Abb's New 'CHROME THEME' --RADICAL UPDATE V1.5--May 23

[abb1]

sorry man

I had to get rid of the speedlimit sign in the splitscreen alltogether. There just wasnt any space . You can try it out again, I have updated the download link

[Hube2002]

will do and let you know

[Hube2002]

sorry man

I had to get rid of the speedlimit sign in the splitscreen alltogether. There just wasnt any space . You can try it out again, I have updated the download link

 

 

I drove it around. It looks good.. Got stopped by a cop in my pajamas at 1:00 am with no licenses or insurance card but after i showed him all the pics of the mods and explained that was why i was weaving at 8 MPH he said it was petty cool and let me go.

[abb1]

I drove it around. It looks good.. Got stopped by a cop in my pajamas at 1:00 am with no licenses or insurance card but after i showed him all the pics of the mods and explained that was why i was weaving at 8 MPH he said it was petty cool and let me go.

[Hube2002]

BorisM wrote:

 

Another thing, mostly for fun...

 

If you put

content="Storage Card\IGO\Content"

 

in the [folders] section of sys.txt and copy content folder form th? flash disk, you can run iGO with data off of the storage card... rather handy if you want to experiment with different maps, schemes etc..

 

I had to make some changes to this to work on my 3.02, It was the folder being named IGO that caused my problem. It needs to be IGO8.

 

This should be updated to read;

 

If you put

 

content="Storage Card\IGO8\Content"

 

in the [folders] section of sys.txt and then copy the content folder form M? Flash Disk, to the IGO8 folder on your SD card you can run iGO with data off of the storage card... rather handy if you want to experiment with different maps, schemes etc..

 

FROM I.D.T.;

Now in your formatted SD card, create a folder and name it as iGO8, and that's the place where you would want to copy the content folder form the flash disk, i suggest that instead of moving the content from just copy it and paste it in the said folder.

 

FROM MYSELF

I would then rename the content folder on the flash disk to something else like "content2" or "no_content" so you know the unit has to be reading maps, languaes, poi's, etc.. from flash disk. If it works for you you would then have the option to delete the folder off the flash disk entirely to free up space. Make sure you have a good backup!!

 

Now to get the unit to read all the maps and stuff from the IGO8/content folder open up the sys.txt and change the Switchmap code at the bottom to this code provided by I.D.T.

 

[switchmap]
changer="\My Flash Disk\APL2\iGo\Extension\MapChanger\MapChanger.exe"
1=",map_ta,\Storage Card\iGO8,\My Flash Disk\APL2\iGo,"
2=",map_nt,\Storage Card\iGO8,\My Flash Disk\APL2\iGo,"

 

This worked for me, I have the complete contents of the content folder off my flash disk and on a SD card.This is for all maps and content to be on the sd card, if you want just Navteq maps on SD card and everything else on the flash disk read beginning halfway down page 23 of this thread

 

viewtopic.php?f=64&t=28376&hilit=content%3D+Storage+Card

 

 

I did not post this solution because I did not use it and cannot say it works for me but the answers should be there.

I have not had a chance to road test it to see if there are any adverse affects from this but as of now I have it working and it works great as far as reading both maps, poi's, displaying signboards, etc...

 

I have simulated several routes & all of this works well sitting at home but I want to do a good 1 hour road test to see if there are any issues.

 

All of this info was provided by BorisM, I.D.T. & others, I am just tying to collect it & get it all in one post. Hope this helps someone. It is what worked for me....so far...

 

Tried very hard to be accurate in using the members quotes to be sure instructions are clear but I did edit a few lines of text for the sake of clarity, if there is any misinformation here I apologize and welcome corrections from all gurus.

[N-S-E-W]

I drove it around. It looks good.. Got stopped by a cop in my pajamas at 1:00 am with no licenses or insurance card but after i showed him all the pics of the mods and explained that was why i was weaving at 8 MPH he said it was petty cool and let me go.

 

LOL. It's one to dream about the mods but another to be driving in your pajamas to test it. Sleep driving, ha. Remember to be careful driving and playing with the unit. It's too easy to get distracted.

[Hube2002]

yes, 'tis a lot easier to sit in yard an simulate a route but nobody laughs at those stories. I honestly thought he was gonna do a field sobriety on me. No ID at all, no way to prove I owned the vehicle, if not for all the pics on my berry of the truck and the nav screen I would have been tazed like Gaylord Focker.

[hanibal]

That's just priceless!!

[abb1]

Well, the entire idea that I wanted to create this NAV mod based on IDT's Skin3 was that I wanted to get rid of all those icons, have a neat and tidy screen, and at the same time have ALL the latest features such as the map changer, AV hide, etc.. Making smaller icons and moving them to the top did the trick but I found it still to crowded. So, what I did was to hide all the icons with a 'MENU' button located under the time (with thanks to Alex for helping with the collapsing menu). The icons now will permanently be hidden resulting in a clear uncluttered screen. pressing the 'MENU' button will show the icon for 5 seconds every time it is pressed leaving full fuctionality for all the features. Here are some pics. For those that are testing this out, please redownload the original link as it is updated and leave me your comments, good or bad.

 

Driving normally with hidden icons and hidden AV

 

Pressing the 'Menu' button to drop down the icons

 

Navigating with hidden icons

 

Press the 'MENU' button while navigating to show icons

[Hube2002]

B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L

 

You keep blowing my mind, my friend?

Shit, add a longclick comand to the menu button to make it all go away, just the navscreen, maybe press the moon to bring it all back....

 

I'm just kidding, this is perfect...but so was the last one. I am definitely keeping both versions.

 

And!!! (as i pat myself on the back) by editing the sys.txt, the data file, etc.. I was able to seamlessly switch over and keep all my settings as well as maintain all conten folder data (both sets of maps, schemes, etc..) being read from SD.

 

 

Slowly learning

 

P.S. My wife is gonna leave me over this radio. She say the only time she see me is from the kitchen window, through my windshield, silhouetted by the romantical glow of my avic

[hanibal]

Incredible!! Can't wait to try it!!!

[80JPL]

Just wanted to thank Abb for his work....i was reluctant to hack my unit but glad i eventually did....the unit is so much better, thanks again mate.

[Hube2002]

Just wanted to thank Abb for his work....i was reluctant to hack my unit but glad i eventually did....the unit is so much better, thanks again mate.

 

 

I'm right with you man, Abb1, Diaftia, IDT, N-S-E-W, BorisM, DpDurst, VBLUE42, (sorry for ones I skipped, I don't know everyone yet) all of you guys age great. I have never been a member of any forum before, I just used internet to sell stuff. All I really want to do is study and I'm sick of computers, although there is no end to the learning there, but this is cool to be able to study from these threads because you get a sense who knows what and everybody is at different levels of understanding and you can watch each other advance. Very cool I think

 

I have now also joined the F-150 forums. Working on learning to disassemble the interior of my truck. Already taken everything but dash out and re-assembled.

[Hube2002]

oh, yeah we also hacked our wii. also very cool.

wii console = $200

accessories = $150

External hdd = $50

free games =

learnig to hack the wii = PRICELESS

[abb1]

Just wanted to thank Abb for his work....i was reluctant to hack my unit but glad i eventually did....the unit is so much better, thanks again mate.

NP, glad that you enjoy it! WARNING, once you start hacking it, you will never stop as there is always a door for improvements. I like this Chrome theme right now, but probably within a month, I will design a new theme, we'll see