so i've been trying to get foreign characters to show on the iPOD song selection screen and finally figured it out. I'm not sure if it's been put up yet but here's the walkthrough

1. go here http://www.phm.lu/downloads/download.aspx?{940B734A-C437-41C7-ADED-2A4418802FD3} and download Handheld PC Pro, 2000 (ARM) . its a registry editor and put it on your SD card

2. for whatever foreign language you're adding, go to your windows\fonts directory and put the font into your SD card. I did mine for Korean language support so I used the gulim.ttc font

3. make sure you have the files in your SD card to start up in testmode and boot the sucker up

4. go access your SD card and copy your font (.ttc) file to the windows directory on your unit

5. now to fiddle with the registry, install the .cab file that should be named regedit.Jup_ARM.CAB if you didn't change it when you saved it to your card (it will give you a warning that the file is not compatible but just install anyway. it worked fine for me)

6. go to start -> programs -> PHM registry editor

7. expand HKEY_Local_Machine, expand software, expand Microsoft

8. go to edit -> new -> key and name it to "FontLink"

9. in the new FontLink folder, make another folder(key) and call it "SystemLink"

10. within the SystemLink folder edit -> new -> multistringvalue and for the name put "Tahoma" and for the value put (in my case) "\windows\gulim.ttc, Gulim"

(in essence what this is doing is that if the font to display the characters isn't available in Tahoma to then look through the user defined font file (ie gulim.ttc) for the font.

hope that made some sense cheers!

I'll have to try this out... I have a lot of japanese stuff on my ipod and it would be really nice to actually be able to tell what music I want to play.

one more thing, every time you start up in testmode, your settings will be reverted back to defaults and the fonts will come up as boxes again, as long as you don't go back to testmode, the settings will stick.

but only for the ipod?

or is it gona work on SD and USB as well?

I'll give it a shot anyways.

thanks good find I'm korean old song lover too.

i'm pretty sure it'll be for anything, not just the ipod as long as its displayed on the unit originally in tahoma. which i'm pretty sure the USB and SD card are both displayed as.

wow this works on SD USB as well.

this method makes F series real bi-lingual machine.

big thanks to bobstah.

made my dream come true.

this morning all the boxes are back and no korean fonts.

bobstash mentioned would be perment as long as you not go into test mode.but looks like ther is other factor because I haven't gone in to test mode yet.

your still showing korean bobstash?

hmm i haven't driven anywhere today yet. i'll check it out tomorrow and let u know... this is gonna suck if the settings don't stick..

hey, do you think you can send me the gulim.ttc? didnt work for me last night, trying to figure out if its the ttc thats wrong.

thanks!

johnnykim at johnny-kim dot com

ok. the settings are sticking for me. i tried it out today and it still shows the right font

that's what I found today too.

yesterday I installed mod again and today it's still there.

cheers again.

It works for MingLiU (Chinese Characters) for file names and folder names. However, some information such as ID3 Tag like album and song names do not display correctly. Maybe we should modify the default language to corresponding one of the system.

I heard wince.nls (/windows) may be replaced by other languages' however, it is hidden in this pioneer system. And no idea any much further.

i followed the instruction and got the "gulim.ttc" off window xp sp2.

But I can't get it to show korean fonts.

Does anybody know which font file to use for Japanese language support?

Thanks!

edit: If you have Vista, grab meiryo.ttc, if you have xp grab MS Gothic

that link doesnt seem to be working. anyone know where i can download that file?

make sure to copy and paste the whole link

http://www.phm.lu/downloads/download.aspx?{940B734A-C437-41C7-ADED-2A4418802FD3}

don't just click on the part that's highlighted

I posted something similar in October, which has a few links explaining which fonts you should use for the right language...

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 736#123736

Glad you lot got it working for the F-Series.

I've been following this thread and also this thread here:

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19394

With the method in the link above, even without going into Testmode, the system will reset itself after a certain amount of usage time (5-6 car starts, 4-5 hrs of driving).

How is the method in this thread holding over time?

Thanks in advance.

um... hey guys so i was driving and my avicf restarted by itself. the fonts no longer work and no matter how many times i go back into testmode and try to redo it. it won't work ... does anyone seem to be having this problem?

I was able to redo it by using this method:

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19394

Never tried the method in this thread though.

so i've been trying to get foreign characters to show on the iPOD song selection screen and finally figured it out. I'm not sure if it's been put up yet but here's the walkthrough

 

1. go here http://www.phm.lu/downloads/download.aspx?{940B734A-C437-41C7-ADED-2A4418802FD3} and download Handheld PC Pro, 2000 (ARM) . its a registry editor and put it on your SD card

2. for whatever foreign language you're adding, go to your windows\fonts directory and put the font into your SD card. I did mine for Korean language support so I used the gulim.ttc font

3. make sure you have the files in your SD card to start up in testmode and boot the sucker up

4. go access your SD card and copy your font (.ttc) file to the windows directory on your unit

5. now to fiddle with the registry, install the .cab file that should be named regedit.Jup_ARM.CAB if you didn't change it when you saved it to your card (it will give you a warning that the file is not compatible but just install anyway. it worked fine for me)

6. go to start -> programs -> PHM registry editor

7. expand HKEY_Local_Machine, expand software, expand Microsoft

8. go to edit -> new -> key and name it to "FontLink"

9. in the new FontLink folder, make another folder(key) and call it "SystemLink"

10. within the SystemLink folder edit -> new -> multistringvalue and for the name put "Tahoma" and for the value put (in my case) "\windows\gulim.ttc, Gulim"

 

(in essence what this is doing is that if the font to display the characters isn't available in Tahoma to then look through the user defined font file (ie gulim.ttc) for the font.

 

hope that made some sense cheers!

Will this be no longer work for v2.0 firmware, or it is not working for F500BT at all? I been playing with this for two days now but no success.

*** Edit ***

Nevermind, got it work now.

What did you do to get it to work? I tried for several days as well...

What did you do to get it to work? I tried for several days as well...

Originally, I tried the D_ChineseSupportAllButImput.cab but it didn't work, then I tried to copy the mingliu.ttc and modified the registry manually, but it also not working. Finally, I found the following:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms900751.aspx

I think the main part missing is the FontLinkMethods in in HKLM\System\GDI.

I guess the D_ChineseSupportAllButImput.cab + setting the FontLinkMethods should work but I didn't test it myself, as I made a cab to install the MingLiu & wince.nls, and set all registry entries according to that link, so that I don't have to install also the regedit and key in manually everytime I get into testmode. Too bad I can't share that cab as it is kind of big (> 8MB).

Hope this help.

*** Update ***

Like other posters said, the international character support just gone by itself after awhile and need re-install. Strange that this time I only install the D_ChineseSupportAllButImput.cab and it work. Not sure why it is not working when I install it two days ago.

Thanks for the reply. It didn't work out for me though. I tried twice. Bleh!

Thanks for the reply. It didn't work out for me though. I tried twice. Bleh!

Are you having a F500BT? If so I think this may help. I kind of figured out the reason why the first time I tried to install the D_ChineseSupportAllButImput.cab and it didn't work, but now it work everytime.

Just don't power it off! At the beginning, I thought I need to power off (hold the power switch for a couple seconds) and restart the unit after the installation. but in fact, it will actually reload the ROM image and removed the registry changes. To do it properly, after the installation, just hit the reset button at the back of the unit and everything will work fine. Also, as long as the unit is not powered off, the font hack will keep working, so I'm now only put the unit in Standby mode rather than switch it off completely when I'm not using it. The problem now is the battery for F500BT is so bad that it didn't even last long enough for a night in standby mode.

The point is as soon as you saw the system loading screen when you switch on the unit, you can expect the font hack will lost and need re-install.

Oh, just a side note, you don't even need the registry editor. Just install the font cab and that's all you need. (well, I can only say it works for chinese characters, no idea whether the same font cab will work for other lang or not)