what sound files shoud i delete thanks all of them

I replaced the files with the "blank" sound files a few weeks ago. At first, it did seamed that the unit responded faster and I was very happy. After a few days, I was missing that sound feedback from the unit when I touched the panel, sometimes, specialy pressing forward on the on screen ipod wheel, the unit just wouldn't respond.( you have to be very presice sometimes). I putted back the original sounds and could't be happier. I just like to say that IMO, there is really no faster responce from the unit with blank sounds or smaller sound files, it is exactly the same.

I replaced the files with the "blank" sound files a few weeks ago. At first, it did seamed that the unit responded faster and I was very happy. After a few days, I was missing that sound feedback from the unit when I touched the panel, sometimes, specialy pressing forward on the on screen ipod wheel, the unit just wouldn't respond.( you have to be very presice sometimes). I putted back the original sounds and could't be happier. I just like to say that IMO, there is really no faster responce from the unit with blank sounds or smaller sound files, it is exactly the same.

I replaced the files with the "blank" sound files a few weeks ago. At first, it did seamed that the unit responded faster and I was very happy. After a few days, I was missing that sound feedback from the unit when I touched the panel, sometimes, specialy pressing forward on the on screen ipod wheel, the unit just wouldn't respond.( you have to be very presice sometimes). I putted back the original sounds and could't be happier. I just like to say that IMO, there is really no faster responce from the unit with blank sounds or smaller sound files, it is exactly the same.

wow thanks for the triple post :/

wow thanks for the triple post :/

in his defense i know that sometimes this board freezes and acts like its not posting so you hit it anywhere from 2-3 times to get it to pass to the posted screen... but yea.

Yea sorry about the triple post , I didn't realize I had done that til I looked back at the post, I guess schaferc is right.

Two quick questions:

1) Which sound files do you rename/remove? And which sounds then disapear?

2) What is the general verdict? Does this increase player-responsiveness? Is it worth doing?

I can't remember the names of the files, it is essentially the only 4 in that folder that are 40kb in size. And yes it has made a noticeable difference with my steering wheel controls being way more responsive.

I backed the files up and then just deleted them.

Found them. Removed them. Done! Thanx

I can't remember the names of the files, it is essentially the only 4 in that folder that are 40kb in size. And yes it has made a noticeable difference with my steering wheel controls being way more responsive.

 

I backed the files up and then just deleted them.

There are 8 files in the folder (DATA\Sound). The 40KB files to be deleted are:

PSG1Hi

PSG2Hi

PSG1Low

PSG2Low

The other files (PSG3, PSG4, PSG5, VR) can be left alone.

My experience: when I deleted these files, besides getting rid of the annoying key beeps, no adverse effects were noted and my steering wheel controls responded MUCH better (as noted previously by others)...

Hope this helps!

If you want fast response. Deleted all the map you not going to use or never use.. Thats what I did and everything works fast as I clicked..

If you want fast response. Deleted all the map you not going to use or never use.. Thats what I did and everything works fast as I clicked..

Where are instructions for this found?

If you want fast response. Deleted all the map you not going to use or never use.. Thats what I did and everything works fast as I clicked..

I agree, this sounds like an awesome idea, why load up the whole world/country, when all you need is maybe half.

If you want fast response. Deleted all the map you not going to use or never use.. Thats what I did and everything works fast as I clicked..

 

I agree, this sounds like an awesome idea, why load up the whole world/country, when all you need is maybe half.

Where do I find instructions on deleting unneeded maps?

Nevermind, I found it.

As far as this mod goes, I only removed two of the files (the volume ones) hoping that it would mae a difference in my steering wheel controls which respond a little sluggish when turning volume up and down. I didn't notice any difference right away but I will check it out tomorrow. I might have to remove the other two but I like key beeps with the exception of the volume up/down sounds....which I HATE!

I made three changes at once and it really slowed down my system:

1. THis mod (Two of four sounds only)

2. I removed unwanted maps

3. I changed to a BB Storm

I have no idea why it is slower than before. Not only slower to boot, slower to draw-in, phonebook entries read "Unknown" as incoming calls. Tomorrow I will start by removing the BB Storm and see what happens from there

I don't understand why this worked for so many but not for my unit. Did you guys do a factory reset after installing this in order to get the effect or did it just work faster once it was installed?

Well for me the buttons dont NEED to be deleted, i kinda like the confirmation it gives you. lets you know that the system acknowledges your intentions. What I don't care for is the annoying tone and sound that it makes

Im pretty sure i can just stick in my own Wave file and rename to exactly to that they have right?

i mean sounds easy enough right?, like putting Sam's O positive kidney inside Bob's O body. they just gotta match?

I used Stephnie's trick of putting in a silent .wav file first and it works great. The last annoyance that I persponally had was how unresponsive the steering controls are, so I thought this would help. It didn't.

I have to admit to not following the instructions to a 'T' (I only eliminated 2 of the 4 sounds - the volume up/down ones since they were the only ones that annoyed me). Maybe you have to remove all 4, maybe you have to reset afterwards (the question still stands...).

I had tried too many things at once and my system (from bootup to draw-in) seemed to have slowed down, and my steering wheel controls were still slow! I reverted back to Stephanie's blank .wav's, returned the EU script data where it belongs and it works as well as before - near perfect!

Again, did anyone find that a factory reset was necessary after doing either of these (removing EU maps, removing button sounds) before you saw an improvement? I just don't want to brave 20 degree weather to do it only to find that I have to revert again (in 20 degree weather).

Thanks.

is there any way that somebody can send me a small silence.wav file? because i downloaded one and its 170kb which is bigger than the 40kb ones that the navi had. thanks. pm pe with the silence.wav file

You guys don't need to replace the wav files.

Simply create a new folder, and drag and drop those 4 files into the new folder.

Thus you delete and backup in one step.

You don't need to replace the files. They don't program the software as some flawless program.. it would

be terribly bloated if they did. They obviously didn't putin a "check for wav file, if missing EXIT" line

in their code.. worse case scenario if they did, they may have put

"check for wav file, if exist play it, if not, skip playing it" line.

People have already stated they have deleted the file successfully. You can too. If you put a dummy file in there

then you are giving it an extra order to carry out that you dont' need, and in theory that is slower.

As far as deleting states you dont' need... That depends on what GPS software you're using. I use IGO 8 and

it doesn't load all of the maps by default, it loads them as needed, like when you type in a state with it's

address or you cross state lines.

HOWEVER There *IS* a benefit to being tidy and neatly tucking away the states you don't need.

Go into your igo8/content/map directory... create a new folder.. and move all the maps you

rarely need (once a year) there. Thus you eliminate them from the drop down choice menu

for your day to day selection, instead of having to scroll through multiple menu screens of

states you dont' need to get ot the ones that's physically closer but not alphabetically.

For instance, I on a daily basis live in a tri-state area, but i also go down the east coast once a year..

so I put all those states outside of the tri-state area in the new folder to pull them bakc up later

for that out of area trip.. but now on a daily basis when i need to change states, there's

the only 3 I have right in the menu and no scrolling through useless states. That's a

time saver and annoyance saver.

Love the advice in this thread and can't wait to try it out! Keep it up everyone!

That's a

time saver and annoyance saver.

True, but in the case of needing more memory I had to delete the uneeded states altogether so I could use more graphics and more schemes. Memory is memory and once it gets close to being full you cannot believe how slow these things operate!

Bud

Hi I was just wondering if I delete these four sound files then I would lose the key beeps for entering characters on the keyboard too?

thanks