DUMB QUESTION HAVE BEEN UP FOR HOURS HAVE READ POSTS AND NONE OF THEM ARE WORKING FOR ME I JUST NEED SOME HELP PLEASE AND I WILL LEAVE YOU ALL ALONE IS IT BECAUSE OF WINDOWS VISTA OR AM I JUST DOING IT WRONG PLEASE HELP
Don't be mad at me, I am not trying to be mean. But honestly your post makes no sense to me. I don't understand what doesn't work for you? More specific details and I or someone else will definitely help you out.
If you mean burning a disc with new backgrounds on it, Vista itself has no bearing on that. I have Vista Premium and am able to burn background discs as well as backup Nav discs with no problems whatsoever on Vista.
OK, I AM TRYING TO DOWNLOAD PICTURES TO A DISC THEY ARE JPEG AND I CAN NOT VIEW THEM IN MY D3 IT DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE DISC. DO I NEED A CERTAIN PROGRAM OR IS THERE A STEP BY STEP I CAN FALLOW?
you cannot use the built in cd burner in vista. You need something like Nero, Roxio or similar.
Burn a data disc. It also may be your media. Perhaps try another media disk.
the pictures also need to be in a folder named BG on the disc, and approx. 100MB of dummy data in the root folder. It would help you a bit to read the manual on this as well.
I AM NOT COMPUTER ELITERATE SO THAT MAY HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO DO WITH WHY I AM STRUGGLING SO MUCH!!! I WILL TRY THAT AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENS THANK YOU
and it shows.
I AM NOT COMPUTER ELITERATE SO THAT MAY HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO DO WITH WHY I AM STRUGGLING SO MUCH!!! I WILL TRY THAT AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENS THANK YOU
HUH?????????? He says he isnt computer eliterate[sic] so thats why is he struggling so much? Isnt it supposed to be that is is a computer illiterate.
I AM NOT COMPUTER ELITERATE SO THAT MAY HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO DO WITH WHY I AM STRUGGLING SO MUCH!!! I WILL TRY THAT AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENS THANK YOU
HUH?????????? He says he isnt computer eliterate[sic] so thats why is he struggling so much? Isnt it supposed to be that is is a computer illiterate.
No, it means he is computer literate.
But hey, we are here to help if we can and not be English teachers. We can all correct punctuation.
the pictures also need to be in a folder named BG on the disc, and approx. 100MB of dummy data in the root folder. It would help you a bit to read the manual on this as well.
Paisan, he's talking about the D3, so this is not the case. My PICTURES folder is only 1.5 megs and it works for me.
the pictures also need to be in a folder named BG on the disc, and approx. 100MB of dummy data in the root folder. It would help you a bit to read the manual on this as well.
I have win Vista too, here is how I did mine! First, you cant use the BG folder with the D3, you need a folder named: "PICTURES"... Save your pics as ".JPG" or ".jpg" Do not put more than 20 pics in the folder... You should put at least 1.8MB of dummy data on the disk, but the 2nd CD I made worked fine without the dummy data. Dont use music files (mp3, acc, wav) for dummy data, and don't put the dummy data in the PICTURES folder. Now make an ISO, when you burn the CD, find a setting to finalize the CD... There are other ways to do it. I tried to burn a data CD and it did't work. I had to create an image with MagicISO. Now, people will post after me and call me dumb and say you dan't have to do all that, but hey! It worked for me... It depends on what you burn your CD with. I have one small pic that is only 87.8KB on the CD and it works fine, no dummy data.
Shot at 2007-06-28
I AM TRYING TO ADD BACKGROUND TO MY D3. IWENT THROUGH ABOUT A DOZEN CD-R'S. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN WHEN I PUT THE DISC IN, BUT IT DOESNT SHOW UP. IT JUST SAYS READING FORMAT, THEN NOTHING. I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE T. ANY MORE IDEA'S? I USED MAGICISO, SET EVERYTHING THE SAME AS SCREEN SHOTS, AND NOTHING.
1. STOP YELLING.
2. Did you go into the settings on your D3? The D3 won't automatically prompt you when the disc is recognized.
i'M SORRY, i'M NOT YELLING, ITS THE CAPS LOCK, see? 
I went into settings, functions, everything. There was nothing new anywhere.
try this
1. MAKE DISC
2. PUT DISC IN D3
3. SYSTEM SETTINGS
4. BACKGROUND PICTURE..OR WHATEVER IT SAYS
5. IMPORT FROM DISC
6. SELECT YOUR PICTURE
7. DONE
OK, so I was able to get two pictures to post as background. I used the magiciso method and it seemed to work. I wasnt able to upload from disk though, I had to go into backgrounds and just pull from there for some reason, but good enough for me.
Thanks alot guys. BTW, I enjoyed this site from day 1. I got my D3 from a local shop here before they were even released. They picked it up from Pioneer at a show a were suppose to demo it and give feed back along with hype the unit. I am stoked I didnt pay twice as much for previous model. I have already done the XM, I-pod, nav/dvd mod and am just waiting for a decent bluetooth to come out. See you all soon, cheers!
Eric
do u burn a cd or a dvd?
bump
CD worked fine for me.
Also, when loading on the D3, You can't select READ FROM DISK in the settings menu. Select Background Images and then click on each one (splash, Nav menu, a/v menu) When you select each one it will ask you if you want to take it from disk. Select that, select your image and then select whether or not you want it centered or tiled (tiled = repeat on the menu)
Shot at 2007-06-28
thank you so much for that step-by-step diagram! i was having lots of trouble doing drag and drop in vista but then i tried your steps and it worked perfectly!
thanks again!
what is the best size for the images? alot of mine didnt quite fit right and were looking like crappy quality... any tips?
i'M SORRY, i'M NOT YELLING, ITS THE CAPS LOCK, see?I went into settings, functions, everything. There was nothing new anywhere.
I think the problem some people are having is the same one I just had:
The menu you must go to is the NAVI MENU. Then you hit "Settings" at the top, then "System Options" in the middle, then "Background Picture Setting", etc. I was trying to do everything from the A/V Menu like a dunce.
It's all laid out on page 66 of the owner's manual.