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Old 07-31-2009, 06:38 PM
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Gracenote Database Update

I just updated the Gracenote database for the first time since I bought my TL (February, 2009). I downloaded the update on to my computer, unzipped it, and from there to a flash drive. It worked like a charm. (I have a Mac) The website indicates that an updated database will be available in August, 2009.
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and the question is - did the system now recognize any songs it didn't have titles for b4?
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Just installed myself via CD-R as my usb drive sucks..install took about 10-15 minutes. After go to your NO TITLE albums, and click the get album info and it should get the info if it's there. I had 5 no title albums now I only have 1 :-)
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do yo have a website that i can go to download the update?
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Originally Posted by aeiou32
do yo have a website that i can go to download the update?
The latest Gracenote Update is here

http://www.navigation.com/is-bin/INT...m=Homegn&pg=gn

they say another one is coming "early August."
Old 08-02-2009, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by DLeeWebb
The latest Gracenote Update is here

http://www.navigation.com/is-bin/INT...m=Homegn&pg=gn

they say another one is coming "early August."
Edit: The Acura website changed the ETA of the next Gracenote Update, within the last forty-eight hours, from "early August" to "late October."
Old 08-02-2009, 02:03 PM
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tried the update - easy to do - still didn't give titles to all, but more than b4
Old 08-27-2009, 11:17 AM
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Does the new updates give Gracenote info for the Acura Demo disc? Pretty silly that there is no Gracenote for that.
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no the acura demo disc isn't a cd. Its a DVD-A.
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so still no update and it says coming October 09
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new update:

Next update will be available in February 2010
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Anyone know when the new update will be out? First October 09 then February 2010 and still not out.
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Question New update

I have been unable to get my HDD to recognize the new update I downloaded from Acura (10.06.0010) both on CD and on USB flash drive. The current version listed on my car's HDD Gracenote info screen is 09.06.0010, so I know the verson i have downloaded is newer, but the car tells me it cannot find a newer version on either of the media sources I have tried. Does anyone have any helpful tips?
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Originally Posted by Manch Utd 17
I have been unable to get my HDD to recognize the new update I downloaded from Acura (10.06.0010) both on CD and on USB flash drive. The current version listed on my car's HDD Gracenote info screen is 09.06.0010, so I know the verson i have downloaded is newer, but the car tells me it cannot find a newer version on either of the media sources I have tried. Does anyone have any helpful tips?
I'm not sure how Gracenote numbers their updates, but it has nothing to do with the actual date (as far as I can tell). 10.06.0010 is the July '09 version. It has been nearly a YEAR (yes I'm yelling, can you hear me Acura?!?) since the last Gracenote update.
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Originally Posted by infomas
I'm not sure how Gracenote numbers their updates, but it has nothing to do with the actual date (as far as I can tell). 10.06.0010 is the July '09 version. It has been nearly a YEAR (yes I'm yelling, can you hear me Acura?!?) since the last Gracenote update.
thats rediculous....i updated mine but at this point the majority of my music is gonna be on my ipod and i wont really be using the HD much at all...
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It looks like they haven't updated the site, but the download is dated Feb-2010.

https://cds.ncs.navteq.com/content/c...=6DXL56HD62ON3
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Make sure that you're not saving the updates under a root directory, the software cannot find it if you do. The instructions tells you that, have fun......
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Installing grace note on flash drive

I'm not sure if the new update of gracenote is out yet. Acura's site said Aug. 2010. I attempted to download was was asked to purchase something but I was sure what to do gave very limited info. I'm not a tech person. Can someoneplease help?
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I DL mine like 2 weeks ago and updated fine.
Its 332mb zip file.
Extract to a usb and go thru the motions in the car.
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New version seems to be available as I write.
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Bump, looks like there is an update from May 2011 (Says the next update is due in July) that is now available, given my build date prior to March I'm downloading now and hoping that it works in my '12 even though it says it's not supported, I have a feeling that's a non issue.

I'll report back if it does/doesn't work.

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Good news is that it updated, but the CD I attempted to load (Pearl Jam live on 10 legs) isn't in that update, oh well, there's always next time!

I'm starting to think that just tossing my entire iTunes library (about 20gb) onto a thumb drive will be much easier lol.
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New update is now available!
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So I just downloaded the latest zip file from the website and I'm having an issue. I unzipped the file with WinRAR and keep getting an error that says "unexpected end of archive". It won't let me decompress the files or anything.

Has anyone ran into this problem? Could it be something to do with WinRAR? Should I download the zip file again?
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First, yes, I'd re-download it, zip and rar files have checksums, which is sounds as if that's what you hit.

On a side note....

Why would you use winrar to unzip, just let XP's (or vista, or 7) native compressed folder utility extract it?

I had no issues on OSX either.
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Originally Posted by gibjer
First, yes, I'd re-download it, zip and rar files have checksums, which is sounds as if that's what you hit.

On a side note....

Why would you use winrar to unzip, just let XP's (or vista, or 7) native compressed folder utility extract it?

I had no issues on OSX either.
It turned out to be winRAR which is weird. Never had a problem with it before. I'm just used to winRAR since I've used it for years. I know the native zip utilities work fine, but there are still some files out there that are winRAR specific.

Anyways, I downloaded it at work and it unzipped fine.
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Finally got the update to work. And of course it only found one of my untitled albums. The newest Fleet Foxes and Beastie Boy albums didn't pull. They both came out on May 3rd so this update must have just missed them.

I guess there is always October. Or manually entering them in, but that is not fun!
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October 2011 update now available.

http://www.navteq.com/gracenote/acura/tl.htm




Next update January 2012
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Old 10-22-2011, 05:29 PM
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my update file says Aug inside hte zip file, but the zip file is named Oct.
anybody else having this issue?
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Mine is the same, that's the norm, I think the last one was May/July
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^ did it load ok for you? it wouldnt go on mine. i'll switch usb keys and try again....
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worked. i had to use a smaller capacity usb key.
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January 2012 Update now available.

http://www.navteq.com/gracenote/acura/tl_update.htm

Next update April 2012
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Old 02-06-2012, 07:49 PM
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thanks,just updated mine for the 1st time, since i got the car in june 2011
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Anyone recently tried to update gracenote? I don't know why I am having a hard time trying to check the audio gracenote version in my audio system.

I have 2012 FWD TL and no matter how long I am holding the AUX button, it won't go to any menus.
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Originally Posted by Questionz
Anyone recently tried to update gracenote? I don't know why I am having a hard time trying to check the audio gracenote version in my audio system.

I have 2012 FWD TL and no matter how long I am holding the AUX button, it won't go to any menus.
I just did it actually thanks to you bumping this thread. Upgraded from 12.x to 14.x

Just go to Audio, then HDD, then you should go to HDD Setup. You don't hold the AUX button down or anything. Just scroll to the HDD and then use the wheel to go to HDD Setup.

You'll find the Gracenote Info/Update there.
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How long does it usually take for the update to load into the system (in the car)? I obtained the latest files and put on a USB drive and tried to load into the HDD in the car, but after about 15 minutes I was still getting an "updating" screen, like it was still in process. I assume it's supposed to eventually say "complete". I stopped because I was done driving the car and I didn't want to run down the battery/run the engine. I'm wondering if I did something wrong with the files I copied onto the drive, but I would hope it would give me an error message in that case. (2012 TSX Wagon). Maybe I'm just not patient enough. I have the drive about half full with music, if that matters.
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Originally Posted by chrisgreencar
How long does it usually take for the update to load into the system (in the car)? I obtained the latest files and put on a USB drive and tried to load into the HDD in the car, but after about 15 minutes I was still getting an "updating" screen, like it was still in process. I assume it's supposed to eventually say "complete". I stopped because I was done driving the car and I didn't want to run down the battery/run the engine. I'm wondering if I did something wrong with the files I copied onto the drive, but I would hope it would give me an error message in that case. (2012 TSX Wagon). Maybe I'm just not patient enough. I have the drive about half full with music, if that matters.
I think 15 to 20 minutes is pretty typical. It does take considerably longer than one would think.

If you're updating, though, you might consider that the latest update is now overdue, and will likely be out in the next month or so.

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Thanks for the heads up. Maybe I'll wait, or maybe I'll try it again just to see if it works. It sounds like I didn't give it quite enough time to finish. Updating doesn't erase playlists, does it? I think I read that if I have changed info, it wipes that out, and I may have done that on a CD that burned in with no song titles, but that's not a big deal. I'm curious, by the way, on how many people use this HDD feature. I get the impression it's not used much and will seem as dated as a CD changer in the near future. But I like it.
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Updating won't affect your playlists.

As to how much it gets used, that dpends; some guys here prefer to plug in an iPod, and some rely on spotify/pandora. I personally haven't (yet) bought into Apple, and don't like burning through that much data (not a criticism of those who do...I'm just cheap). One advantage to the HDD system is that I'll often take a cd I'm on the fence about out of the library, and listen on the way home. If I like, I've got it on the HDD, and if not, I delete.

I only wish the Gracenote updates were better. It's about 60/40 on recognition, and generally nothing newer than 8 months. Strangely, the Honda update (which comes out at the same time), seems to be able to catch and tag more than the update for the TL.
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