I run with smartzoom on all the time, so I never noticed it either. I'll try turning it off tomorrow and see if I can replicate the issue.

I run with smartzoom on all the time, so I never noticed it either. I'll try turning it off tomorrow and see if I can replicate the issue.

Well let me know if you manage it. I have just turned smartzoom off and mucked about with the tilt settings and smartzoom never turned back on. If anyone is having this problem then can you let me know exactly what you are pressing in case I missed somthing but I've looked at the code too and can't see any reason why this would affect the smartzoom setting.

It did to me when I first installed the DATA.zip. I changed the zoom to off and it stays off, hasn't turned back on.

My setting sticks fine as well. Only the "Smartzoom Restore after x seconds" setting gets lost on reboots as it always has. Guess I'll go digging to fix that one like I had to Fullscreen Cockpit.

Maybe a newbie question, but how do I need to copy the mod to the flashdisk?

When I copy them into the specified folder, nothing happens on my F900.

So what I am basically looking for is a bit more detailed installation guide. Let's say I downloaded the mod, formatted my flashdisk. What should I need to do then exactly?

Maybe a newbie question, but how do I need to copy the mod to the flashdisk?

 

When I copy them into the specified folder, nothing happens on my F900.

 

So what I am basically looking for is a bit more detailed installation guide. Let's say I downloaded the mod, formatted my flashdisk. What should I need to do then exactly?

http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=127139#p127139

First of all let me say thank you for all of your work on these mods. With that said I was wanting to know if anyone else has experianced this? When routing a a location with a specific street address such as 1942 Lewis Street,

when I get to the location it will show at the top a random adress at that street such as 1900 Lewis Street.

This will only happen if I select adresses in the history and route from there. I just want to know is this something

only I am experiencing.

Hi all--I'm new at this so please bear with me...

 

First off: hats off to all of you modders; this is teriffic stuff and us regular users are extremely grateful!!! That having been said, I already need some help, please.

 

I did install cmh928's "newbie-eze" mod without a problem 2 days ago. It works great and is very nice. Thanks for all that work!

 

Still, as everyone here, I was also curious about GTIMatt's. And, so --just now-- I installed his latest by following his instructions. It was only a partial success, in the sense that the unit works but most of his buttons and boxes aren't there... I sort of think that I have now a mixture of both mods in there, but the crucial elements (buttons, options, etc) are missing... Does that make sense?

 

Therefore let me ask something really basic: when switching from one mod to the other, does one have to go back to the original Pioneer data.zip file first, restore that, and then install the new mod? Or can one mod be installed right over the other? If it is the latter, something went wrong with my install...

 

Any help and explanation would be appreciated.

It looks like if you restored the /APL/iGo folder on your avic with the one on your backup and then installed GTIMatts mod it should work without glitches. It'll keep the icon theme and sound changes, too, although you'll have to do the software bypass yourself.

edit:

To clarify a little bit: if two mods change the exact same files, or if they change completely different files, you're fine. Anything else, and you should restore first.

Thanks for the clarification above, ferdyduke; that's very helpful...

Hi Matt,

first of all thanks a lot for you work and for sharing it!

After one month of reading through this forum I installed my first MOD: yours, it worked perfectly on my F900bt european.

Just one question, actually 2:

1. is it normal that the altimeter (set in meters) is showing not progressive increasing or decreasing altitude but it’s jumping from 50 to 100 meters. Example 1750 meters shown, then instead og going to 1751 and so on it stays on 1750 and then jumps to 1800.

2. second question: I installed your previous version, without the zoom tilting option, which I'm going to love, but now if I want to upgrade to your new one should I restore the original first or should I copy your new MOD over the previous one? I'm a little confused from the previous posts!

thanks again, you rock big time!!!!

Hi Matt,

first of all thanks a lot for you work and for sharing it!

 

After one month of reading through this forum I installed my first MOD: yours, it worked perfectly on my F900bt european.

Just one question, actually 2:

1. is it normal that the altimeter (set in meters) is showing not progressive increasing or decreasing altitude but it’s jumping from 50 to 100 meters. Example 1750 meters shown, then instead og going to 1751 and so on it stays on 1750 and then jumps to 1800.

 

2. second question: I installed your previous version, without the zoom tilting option, which I'm going to love, but now if I want to upgrade to your new one should I restore the original first or should I copy your new MOD over the previous one? I'm a little confused from the previous posts!

 

thanks again, you rock big time!!!!

1. The altimeter data comes from the map data, all I am displaying is what is stored within the map so I guess this is down to the data on the map. I use ft and it may not go down to the exact foot (I'm not 100%) but is certainly down to 10ft.

2. Just copy the new data.zip over your old one and it should be fine (that's all I do every time I install a new version).

thanks,

I'll do what you said for the data.zip, but about the altimeter the strange thing is that on the gps view, I mean when you click on the gps icon and you see the satellite connected, the altimeter is changing meter by meter, or foot by foot (almost) but in the navigation view only every 50-100 meter is updating.

Hi Matt,

first of all thanks a lot for you work and for sharing it!

 

After one month of reading through this forum I installed my first MOD: yours, it worked perfectly on my F900bt european.

Just one question, actually 2:

1. is it normal that the altimeter (set in meters) is showing not progressive increasing or decreasing altitude but it’s jumping from 50 to 100 meters. Example 1750 meters shown, then instead og going to 1751 and so on it stays on 1750 and then jumps to 1800.

 

2. second question: I installed your previous version, without the zoom tilting option, which I'm going to love, but now if I want to upgrade to your new one should I restore the original first or should I copy your new MOD over the previous one? I'm a little confused from the previous posts!

 

thanks again, you rock big time!!!!

 

1. The altimeter data comes from the map data, all I am displaying is what is stored within the map so I guess this is down to the data on the map. I use ft and it may not go down to the exact foot (I'm not 100%) but is certainly down to 10ft.

 

2. Just copy the new data.zip over your old one and it should be fine (that's all I do every time I install a new version).

1. The altimeter data comes from the map data, all I am displaying is what is stored within the map so I guess this is down to the data on the map. I use ft and it may not go down to the exact foot (I'm not 100%) but is certainly down to 10ft.

Hmmm... technically, altitude data should be coming from GPS, not from the map...

Indeed, altitude is derived from GPS data and can vary a few hundred feet even while sitting still. I know mine reads to the foot, i.e., 951 feet. It's possible that when set to metric, the avic does some rounding. Unless you are using the avic in an airplane, I don't think 50 meters either way is going to kill you.

It's not a big deal at all, however, I was wondering technically what's happening! If it's reading the gps how can it be that on the navigation screen it's "jumping" while on the satellite screen shot is increasing meter by meter, shouldn't it be the same?

anyway, again, not a big deal!

Indeed, altitude is derived from GPS data and can vary a few hundred feet even while sitting still. I know mine reads to the foot, i.e., 951 feet. It's possible that when set to metric, the avic does some rounding. Unless you are using the avic in an airplane, I don't think 50 meters either way is going to kill you.

It's not a big deal at all, however, I was wondering technically what's happening! If it's reading the gps how can it be that on the navigation screen it's "jumping" while on the satellite screen shot is increasing meter by meter, shouldn't it be the same?

 

anyway, again, not a big deal!

 

Indeed, altitude is derived from GPS data and can vary a few hundred feet even while sitting still. I know mine reads to the foot, i.e., 951 feet. It's possible that when set to metric, the avic does some rounding. Unless you are using the avic in an airplane, I don't think 50 meters either way is going to kill you.

I noticed the same when I went into the GPS screen that it was accurate to the foot but rounds to 10 on the map screen. I also changed my units to km/m to see what happened and found it seemed to round to the nearest 10 metres.

at least I know it's not only my problem!

Is there a way I can make a donation for some beers for you for all the work you have done and shared?

It's not a big deal at all, however, I was wondering technically what's happening! If it's reading the gps how can it be that on the navigation screen it's "jumping" while on the satellite screen shot is increasing meter by meter, shouldn't it be the same?

 

anyway, again, not a big deal!

 

Indeed, altitude is derived from GPS data and can vary a few hundred feet even while sitting still. I know mine reads to the foot, i.e., 951 feet. It's possible that when set to metric, the avic does some rounding. Unless you are using the avic in an airplane, I don't think 50 meters either way is going to kill you.

 

I noticed the same when I went into the GPS screen that it was accurate to the foot but rounds to 10 on the map screen. I also changed my units to km/m to see what happened and found it seemed to round to the nearest 10 metres.

Regarding the questions about the elevation--I had the same issue and would actually see my home's elevation listed in tenths of a mile instead of feet--ie-1200' would display as .2 nm. So--I found Maverickster's data file (Data/ui_pioneer/800_480/ui/navigatemap_800_480.ui) since he was clearly using gps elevation to display the elevation--and I found the code he used on the navigatemap_800_480.ui file and commented out GTIMatt's lines and replaced them with Maverickster's.

Here's the code and it's found in the following layer: (The bold is GTIMatt's and the underlined and bold is the line I added to makeit read GPS elevation)

;<> Start

;

;

;

 

;

;

 

;

;

 

;

;

 

;Changed to only show if route present

;<> Start

;

;

;

 

;<> End

 

 

 

 

 

;

;

;<> End

 

;<> Start - Change info box to custom blue box

;

;<> End

 

;<> Start

;<> End

 

;<> Start

;<> End

The only thing is the Font and alignment of the elevation is slightly smaller looking and shifted slightly out of alignment with the info displayed below it on the AVIC.

Hope this helps someone.

New Version posted here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?y2ymvtmztmu

 

This version has added:

 

- A new custom subscreen under Navi Settings > Visual.

- Moved the US/Euro speed limit style option to the custom menu

- Added option to turn off showing turn restrictions to the custom menu

- Added option to turn off showing the zoom/tilt buttons when clicking on the map in 3d mode to the custom menu

- Cosmetic changes for full screen cockpit

- Added clip_planes.ini to common for better building visibility (I don't have buildings in my area so don't know what difference it makes, this was a request by another user).

Dude, seriously?? You totally freakin rock man. I didn't even know I wanted the option to turn off the tilt/zoom buttons!

 

FF

 

lol, well I never change the zoom or tilt on mine and found it annoying that whenever I touched the screen the zoom and tilt controls were displayed that I decided I didn't want them to display. I figured others might want them displayed so gave the option as I don't want people to not use my mod because I hard coded in something they don't like. I'm trying to make it as user customisable as I can!

Love your work so far ! Do you know if it's posible to read the unit's "Speed Pulse" and Gyro info from iGo ? I'm looking for a way to check if it's working correct.

at least I know it's not only my problem!

 

Is there a way I can make a donation for some beers for you for all the work you have done and shared?

 

Believe it or not I enjoy doing this and was only too glad to share my work when people asked and I certainly don't expect any rewards for doing it, it is just great to be part of the community!

Having said that though I am running the London Marathon in just over a week for the charity Diabetes UK so if anyone wants to sponsor me then it would be very much appreciated!

http://www.justgiving.com/mattheaford

sorry I posted twice!

Done! I'm one of your sponsor for the marathon!

I did not choose the pioneer F900Bt, it came with my new car, but there are many things I did not like of it. I was about to sell it and buy something else when I found this forum, almost a months ago, and realized how many things can be done to improve the system.

You basically fixed all the things I did not like!!! That's way I asked about the donation! I'm truly thankful to you and the other smart people hacking on the piooner.... Anyway, glad I can contribute for good purpose!!!

keep up your work!!

good luck for your marathon.

at least I know it's not only my problem!

 

Is there a way I can make a donation for some beers for you for all the work you have done and shared?

 

 

Believe it or not I enjoy doing this and was only too glad to share my work when people asked and I certainly don't expect any rewards for doing it, it is just great to be part of the community!

 

Having said that though I am running the London Marathon in just over a week for the charity Diabetes UK so if anyone wants to sponsor me then it would be very much appreciated!

 

http://www.justgiving.com/mattheaford

I love your mods. I was wondering if you can make the clock bigger on the screen. I can't see that well so that would help.

Jfinley0

I love your mods. I was wondering if you can make the clock bigger on the screen. I can't see that well so that would help.

Jfinley0

The trouble making the clock bigger is that it wouldn't fit nicely in the box at the bottom of the screen, if you can think of a place where a bigger clock would fit then maybe I could take a look for you.

Would it work putting on top middle?

Jfinley0