C6 Guy

Excellent instructions, worked perfect! Now to bypass it being that the old ground the wire trick doesnt work with 70M discs.

 

What model are you using? My D1 still works fine with the same bypass that has been documented for years.

OK, I had to use a variety of tools to get a good, complete, working disk with custom wallpapers injected. A lot more work than the CNDV-60 disk.

 

First off..remember that your PIMs need to be in 8.3 format and in all CAPS.

 

I mounted the MDS with Daemon tools. Then I used UltraISO to create a new ISO. For some reason Ultra throws an application exception when trying to open the CNDV-70 .MDS file directly. In the new ISO The directories underneath the BG directory were 0 byte files instead of directories with files. The only thing I found that would see them as directories with files was IZArc. There were a few other files in other directories that did the same thing (\point\sound\ I think). So I opened the MDS file with IZArc and extracted the BG directory and injected that into the ISO file I created with Ultra. Then I injected my custom PIMs into the PIM2DIN folder. What I found was that the AVIC (D1 anyway) will only display the first 15 PIMS (alphabetically) in this directory. Any others in the PIM2DIN directory don't show up. You can add more PIMs to the PIMANIM2 directory (that are not animated) but they don't seem to display with the right resolution.

 

HTH

So mount the MDS/MDF with Daemon tools, make a new ISO from it w/ UltraISO and inject the backgrounds into that new ISO right? If so I'll give it a whirl. Would this essentially be the same as extracting the files out of MagicISO (which shows all the files) and creating a new ISO from the extracted files w/ Ultra? The DVD doesn't need to be bootable or anything stupid like that?

This is pissing me off. I can burn the MDF to a DL DVD fine with Alcohol 120 so I know the image is good but when I open it in UltraISO I get a memory violation. When I open it in MagicISO I get the problem where the subdirectories under BG don't show up and if I add the directories/jpg's and pim's to it the DVD I end up with, the AVIC doesn't like. If I open it in IZArc I see the correct file structure but I can't inject any files into it for some reason. So I have a working OEM DVD but I've been unsuccessful in adding any custom backgrounds.

 

I took the DVD I made from the MDF and couldn't see the BG subdirectiories in Explorer. I made another ISO out of it and when I open it in MagicISO I can't see anything under BG but when I open it in IZArc I can, but of course it won't let me add any files!!!

 

Answer: Alcohol can't inject files into the ISO.

 

...but it is in the process of burning the MDF I got from the torrent so that tells me there's something wrong with the version of UltraISO I'm using (8.6.3.2052), assuming the disk burns to completion.

Having a bit of a problem getting this to work. I downloaded the west torrent, un-rar'ed it, DL'ed UltraISO and when I try to open the MDS file UltraISO throws an access violation. I accidentally whacked my torrent and the associated RAR so all I have left is the MDx files. How do I check the CRC? Re-DL'ing the torrent now but apparently there aren't as many seeders because it says it's going to take 12 days.

 

Will Alcohol allow you to inject custom backgrounds?

Use the new Java PIM converter (sticky). Mucho better color and no transparency.

Though many people will probably say don't, I've always just given the wire a nice tug. Never ripped the connector off either.

 

Ditto. I fiddled with some very small screwdrivers and a paperclip for a while and gave up. It came out with a decent yank.

BTW the bar takes up ~50 pixels of the 240 pixel screen height. Good to know when creating backgrounds.

 

Cheers.

Check out the sticky about the JAVA based PIM converter.

Same here. I think I read that this is just something we have to live with. I'm going to try changing all the white in my backgrounds to just a shade darker than white.

I got a hold of UltraISO which read the .MDS and .MDF files and allowed me to inject the PIM files I wanted. So I'm all set thanks to the forum although the backgrounds I created didn't come out as good as I had hoped. I need to play around with GIMP some more.

I'm going to continue to seed the west disk and if anyone posts an east disk torrent I'll seed that as well.

I can burn copies of the west disk for any forum members who want one. I figure $12 covers the dual layer DVD, shipping and labor. It won't have anything fancy on the label.

So I got the image from the west torrent but it looks to be in 120% alcohol format. Are there any freeware/shareware tools I can open this with and inject the pim files? I tried isobuster which reads it but it doesn't want to let me insert my files. DVD Decryptor doesn't want to open it and neither will Nero Express 6.

D1 with 1.2 navi disk and bypass: Going down the freeway the other day and decided to plot out a route. Going down the highway it tells me for every flippin' exit "In 7/10ths of a mile, stay left". I can't imagine how annoying this would be on a long trip! I can't find anywhere to change this behavior. I have downloaded the CNDV-60 disk and am going to upgrade as soon as my DL DVD burner gets here and am hoping that this will change.

I'm helping to seed the West disk. Only adding another 300 kb but doing my part to help. :wink: I have not verified the torrent as I just ordered my dual layer DVD burner.

[quote name="Creef412"]Sorry to post so much but it seems there are two new torrents for CNDV-60MP discs.

East:
[url=http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3509074]http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3509074[/url]

and West:
[url=http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3508455]http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3508455[/url]

Good Luck to all!

Creef412[/quote]

I don't have the amp turn on wire hooked up to anything since I am using the HU to power all the speakers. I guess if the door speakers do have their own amp that may explain some of it. I need to crack open the door panel and see exactly what I've got. It's just weird because the N1 was working ok.

The HPF is off. It's in an '05 Corvette which had the Bose system but by the time I got it the stock system had been ripped out in favor of an N1 which is dumb because it blocks the AC vents when it flipped up and the D1 fits neatly into the double DIN. So I sold the N1 and am 95% done installing the D1. So the car had the Bose but they elected to hack into the wiring harness rather than buy the unit to plug into the stock harness and retain the chime and RAP when the put the N1 in and I am just going with it so I used the same wires they did to hook up the D1. The N1 had bass, the D1 does not. I read about the HPF and verified that it was off. Seems like in the SLA menu you can choose whether to send low frequencies to the rear speakers or the sub. I know on the C5's the door speakers had their own amps so it could be that I am sendint an amplified signal to the amps in the doors but that should just sound like total garbage, not just keep the bass out.

Sweet. I'll go ahead and hook it up then. Thanks!

I don't have the illumination wire hooked up just yet. The sensor seems to do a good job of dimming the display. My question is if I hook up the illum wire does the display of the map actually change? In my old TL it would change the background from tan to black. Does the D1 do this or is the illum wire just to dim the display if you are not using the sensor?

I have my D1 hooked up directly to the stock speakers. Very simple, no sub, no amp, nothing but the HU and speakers. Problem is there is NO bass! Very tinny, way worse than stock. In reading the manual I think it is because the unit thinks I have a sub and is keeping all low frequency sound from getting to the speakers.

 

In the manual it says to go into the Audio menu and then into the SLA (source level adjustment) and you can set the pre-outs off. But the SLA button is greyed out for me.

 

Anyone have any ideas? Suppose I could hit the reset button. I have downloaded the CNDV-60 torrent and an awaiting my early Christmas present (dual layer DVE burner) and I will upgrade the firmware to D2 but I don't think it will fix it.

I'm looking for low priced D1's too. I have seen them for $588 + $32 shipping. Just want to see if there are any cheaper ones.

 

http://stores.channeladvisor.com/electr ... AVIC-D1-RB?