Finally, thanks to guidance from forum member BorisM, I have a file that completely replaces the poor excuse for POI icons with the F series. This file actually gives branded POI icons we all will recognize on your map screen. Simply boot into test mode and copy this file to: Myflash/apl2/igo and upon reboot you will have all new POI icons. Most will already be linked to there perspective categories but some will have to be selected manually the first time through the MANAGE POI screen on the unit. The only categories not covered in this file are fast food restaurants but I suspect thats because there is no such option under the restaurants category on the F series. Hope this comes in useful for some. If any of you can contribute to this file and make it better please feel free. All credit for the creation of this file goes to Haplo5 from http://www.i-go8.com

3.0 Compatible

UPDATED TO INCLUDE RESTURANTS AND FAST FOOD

AND NO MORE RED DIAMOND ICON

Look Here: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=23742&p=161157&hilit=finally#p161157

UPDATED 02-11-2010 Below is the link to an edited version of my file by forum member flyboyindy. It is a much more US friendly file and has most if not all of the European icons removed. This is the file I am now using. All credit for this version goes to flyboyindy.

Here is the link to the file:

http://rapidshare.com/files/265242298/Branding.zip.html

looks promising, can't wait to load it up at lunch.

are you supposed to extract the archive or add it as is?

Add as is. Depending where you got the archive, make sure that icons are inside ui_pioneer folder, not ui_igo8 as they usually are...

Add as is. Depending where you got the archive, make sure that icons are inside ui_pioneer folder, not ui_igo8 as they usually are...

The file I posted is already edited to reflect ui_pioneer. But if downloaded from the igo site the files will be in igo8 format.

This is AWESOME! Thanks a bunch!

can someone post pictures?

thanks

Here you go.

very happy with the new icons, thanks...

has anyone figured out a way to supress the stupid MSN Direct Icons? I try to turn them off in "manage POI" but it never shuts them off

A lot of the icons are like that. The medical facilities on my unit will not stop displaying, there are a million of them. One thing I have noticed is they do stay almost completely transparent with these new icons so it doesn't bother me like it did with the original icons.

Well, either way, I really like having the custom logos! Thanks again!

Very cool mod. It makes it so much easier to see the POI's around your current location.

Are these european icons? I dont recognize a lot of them.

The file is a mix of Euro and US icons.

these icons are muchcchhhhhhh better than the factory ones. thanks OP

Yes they are aren't they.

Can someone explain exactly what you do with these? I put them in I think...but when I go MANAGE POIS there are a group of POIS there with icons next to them...like RESTAURANTS, etc...I have no idea what to do next.

These work great in 2.0!

Kick ass, im glad to hear that.

flyboyindy... did you have to reload them after you did the update, or did they work from when you loaded them before?

Had to reload them... but still very easy to do!

Yes, they have to be reloaded although it did keep my preferences for which POI icons I would like to show on the map.

After upgrading to fw 2.0 and then again adding the branding file, all poi icons show up fine. The one thing is there is this one icon that is everwhere like the hospital ones used to be, like multiple per block sometimes! Ive spent about 30min searching through my poi's and can't find this damn icon anywhere. It's a red square with a red diamond inside the square. Anyone else have this or know what it is and where to turn it off please tell me! Thanks guys and gals!

After upgrading to fw 2.0 and then again adding the branding file, all poi icons show up fine. The one thing is there is this one icon that is everwhere like the hospital ones used to be, like multiple per block sometimes! Ive spent about 30min searching through my poi's and can't find this damn icon anywhere. It's a red square with a red diamond inside the square. Anyone else have this or know what it is and where to turn it off please tell me! Thanks guys and gals!

Same shit here, I got that yesterday but was able to get rid of it by hitting the restore to factory defaults under the SETTINGS, NAVI SETTINGS menu. However I had to restore defaults again tonight and once again it returned and wont go away this time. If I figure it out I reply back.