mtulbert

The HD interface is almost identical in form and function to the FM. If you are looking for only cosmetic change do not spend the money on this... It greatly improved my reception and I am happy to have it.

Just to throw in a little more explanation. I believe but am not 100% positive that you would need to split your antenna to the HD module and the AVIC. That is what I did and the MSN works fine. In all honesty I did not try to see if MSN came in on the HD Module. Logic says that is should work, but the question is if the AVIC still sees the MSN data stream over the HD hookup. Let us know what happens if you go this route. Regards, M

Thanks for clearing it up Alex. The overview was what I meant to be talking about. Just got my terms mixed up. Thanks for clearing that up. ATB M

Ozmangrant, What probably happened is that you have the smart zoom turned on and set to zoom at 2.0 miles. BTW this is a feature that I really like. If your route segment is longer than 2 miles the screen will zoom out and give you an overview and it does it with North up. As you get under 2 miles the screen should zoom in and revert to the mode that you were using before. I believe if you turn off the smart zoom then this will not happen. Alex will correct me if I am wrong. Hope this helps. Mark

Hi Alex, Thanks for the response. Black letters with white should do the trick. And it work well for the night screens as well. If you can explain to me how to change the colors, I would try it myself and let you know which combination seems to work best. Regards, M

Hi Alex, Happy New Year to you. Sorry for the unclear explanation. It is the distance information to the speedcam that is hard to read. The color of the numbers do not stand out enough for me to take a quick glance and discern the information. A different color would make that information more discernable IMHO Thanks and regards as always. Mark

Alex, Happy holidays to you!. Your latest mod is absolutely terrific. It makes the Avic what it should have been in the first place. I have one small request or question. The color of the speedcam information is very difficult for me to see. I am using the Pioneer background which has been modified and it just blends into to the point where it is difficult for me to see. I will change the color my self if you can tell me where to find the parameters to change it. If I can modify this, you upgrade would be flawless IMHO. Thanks M

You will probably need some type of adapter harness to get it up and working. Metra is one company that does harnesses and well as Scosche I believe. Also, I think that there was and entire post of an install into a Scion. Do some searching and that may be of some help to you. Good luck. Happy Holidays M

Alex, It just keeps getting better and better. One thing, I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I tried to POI search and I seem to get the wide search. How would I narrow that down some? I put in a search for a burger joint called Del's and got responses for Delta's with the DEL'S characters highlighted and things that were 300 miles away. I will keep playing with it and see if I can figure it out, but right now not making a whole lot of progress. Thanks in advance and happy holidays. M

Hmm I see what you mean. I just did it in an emulator. It certainly does zoom out to the full level and then come right back down. I will take a look at it. Thanks for finding it. Thanks for taking the time to check it out and address it. M

Hi Alex, Happy holidays to you.. I have noticed a small "sniglet" which I am not sure is intentional or not, but I have discovered that the Overview mode ( which I use a lot when navigating) is not working when the smart zoom is on. What I see happen is the Overview mode screen will come on briefly and then immediately go back to the scale that I have already set. Not the close up but normal operation for me is the 1500 ft scale. Then as I get closer the screen does the zoom in. After I make the turn if the distance to travel is more than 4 miles for example the screen would go to the

Alex, As always great mod. One quick question for you. Did you at one time have a toggle for the street numbers? Not sure if it was you or someone else. I would like to have the ability to turn them on or off or have them come on during navigation. If it is a hassle, don't worry about it; with the address of the final destination showing and the voice telling you which side of the street it is on, it won't be a big deal for me with the street numbers if it is problematic to do it. Regards and happy holidays. M

Make sure that you do not have the IP Bus cable reversed. They seem very specific about the direction that this cable should be used. IE Black into the reciever and blue into the Nav Unit. Hope this helps

Thanks so much for the help. I really appreciate it. My confusion came from the fact that the backup of the upgrade did not contain that folder for some reason. However it was on the Avic. After that a piece of cake. Thanks again so much for the help.. It works perfectly. Regards, M

I am feeling really dim today. I downloaded your Samantha file and have no idea where to put it. I unzipped your file on another drive on my computer just to look at and I still can not find the appropriate place to install. I am not a total noobee, but I am sure missing something here. Can you explain what to do after you download the file? I have no problems modifying the sys file whatsoever. Not sure why I am finding this so confusing. I feel like a !!!!! Thanks M