offroaderf150 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 dude you are amazing!! lol looks like my avic isnt a hopeless POS! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cigga24 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Ok good job, critical question...how big of an SD card do i need for TomTom7 and iGo8 to be stored? Also is Garmin a possibility? Lastly do POIs work with these other gps programs, are they loading from Avic POIs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 TomTom will have no clue what to do with iGO's POI files (and vice versa). Downloadable (ahem) version of iGO will handle POI files form AVIC, but you will need to copy them to SD Card. Of course if you go through that much trouble., downloadable maps and POI are newer than what is on the unit anyway. Personally, I would not bother too much with Grarmin, but that's just me... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1fastrsx Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I like the igo8, that works pretty good... is there info on how to get Tom Tom up and running (Download / Patch)? Just wondering because I could be gather that while waiting the new loader. Again, is there a paypal donation for this great work? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cigga24 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 two more questions: When you say load maps into igo8, are you referrng to the other thread where we should copy avic files onto SD in the 25mb patched igo8 folder? Also does BT commands still work while in the other gps programs? For instance; button > call home, or button > change audio source to ipod or button > play artist milli vanilli Quote Link to post Share on other sites
globalhec Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Will you be including src/instructions? I'm highly interested in your progress as well as adapting this to additional applications. I just installed my first avic unit this weekend (900) and so far I love it, I'm also a software architect specializing in Microsoft technologies, with experience with Windows Mobile (though not my specialty), so I'm highly excited about seeing what can be done with this unit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_blast Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 This is awesome... However, when i followed the instructions and reload the set no launcher appears. i exctracted the Zip to SD , i got 2 dirs , one Testmode and one iGO8 map ( is this correct ?) Iám a European user could that be a problem ?! -= EDIT=- I must have done something wrong. When i tried it at my home PC all was working fine please advise Thanx in adv Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ggarcez Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 You should follow the Leet instructions to get the launcher working. After that just follow my post about installing the Igo8, it's already changed to use with the launcher. It's a patched version so any map should do run, even European ones. Any doubts contact me. GUGA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bwolfe Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 This is a really nice modification. Works great on my system. How I wish that my iPod or Satellite Radio would work when using IGO8. The interface is nice and clean. Nice job on setting up this mod. I am not a programmer, but I would think that the IGO8 could replace the IGO currently being used on the AVIC. Are they that different? I look forward to the progress in this mod. Who do I send beers to? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 They are, basically, the same version of iGO, but the one on AVIC is a special build for Pioneer so it can integrate with other custom software and hardware on th3e unit (gyro, VSS, MSN Direct, A/V overlays etc). One probably could get a generic version of iGO to run from AVIC's flash disk, but then you would lose all those integration points. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bwolfe Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Good point. I hope the mod will progress further to allow integration with other features of the AVIC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cigga24 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Which version of Tomtom 7 should we be looking for? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keeper22 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 this is great news ...thanks leet for your work on this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iceplayagt14 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Yes thanks leet, this is going to be a great addition to this unit. I went from a car puter to the 700BT with your Launcher, nothing but great things ahead.. Count my donation in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cigga24 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 to those interested TigerDirect.com and retail has an 8gb Ultra SD card for $20 after $10 rebate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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