Why does my sony xplod cdx-gt510 not show track information?

Question

I have a sony xplod cdx-gt510 that i installed on a 04 kia optima. From my understanding, it should show me track information on cd's and possibly on the radio station. None is shown however. Does anyone know if there is a setting that i need to change or is it something that i was mislead about?

Answer 1

I think you were misled.

The Sony decks can show track information as long as the information is encoded on the CDs. On most store-bought CDs, it's not present. You should be able to get track information on CDs that are labeled "CD-Text", or CDs that you burn on your computer and include track labeling.

As far as radio station info, if you want the station call letters to display you'll have to enter them yourself. You can change the display so that it shows whatever you want for a particular frequency, ie 99.7 becomes "WARB" or "HOT FM" or whatever you decide to enter. The Sony unit can't get that information from the radio broadcast; it can only display what you tell it to. The only way to get radio station displays is to have a deck with HD-radio or RDS built in; both are uncommon right now.

If you don't have a manual for the deck, here's a link:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=CDXGT510&LOC=3

Answer 2

idk but if you find out let me know cause i have the same deck in my s-10 and it doesnt show any thing.