To wrap up my issues, I was finally able to update the Gracenotes today. My initial update, made at the same time as when I created the 2.700 firmware update, was burned using the Express Burn software but it would fail at around 2%. Since its such a long update process, I didn't have an opportunity to go for any long drives, but I had a 40 minutes drive today, and I did get it updated and working today. What I did to get it to work:
1) Re-downloaded the Gracenotes update, just in case I had a glitch or lost packet on the first download. Its a large 3.11GB file, so no harm in doing this.
2) Burned it using a DVD+R disk instead of a DVD-R. I know Cannonball recommends -R, but I had a full cake stack of +R disks, so I used one.
3) Burned using Nero instead of Express Burn. Nero had always worked for me in the past, but it did not work for the 730N firmware update.
It was nice to see the album art finally appear correctly, for the most part. I'd say I only had 1 in 10 songs identified properly from my collection on the old Gracenotes, but now about 7 in 10 had the proper album art appearing. Its not perfect, but it'll do. That 40 minute drive was to the PA new car show at the Harrisburg farm show complex, and after I left there, I said to my buddy that I didn't see another vehicle that made me regret buying my Durano. In fact, it has been almost one year to the day that I brought it home. I just love this beast !! Altho, the 392 SRT in bruiser gray at the show did look mighty menacing .... trying to talk my wife into taking mine so I can buy that one
