i was wondering if anyone could explain to me something about the cd text feature on an Alpine CDA-9811... For example when i put in an "Big TYmers" cd bought from a store, the text does not display automatically... i have to manually put in the words and the HU wont allow me to put over 8 characters... I put in another cd that i burned from an original off my computer ,"3 6 mafia", and their name scrolls across the screen along with the full track list of every song and it scroll with over 8 characters... This is the only cd out of like 10 that have had the text automatically... if anyone can help shed some light on this for me i would really appreciate it.. thanks

 

I think the 9811/9813/9815 all display the TAG information from .mp3/.wma files. When you buy a cd in a store there is not TAG info because the music format is .wav. I think the HU can be manually programmed to recognize a certain number of CD's with a title that you add (maybe 250 or 500 I forget).

 

what ABS siad was true and also if you want a store bought CD to have all that info the CD should say "TEXT" on the case or CD. Not too many companies do that.
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P.S. i'll be in N.O. in March, i'm in the military right now.