3rdman

I've had the same problem for quite some time now. Strangely it was fine initially as I remember using the eco-meter with a functioning GPS. At some point soon after, it stopped working well. Now it's slow to update and well behind my position. Does anyone have a well behaving stock NAV after dong this hack?

Just wanted to chime in that I've avoided this issue by simply using Pionara's launcher to start TCPMP. Since the head unit can't see what is happening on COM 4, the files play without issue. The iGO8 launcher does the same so it's also not an issue. Solidtrick, I suggest you dump Shincoplayer...I used that briefly and found that I couldn't play some MP4 files (like the spider pig demo). I've been using the TCPMP player packaged with Miopocket and it works very well on our devices...it is even skinable (but I have yet to find one that works well with our small screens). FYI, i've tried

No it doesn't come out grainy but it plays back with lots of stuttering...totally unwatchable. I've tried a few others encoders but I'm quite content with my files as they stand now...H264 would be nice just so that I can shrink them further so if you find a working combo, please post it.

Audio encode settings? Just what I listed above...AAC, 128Kb @ 48Hz in stereo. The head unit will only play sound from the front two speakers and they are merged into mono so it will never sound "great". It is what it is...I'll have to try to up the bitrate but I'm quite happy at 500kbits and it helps to keep my files relatively small (around 500mbs). By the way, I'm using a class 2 micro SD so that might be part of the problem I was experiencing before. Have you tried the "Spider Pig" file included with MioPocket? It runs great and was encoded with h264 but I can't seem to match that outp

Like you I was only able to get MioPocket to run from TestMode and it ran like crap for me...I'm sure I did it wrong somehow. Regardless, since I won't be playing Bejeweled while I'm driving, I'm not missing it. All I really wanted was the addition of video playback so I'm very happy at the moment. The only thing I hope for from here is a way to access the main menu from either the video player or iGO.

Since I had bought my radio 2 years ago, I hoped that someday, I'd be able to play videos on the damn thing and now that that day has arrived, I've been having a bitch of a time finding the right settings that would play back...after much experimentation, I thought I'd share my findings and (hopefully) get a couple of suggestions for a better encode... So if you want movies for your device, grab your movie files and run them through Handbrake (free for both Mac and PC) and select the "iPhone Legacy" preset...this preset sets the resolution to the very same native res of our device (480 x 2

Tested a bit last night and all overlays seemed to be running perfect! I am even able to changes stations and record presets while iGO is running...Perhaps it's because of a combination between iGOlauncher.exe and my sys.txt file. I'll test extensively on the way to work today and I'll let you know if it's working without a doubt. Edit: The overlays are definitely behaving better...I wonder why? The only times where they won't pop up is while driving and the map is showing...perhaps the loading of the surrounding area in iGO is taking up too many resources? From its menu though, all overla

LOL I didn't even know that was an option....I'm not contributing much, am I? Pionara, I just tried your beta apps set and it works a treat! W7 connected to it and automatically downloaded Device Center and then once plugged in, it installed our device as an "NX005"...I too can access all the files on the device! Excellent! bobomango, I think my stock nav is screwed then...it has way too much lag to be useful...If I use it for directions, it'll be sitting there waiting for me to make a turn and I've already driven 1/2 mile away before it updates.

No it is not, i'm afraid. Overlays work perfectly while iGO is in a menu but (as you said) once you are on the map screen, it doesn't work as well. The biggest issue is that even when the overlay from the radio displays correctly and predictably, all onscreen touches are registered with iGO only.If you wish to change the radio channel preset, you literally have to exit iGO. :/ I think my "contribution" of focus=0 was a red herring...I can't even find documentation to know what it does. LOL. bobomango, is your stock nav running normally? I still have the issue of everything running slow

I'll be happy to try this but it will have to wait for tomorrow...gotta get up early tomorrow! Thanks for all your help!

Come to think of it, I think you are right...When I hit the menu button, I'll then touch iGOs menu button and that gives me the overlay but overlays like volume changes weren't happening before in any case. Pionara, I can confirm that your changes fix the stock nav when exiting iGO...THANK YOU! Edit: I wonder what each of these commands do? Documentation is really poor...I can't find any reference for the majority of SYS.TXT functions... [screen] nightmode=0 menu_animation=0 ;focus=1 ;focus_type=2 ;focus_color ;focus_sprite ;focus_halign ;focus_valign ;focus_followlinks ;focus_li

Regarding phone...I tried making a call today and it worked well. I even got the overlay on top of iGO8 when the call was connected but the onscreen buttons weren't recognized...instead I was touching the iGO screen below it. All calls and dialing had to be done through my phone. I imagine that accepting a call will have to be done through my phone's interface as well (while iGO runs). Ideally, it'd be fantastic to find a way to get the "menu" button to appear on iGO but that is probably a function of Navi.exe so it is (probably) impossible. I wonder if Leetlauncher ever had that ability?

I added the following to the sys file in an attempt to push iGO's screen priority as far back as possible... [screen] focus=0 There may be a placebo effect because I didn't play a whole lot with the previous settings but on the way home tonight, everything worked as it did with the Navi software (only with a slight lag)...I even get the volume pop-up at the bottom when I turned the knob. By the way, this link: http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?p=354489 seems to have a complete list of the parameters you can set... Also, I have a question...Is there a way of using bluetoo

Since you mentioned it and I'm having a slow work day... Raw Display Info: Driver: Surface_GDI RLandscape PDA:0 pBuffer: 0x545d4000 pRealBuffer: 0x008800020 SizeX:480 SizeY:272 PitchX:2 PitchY:960 DoubleMode: 0 BPP: 16 Device Info: Platform: 3 Type: NJ077

More testing...It's not my com port because I can see that it connects. Perhaps not strongly but it does connect...Really it's just running very sluggishly as if its in emulation mode or something...I think I might have screwed something up when I tried to install Miopocket. Oh well...

Spent more time playing with the GPS this morning...the stock nav is definitely borked. iGO8 though is absolutely perfect and I'd be happy to use it all the time, but overlays don't really work with it and it resets to the now broken nav with every restart of my car. I don't mind how things are now but only if the stock nav worked properly...Can anyone help? Edit: I tried to reflash the image from the first post here to see if I can get back to a starting point that works but no go...I guess the system simply won't reflash to an image with the same ID. My guess is that the registry concern

When exiting iGO, does your stock nav work? I'm finding that I have to reset the machine to pickup GPS signals...I also have the problem of the stock nav running very poorly. It updates at a very slow rate and I'm off by a good .1 miles. I wonder if the com port is now screwed up?

Yeah, it's unlikely to be the problem but I can't think of another reason it wouldn't work...Also, I noticed that Pioneer did change how the system disables certain functions for safety since ver. 1.0003...it's now GPS based but perhaps bypassing that switch has its uses anyways? Just guessing, of course.

Did you bypass the handbrake safety feature?

Update...I decided to give iGO8 a try...after all the praise its gotten here and elsewhere I wanted to see what I was missing. LOL...I see why you guys prefer it. It is presently dedicated to run from Pionara's file on my head unit as well. I still wanted the ability to play video files so on a lark, I copied all the media player files from MIOPOCKET and put them in the AVIC-APPS\Video Player folder. I then renamed the existing exe file to "videoplayer.OLD" and renamed the new one "videoplayer.exe"...surprisingly, it works! The program loads and I can play any file I want! I tried to do the sa

I found out why I had no sound...I had previously turned off the "BEEP" sound of the head unit as it drives me crazy...well that is sound of the system and I'm sure this was obvious to everyone but me. In any case, It's working 100% perfectly now and I'll be trying other programs to see what can be done. I had poorly installed MioPocket before but it was merely to see if I could get it running...I'll try to have MioPocket Mini running tonight and (for the sake of others as dense as me) I'll post my results later.

Well, it looks like I had accidentally copied the wrong file in place of the Appslib.dll so all my attempts at running programs was failing. This morning, I double checked, installed the file proper and it works! I found a version of TCPMP called ShincoPlayer (480 x 272) at http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=110760 that runs AVIs well but I get no sound at the moment. So, I have a few more questions... Can someone point me to a TCPMP version that is known to work with sound on our devices? Also, since the Appslib.dll installed bypasses validation, can I simply change

pionara...first of all thank you, thank you, thank you! I was able to update to 2.00101 without any issue last night...everything is running perfectly. I will probably use the hack to update the standard nav maps as that is fine enough for me and I still have to update the appslib.dll file in My Flash Disk. But before I do, I have a few questions.... 1. You mention that I'll have to modify the Laucher.mscr but there are no mentions of how to accomplish this...it's probably a simple editor that I need to install, but I've never worked with MSCR files before and thought I'd ask first.