Ralpharn

Can someone confirm that new X940BT (and Z140BH) has testmode?

How to enter to testmode (based on previous models):

Push and hold HOME button, turn on ignition, keep home button pressed and press previous button, next button, previous, next and so on while keeping home button pressed until the unit restarts, it should enter testmode.

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Can someone confirm that new Z140BH (and X940BT) has testmode?

How to enter to testmode (based on previous models):

Push and hold HOME button, turn on ignition, keep home button pressed and press previous button, next button, previous, next and so on while keeping home button pressed until the unit restarts, it should enter testmode.

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HowTo backup Pioneer UI - youtube

1. push and hold HOME button, turn on ignition, keep home button pressed and press previous button, next button, previous, next and so on while keeping home button pressed until the unit restarts, it should enter testmode.
   
2. move down and enter FILE MAINTENANCE,
   
3. go to USER, select COPY on the menu,
   
4. move up, and go to SD,
   
5. select PASTE on the menu,
   
6. once it finish - BACKUP IS DONE. It may take up to 15 minutes to finish.
   
7. now hold EJECT button for 5s to get to sd card, take it and connect to pc,
   
8. copy USER directory somewhere safe on your computer.
   

If you have problem or just would like to know more- you are welcome here.

Take a look here. They made some progress in replacing images in image.img file.

Nice!

Can you make software backup from your X940BT?

I would like to take closer look at new USER folder.

Can we kindly ask our topicstarter to make software backup from his Z140BH and share it?

We need USER folder (it will take 10-15minutes)

and NDATA folder... but it can take much longer -up to 1.5 hours.

Hi Rafael,

Search is not working on my transplanted map.

So I still hope that someone will crack this awful pioneer's GPS software and run something like IGO instead.

Cheers!

1. No. looks like it is blocked at OS level.

2. No. But com7 is suspected.

3. We have 4 copies of OS image. Two of them in hidden partition.

We can extract files from image, but do not know how to save changes in these images.

EU090PLT.PRG first 0x200 butes - header, there is CRC32 and size.

then 0xC0000 Unknown area. It has some info but we do not know such format.

Than image in nb0 format - use something like dumpromx to read it.

(do not forget -5 for dumprom/dumpromx ) (thanks ot Carver)

As far as I understand, software inside X930BT and F930BT is identical. At least USER folder. Difference is inside NDATA folder - we have different maps.

BUT according to service manual we have different chips PEG745A8 or PEG747A8 on circuit board as well as resistors that define region. One guy in Russia even resoldered resistors according to different region but even radio friquency hasn't changed so I think main thing that defines region in our devices is PEG745A8/PEG747A8 chip.

Take a look here

If someone need Australian map (or explanation how to run different map on our units using Australian map as example) please take a look here

Here is little "How To" set different language for menu and AV part in your unit:

For instance I have X930BT that made for US and it has only English, French and Spanish languages in menu, But I want it to use Russian. It is possible because in \USER\PRG0\Apl\LANGDATA\StringData\ I have list of 21 languages, I just select language from selectable for instance French (Sorry guys I can't speak French!) I move UCCAFRC.LNG somewhere safe and rename EURURUR.LNG to UCCAFRC.LNG

Then select French in menu and ...Ta-dammm... I have Russian menu.

How to select rigt file? just open file that you suspect contains language you need in text editor and you will see plain text. Enjoy!

BTW if your unit have been updated you have chance that you need make changes in \USER\PRG1\Apl\LANGDATA\StringData\

read here

Hallelujah!

Now we have map from Australian F930BT so we can get non-Australian units to work-ish here in Australia.

Map works but search is not working, Because it expect zip code in field of "City". So it jumps to the cocpit view (crashes?) so we need someone who can fix this issue.

Now we can scroll and select destination or we can create custom POI using smartphone and feed it to the unit by AVIC ActiveFeeds which can be downloaded from Pioneer's website.

Ok How to make map work:

ALWAYS MAKE BACKUP FIRST!!!

First of all:

• go here and download testmode.key file (it is inside condihack archive)
  
• or you can get it here as well.
  
• or just use keys combination to get into test mode manually by following: remove sd card, turn on ignition, keep home button pressed and press previous, next, previous, next and so on while keeping home button pressed until the unit restarts, it should enter testmode.
  

You can work in testmode or hack your unit - it is up to you. All respect for this step goes to our friend Condi

Than get use to navigate using testmode,

Backup your NDATA folder - it can take up to 2 hours (for US units) and store it somewhere safe.

Second: download this archive with Australian map

than delete folders listed below from NDATA on your unit

For US unit like mine they should be folders:

00, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 0A, 0B, 0C, 0D, 0E, 0F, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E.

But DO NOT DELETE FE folder!

Full list of folders you can check in NDATA\00\ZonelistOnFlash.txt open it with any text editor and you will find:

first line - Number of folders with map in HEX format - for my US map it is 42 so 4*16+2=66 so 66 folders contain map, then list of folders (missing 00) and last line- FE - But DO NOT DELETE FE folder!

Third: Open archive with Australian map and copy folders 00, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, blackspot to your NDATA folder.

Last step - Reboot unit and if you have your position somewhere in Great Ocean

Push "Home Button"> "settings"> "Navi Settings"> "Modify Current Location">

Zoom out, Pan the screen and Zoom in to desired location and hit "OK"

Clock can be set 12 hours behund and they will show something that looks like correct time. %))

Disclaimer:

I'm not responsible of any damage/brick,

so all of this you are doing at your own risk.

Its working on my unit perfectly,

but I am not 100% sure that it will work on yours!

If you not sure which folders you need to delete form your non-US unit post contains of your NDATA\00\ZonelistOnFlash.txt here.

The map is for medal east. It's came from mi. Avic f500bt.

F500 uses IGo as navigation software.

F30BT uses something Pioneer's homebrewed - so no joy, that Qatar map wouldn't work on your F30...

Only hope is to hack F30 but GPS port is still locked.

Hi. I have. Avic f30bt. And I have map for Qatar. Can I Put or replace the orgnal maps

What original map your F30BT has?

Where is this Qatar map came from? (other F30BT I hope)

...Is it possible to copy somehow the maps from the f930bt to my f920bt?

1. Make an backup of your complete NDATA folder in case if something will go wrong.

2. Then copy NDATA folder from newer unit and select folders called like 00, 02,03... 1A, 1B... ect. (theay are all numbers in hex representation!) and folder L3D and copy them to your unit. Do not copy folders AV BG BT FE INIDATA SDUSB SKY SOUND SYMBOL TEL TTSData VBT. Only copy them if you have problem.

Look at the picture... it has X930BT in left corner as the model name! I hope it will be software update for X930.

New X940 and Z140 annonced. I hope it will be update for our "previous" models.

I hope updates will have new maps- from Navteq.

http://avic411.com/i...__fromsearch__1

if I accidentally deleted the APL file, am I screwed???

http://www.4shared.c...SER_folder.html

Or at least copy APL folder from PRG1 (if you deleted one from PRG0)

Ditto, I have ttc formats and the cab file doesn't have any "asian" .PGF, Can somone upload a copy? would be a great christmas present as i have to drive around Brisvegas and it's hard to tell the difference between ???? and ???

I google it a bit and it is look like Sony PSP(2?) has fonts in .pgf format. Is it the same format?. It is even possible to download TTF-to-PGF convertor... may be someone can dig this question deeper?

Or we have to search for Asian version of Pioneer HU. I hope if Japaneese version of F930BT exists, it should support asian languages.

ok I don't need much more. just update the igo maps is sufficient for me.

And i understand this is possible. (my english is regular) first delete the files and later Copy the new maps.

 

Thats correct ????

Unfortunately new line of pioneer HUs like we discuss here do NOT uses IGO anymore. So it is no point to update IGO maps yet because IGO runs but still doesn't detect GPS port.

Do you mean, go into File manager or Testmode and copy that pgf file over the other one? will that display asian characters as well as english?

I hope so. But you need extract PGF file from that CAB file first.

Great Thread and Great work guys/Girls/Others.

 

Question regarding adding/restoring fonts. Has anyone sucessfuly managed to get the stock pioneer software to display Asian fonts using this hack? I've got hold of the Cab file that's apparently works on the other models, but as someone else said before, canot execute the file?

 

Can we script it?

Can you just open this CAB file?

we have system font here USER\PRG0\FONTS\tahoma_09H.pgf here. If you can open CAB file and get font from there and replace it.

Hack mode load up but can't really do anything.

Can't copy files, can't execute (exe), nothing in control panels works.

Taskmanager, reg editor, and sirftech works I think.

You can copy files. You can't replace files- delete files first then copy new files.

You can run some exe files. It is possible to run IGO and some other exe. But not all exe files works.

Does someone noticed that image has better quality and much higher FPS rate when it is no text on the screen?

If you turn your car on and shift rear to reverse you should see picture without text and after few seconds it flickers and then it is a picture with text and notisable lower FPS.

BTW I use non-pioneer cheap camera.