JTVD

Hi, I have a US F500BT and updated it to FW3 as per posts in this forum and iGo 8.3x maps, I have full 7-digit postcodes running and am therefore a reasonably happy camper.

I would just like to complete the transformation a bit more in as much that I would like to get a Euro Cradle for TMC and dump the MSN feature, and get TTS and Euro voices working.

Here is where I need some help:

How can I get TMC working with the correct cradle and aerial? What do I need to do hacking wise? anyone had any success with this? I was told somewhere that I might need to wipe the unit completely and replace everything with EU software... any way around this? Alternatively are the required files posted somewhere? Please assume I know nothing and explain or help in detail, I would be ever so grateful.

How do I get all the Euro voices to work? And how do I get TTS to do a UK English voice?

I have all the Euro voices from the iGo maps, but they don't show up in the preferences when running the unit.

What do I do? I saw the note about changing the US designation to Euro designation in the sys.txt file, surely that's not enough, is it?

All help greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Tim

If you downloaded my archieve, and you use a european model, in sys.txt it has to be 749EW instead of 749UC

Hi, my problem precisely, if I just change the designation where you indicate here in the sys.txt file to the EU designation, will that sort it? Lower down there is also :

[local]

voice_key="Eng_us_m1"

default_language="english US"

Should I change this to 'UK'?

I have a US F500BT and got FW3 working with iGo Euro Maps 8.3.

I have added Euro voices into the iGo folder, but do not have them available to choose from...

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

Tim

Hi, got my US F500BT and got FW 3 as well as the iGo 8.3 maps working via testmode, no problem.

This thanks to various posts in this forum, which is fantastic.

Re TMC issue, apparently the cradle is the issue and I need to get myself a EU cradle, which has the TMC circuits inside. Re FW, how would I 'wipe the unit and flash to EU spec'?

I am game fore it!

Which files would I need to replace?

I also only have US voices to choose from..., how can I add UK English?

many thanks

Tim

Thanks for the heads up. Yes, I was going to go for all the other bits as well.

TMC is not too important for me (Landrover Defender in deepest Dorset), iPod , iPhone/BT support, reversing camera and maps much more of an issue...

Thanks

Tim

Before you all shout, I have searched the forum and not come across a clear answer.

I would like to install a US F-500BT in my Landrover Defender in England and get the 3.0 firmwaee and map update for Europe.

Can I run a US model in Europe?

I asked Pioneer and they said that the internals are differently configured for different Sat signals, which I found dubious, as for example the GPS in my iPhone picks up all GPS signals.

I could of course just make my life easy and buy one over here, but the price difference is just insane: $175 in the US, compared to £437 in the UK ($723).

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks (also, if the above is possible, do I need to hack into the system to change to the European Firmware?)

I am sure someone else must have done the exact same thing...

Tx

What rubbish:

Population of Europe: 830m

Population of USA: 303m

Total rip-off..., again...