from your changer ?

cheers,
Len

 

Well that's what they reckon anyway. Are you saying you get track

I did from my old one to. I also did from my 300 disc cd changer.
Never heard of memo text.


Tim

 

Yes. On the head unit the disk title appears with a circular disk
symbol at the start of the name and the track title appears with a
little musical note at the start of the name. You change between them
and the track time using the 'disp' button.

When using MP3 disks in my changer, the disk title changes to the
folder name and the track title changes to the filename of the MP3
track. If I had a more recent head unit I'd get the ID3 tags from the
MP3 files (and be able to do folder up/down using the album up/down
buttons)

Hope this helps,

Stu.

 

Me either. I think he means the option where you can actually enter
disk names into the head unit which are remembered by the changer and
get displayed when you play the disk. I think you can enter something
like 100 names. Seems a bit like hard work to me.

Stu.

 

This is according to SONY!

I can confirm that there are two versions of CD Text available on Sony
products. They are memo text and disc text. Memo text displays the
individual track information whilst disc text displays the disc title
information. The reason that you receive full information on the
head unit
is that this model supports both version of CD Text, whereas the
changer
only supports disc text, resulting in a lack of track title
information when
played in the changer.


and --


It is with regret that none of our current range of CD changers have
the facility to display both Memo Text and Disc Text. All of our
current range of CD changers are only compatible with the Disc Text.


Now puzzled even more!


cheers,
Len

 

Hi Len,

Maybe it's the current range of CD changers only then. I've got an MP3
changer and CD text definitely works on it. I get disk title followed
by artist and each track title gets displayed as it's played. The only
CD text I don't get is the artists name for an individual track, only
the track title.

The old 10 disk CD changer I had showed exactly the same, but it's not
exactly a current model.

So it looks like you'll only get full text on either an MD changer or
an MP3 changer. Not a CD changer. Bit poo really.

Stu.