crankz Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Hi, sorry for posting in the wrong Subforum, but I didn't find a M-Series Subforum. I bought a Pioneer Carrozzeria AVIC-MRZ99 on eBay. It's a japanese Unit from an imported Car. The Problem is, you can't change the language to english... you can't change it generally :/ Does anyone know if I can install another firmware to this device? Maybe this device was sold in EU or USA with another Name. Hard to find some infos about it, all in japanese language :/ I tried several Testmode.key Files from this forum, but none of them worked for me. Just get the Error Message: CAUTION! TEST MODE FAILED STARTING! [Turn off ACC] Any Solutions to get it work? Thanks & sorry for my bad english Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kishin Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Hello everyone, I'm also looking for a compatible testmode.key for this unit. No one have any clue about it? Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hkrusche Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 never Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gagi3 Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 for testmode press and hold navi button and then right left right left right left. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dzo Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I've translated the Japanese language strings for the MRZ99 to English. I figured out the format of the LNG file, dumped the Japanese, translated all the strings using google translate, then rebuilt the file. Some of the English is not perfect but it makes the system much more usable. I've tested it with APP firmware version 3.070200 (installed with platform version 3.000600), other versions may not work. If the old language file is 93627 bytes long then this will almost certainly work. To install this, unzip the attachment mrz99english.zip and put the PF090JPJPN.LNG file on an sd card. (130905 bytes, md5sum is cb3f9cb76330704cc171e2b0acb9f6ad) Get into testmode by holding the NAVI button (left button with Japanese writing on it) and pressing right..left..right..left..right..left and then release NAVI. Go to the last entry on the first page (File Maintenance in Japanese) and press MENU (right button with Japanese writing on it) This opens the file manager which is in English and fairly obvious. Make a backup of /USER as described elsewhere on avic411.com Look in /USER to see if there is a file named PRG.FLG if there is, then the system uses /USER/PRG1, otherwise it uses /USER/PRG0 You can check the file versions by looking at /USER/PRGx/PF090APL.HTM (where x is 0 or 1 depending on PRG.FLG) go to /USER/PRGx/APL/LANGDATA/ delete PF090JPJPN.LNG go to /SD, copy the new PF090JPJPN.LNG and paste it into LANGDATA where the old one was. Switch off the power and when it restarts, it should be in English.... This worked for me but obviously is not 100% safe, be very careful in the file manager. Update: There's now an installer that also changes the background and most of the important images with japanese text. Find it here: https://github.com/dzo/mrz99/releases mrz99English_v2.zip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackzai93 Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 I've translated the Japanese language strings for the MRZ99 to English. I figured out the format of the LNG file, dumped the Japanese, translated all the strings using google translate, then rebuilt the file. Some of the English is not perfect but it makes the system much more usable. I've tested it with APP firmware version 3.070200 (installed with platform version 3.000600), other versions may not work. If the old language file is 93627 bytes long then this will almost certainly work. To install this, unzip the attachment mrz99english.zip and put the PF090JPJPN.LNG file on an sd card. (130905 bytes, md5sum is cb3f9cb76330704cc171e2b0acb9f6ad) Get into testmode by holding the NAVI button (left button with Japanese writing on it) and pressing right..left..right..left..right..left and then release NAVI. Go to the last entry on the first page (File Maintenance in Japanese) and press MENU (right button with Japanese writing on it) This opens the file manager which is in English and fairly obvious. Make a backup of /USER as described elsewhere on avic411.com Look in /USER to see if there is a file named PRG.FLG if there is, then the system uses /USER/PRG1, otherwise it uses /USER/PRG0 You can check the file versions by looking at /USER/PRGx/PF090APL.HTM (where x is 0 or 1 depending on PRG.FLG) go to /USER/PRGx/APL/LANGDATA/ delete PF090JPJPN.LNG go to /SD, copy the new PF090JPJPN.LNG and paste it into LANGDATA where the old one was. Switch off the power and when it restarts, it should be in English.... This worked for me but obviously is not 100% safe, be very careful in the file manager. Update: I've edited the translation to make a few of the strings fit the buttons better.. mrz99English_v2.zip (130721 bytes, md5sum 7a4c582ce37f1fbca6caf0317e121ec5) Thx bro, how do you translate these language file? use what software to open the .lng file? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dzo Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 Thx bro, how do you translate these language file? use what software to open the .lng file? I wrote a couple of simple C programs to decode and encode the .lng file. I can put them on github if you like. Also here's a testmode key for the mrz99 testmode_mrz99.zip OK, I've put the code on github here: https://github.com/dzo/mrz99 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dantest232 Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 Thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dzo Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 OK, Here's a video... https://youtu.be/h4VJ5p26pgY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dantest232 Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 OK, Here's a video... https://youtu.be/h4VJ5p26pgY bless you dzo. Your lead helped me change an AVIC MRZ09 to English. Very impressive Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dzo Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 Here's an english language file for the mrz09, I haven't tested it so let me know if it works. The mrz09 is from 2011 and has a few extra strings. mrz09.zip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dantest232 Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 Thanks DZO.I will test it and revert to you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dantest232 Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 Here's an english language file for the mrz09, I haven't tested it so let me know if it works. The mrz09 is from 2011 and has a few extra strings. mrz09.zip Works perfectly well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
air22 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 dear dzo, Ive done every step up to copying your translated file. however, when i go to APL--> LANGDATA--> and attempt to paste the new file to where the old one was, the paste option never functions (as in, its not selectable). do you know anything i can do to fix this please? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
air22 Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 I've translated the Japanese language strings for the MRZ99 to English. I figured out the format of the LNG file, dumped the Japanese, translated all the strings using google translate, then rebuilt the file. Some of the English is not perfect but it makes the system much more usable. I've tested it with APP firmware version 3.070200 (installed with platform version 3.000600), other versions may not work. If the old language file is 93627 bytes long then this will almost certainly work. To install this, unzip the attachment mrz99english.zip and put the PF090JPJPN.LNG file on an sd card. (130905 bytes, md5sum is cb3f9cb76330704cc171e2b0acb9f6ad) Get into testmode by holding the NAVI button (left button with Japanese writing on it) and pressing right..left..right..left..right..left and then release NAVI. Go to the last entry on the first page (File Maintenance in Japanese) and press MENU (right button with Japanese writing on it) This opens the file manager which is in English and fairly obvious. Make a backup of /USER as described elsewhere on avic411.com Look in /USER to see if there is a file named PRG.FLG if there is, then the system uses /USER/PRG1, otherwise it uses /USER/PRG0 You can check the file versions by looking at /USER/PRGx/PF090APL.HTM (where x is 0 or 1 depending on PRG.FLG) go to /USER/PRGx/APL/LANGDATA/ delete PF090JPJPN.LNG go to /SD, copy the new PF090JPJPN.LNG and paste it into LANGDATA where the old one was. Switch off the power and when it restarts, it should be in English.... This worked for me but obviously is not 100% safe, be very careful in the file manager. Update: I've edited the translation to make a few of the strings fit the buttons better.. mrz99English_v2.zip (130721 bytes, md5sum 7a4c582ce37f1fbca6caf0317e121ec5) dear dzo, Ive done every step up to copying your translated file. however, when i go to APL--> LANGDATA--> and attempt to paste the new file to where the old one was, the paste option never functions (as in, its not selectable). do you know anything i can do to fix this please? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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