CD text / iTunes or Media Player artist, song info.

CD TEXT adds artist and song title information to standard audio CDs. It requires a CD audio player that supports CD text. Usually you will find these players in cars or multi-disc carousel machines. The players usually have a LCD or LED display window which reads the CD text info from the disc. This feature should not to be confused with iTunes or Media Players on a computer (see below). Do not forget to add all your options such as Language (English) choice in your software preferences. Placing n/a in your language causes delays in mastering.  The CD TEXT information, coded as characters for maximum efficiency, is contained in the R to W subcode channels in the lead-in and/or program area of a CD.

• Lead-in area: text information about the whole disc and individual tracks.
• Program area: text information for the current track including track title, composer, performers etc. The CD TEXT data is repeated throughout each track to reduce the delay in retrieving the data.

To write CD text information your burning software will either allow or disallow this feature. Check with the manufacturer of both your software and hardware to enable this feature. CDman fully supports masters with CD text enabled at no additional cost.

With regards to iTunes or Windows Media player running on a computer; once a disc is replicated at CDman all the discs will contain an identical 'fingerprint' id code which will be unique in the marketplace. If you then load up this disc on your computer and run iTunes you can then name the songs, enter artist info, style of music etc. and then use the menu Submit CD Track Names (see image below). iTunes will connect to the CDDB (data base) and attach the song information to the unique fingerprint of your pressed CDs. Since pressed CDs all have the same fingerprint, anyone loading your CD into iTunes will see the track listing information if they are connected to the internet. There is no need to pay anyone extra or do any prior setup for this feature since you can easily take care of this yourself once you receive your discs. Note: iTunes and Windows Media player may access different data bases so multiple submits using each player should be considered.