dhh3 Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 Yes, I got every Album Art, except for 4 new ones that I had just bought on iTunes. I can not explain this. After many hours on the phone with both Apple and Uconnect, they can not explain it either. I am patiently waiting waiting for the Uconnect upgrade to iOS8.2. Maybe then I can get the iPod to work correctly. The SD card now works flawlessly. It totally integrates with the radio as it should. I can pick songs from a list, search by using the alphanumeric keys, repeat or shuffle between 1 or more albums, or just the whole list. I just downloaded a new album from iTunes, but I have no idea how to play it. It was up in the top, under "recents" but it does not show up on the card. I can live with this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtomatoman Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 What kind of a SD card do you have? Is there a specific type of card that uconnect recognizes or will any type of SD card work? Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhh3 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) I don't remember the name of the card, but it is the same kind I have in my digital camera. I did notice something. When I was loading my CDs onto my computer, a few had no artwork. So I went through iTunes and found art that was close enough. These do not show on the SD card either. All art shows on my iTunes library, my iPhone and my iPod. Infuriating. I loaded most of my CDs onto my RBZ MyGig in my Nitro, and EVERY art displayed. I do not know what Chrysler was thinking when they came out with these new radios. If they are supposed to do something, they better damn well do it! LOL Maybe just bring back the HD. The radio does look like a MyGig, only without the screen. Oh yeah: SansDisc! Edited April 16, 2015 by dhh3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtsr Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I read a post elsewhere on the net that when you purchase from ITunes encrypt art work so that (unless un-encrypted) only displays on Apple devices , don't know if this is a fact tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhh3 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Yes, it is true. It becomes a proprietary file belonging to Apple, and will only display on Apple Products. But it can be un-encrypted as you said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtomatoman Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Not sure, but I think Gracenote is to blame for the album art not displaying. If so, shame on Chrysler and their engineers for integrating that system into our vehicles and for not making Gracenote updates available for those who want it. Unclick Gracenote in uconnect and no art at all. Updates could be as easy as a 10 minute update to your uconnect at an oil change. Peace. dhh3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhh3 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 When I loaded most of my CDs, no matter how old they were, onto the 30 gig HD on my RBZ MyGig, every album artwork displayed. Besides the HD, something else was removed from these radios. That is the biggest problem I am still having - art! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtomatoman Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Well, if I'm right then no art that is not in the Gracenote database will display. Old is not necessarily the problem, its new & out of the ordinary stuff that will usually not appear. If you find a solution, I'd love to know what you find out. Peace. dhh3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhh3 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I am hard at work. There has to be a work around, without going into each song or album and making changes to the file in order for the art to display. I still don't know why Chrysler broke off ties with Gracenote. The radio recognizes the artists, and the names of each song (Show Info). I don't get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtomatoman Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I still don't know why Chrysler broke off ties with Gracenote. The radio recognizes the artists, and the names of each song (Show Info). I don't get it! Check you music cleanup. If the 2015 DJ has Gracenote, then Gracenote is the problem, I think. Is seems as if our uconnect system is defaulted to only use Gracenote images. No Gracenote image, no album art. Most other systems simply use the image that is associated with the song. If Gracenote recognizes a song, it will automatically show its database image as album art even if the song has no associated art or override associated art and show the Gracenote image if the song has associated art. Conversely, if a song has art associated with it, but Gracenote does not recognize the song, it will not show any art. The title information and such will still show, just no art. Gracenote is crazy. The "advantage" is that songs without art associated will have art, the disadvantage is that all art is limited by the Gracenote database, which Chrysler, evidently, has not allowed us to update. This is the best I can figure anyway. . . Peace. dhh3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhh3 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I spent many hours on the phone with both Apple and Uconnect. Chrysler no longer works with Gracenote. Bad decision, IMHO. But, Chrysler should provide us an alternative to Gracenote. Maybe with a new software update, but I'm not holding my breath! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtomatoman Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 So I have had some time with the new uconnect unit. It seems to have solved all issues except the iPod skips. They are still present. *sigh* Can't say I didn't try. Haven't had any navigation freezes as of now. I did have some problems trying to reupdate my maps back to 2014. Garmin.com didn't recognize my new unit ID. Had to call Garmin. They gave me a code for the update, so that's done. Overall a success since many of my issues seem to be resolved. Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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