bosoxfan

limitless.. provided we can boot to a standard explorer shell and not just navi.exe

- communicate from nav to nav system
- get on web to check whatever
- wardriving
- instant messaging!
- transferring files to/from flash and from dvd

etc.

bosoxfan

oh something really neat would be somehow interfacing your radar detector to the nav system and using a high-speed cell data card instead of wifi to communicate back to a server the location of radar traps

then other tl users with the setup could download and you could say "display pigs!" and your lovely nav system would say "now display pigs" and presto radar traps appear

ok now im getting absurd but its late and im learning as much about windows ce, sh4 architecture, and the alpine hardware as possible

anyone know which ver of win ce the nav systems run? and how about the location of any emulators that support applications compiled for sh4 architecture?

rets

Awesome... if this one really applies well into 3GTL, tons of TL'rs will fly here... Thanks.

zeezz

hey rets, here already....

jeffreytchui

heybysin do you have a psd version of the JDM honda splash scrren i need to transpose the Honda emblem over to the

Version.

Thanks bro,


SO HOPEFULLY

Please help................hahah thanks again man, Happy Birthday and I hope you enjoy t he donation!

zeezz

dude jeffrey t chui i just posted those on the last page.

LIL TANE

What up boys,

I'm from V6P, I had to sign up just to thank bysin for his work, this was definitely ingenious, good work dude.

I wanted to confirm that it works on my 2003 Honda Accord Coupe. I am, however, having the same problem as Iceman and a couple other users with that 5 second black screen lag. The problem with that also is, the music for example doesn't come on til that splash screen comes up.

Any help would be appreciated, I'm using the Matrix one by the way, and the file size is the same as original, so kinda confused.

I know I will for sure be contributing a few dollars for bysin's hard work, I hope others who are using his hack do the same, keep up the work man, peace.

jeffreytchui

I know you did but I need it to be a Honda Sign. and I need bysins original Hondal psd to take his Honda Layer.

bysin

I'm working on updated versions.. Hopefully in the future you all can use your navis as fully-fuctional windows ce desktops.

bysin

Nah I'm sorry, that JDM honda background was actually made by honda for the accord. You'd have to ask them.

jeffreytchui

Hey is there anyway to make a sound clip play when you turn on the ignition?

jeffreytchui

Made one.

Whiskers

The talent on A=TSX is

x-mode007

I tried this last night on MY 3rd GEN TL and worked. This is so cool, finally a mod for the navi I can use and very easy to do. GOOD JOB!!!!

zax123

This is definitely a very cool mod and the fact that it works on TSXs as well as TLs (my 3rd gen worked great) is very neat.

Of course, this project has a LOT more potential than changing the startup screen and that's what makes it truly exciting.

We could start developing custom apps for the CE platform and the potential is limitless!

Of course, the nag-screen would be a great place to start. :P

Beoshingus

You're nuts...

Coolhaus

First of all, bysin, you rule. Second of all, you rule. Third of all...

I've used your tool to change the background so far, and it worked great. Only snag so far is that I'm getting a few seconds of black screen at startup. Hopefully you can address that at some point, although I would trade it for no nag

Is there any sort of paypal set up for this, or a way I can send you a check? I'd like to make a small donation for your time. Hell, I'll buy you a stack of CD-Rs if you want and have them shipped to you.

Thanks again!

gatorsong

Donate more money so he can buy a cdrw burner so he doesn't waste disc

MoFocker

i noticed a longer delay in mine this morning at startup, maybe 10 seconds? i dont know why, but i pressed version/load disc and reloaded the software as i drove to work today. ill probably just go and put the new screen back because it looked so kick ass. anyone know the cause for the longer delay?

joerockt

bysin allowed for larger file sizes for the startup screens. Larger file = delay.

If you want to avoid that, keep it around or under 113K (I think that was the size), or just take a look at the orginal back.bmp.

matelot

what joerockt said above ^^^^ re increased file size.

If you read bysin's post(s) he stated he's working on addressing the file size issue

re donation: were you not on his download page where there is a link to do just that ?????

bosoxfan

any chance a dreamcast emulator could be used for testing purposes? i'm having trouble turning up a windowsce emulator that will run executables compiled for the hitachi sh4 platform

oh and for those of you looking for the navi.exe disclaimer in IDA, it starts at rdata:00455FB0

jastor3759

Was that the start of the nag message or the "OK" Button?

When I load my TL's navi.exe, the message starts at 00455C54. I'm really curious if the navi.exe versions are different.

Thanks

bosoxfan

yeah of course im sure there are lots of different versions.. this is 3.30g but there may even be a multitude of different builds per version.

zax123

OK, I'm going to do this even though I feel really bad doing it. I've scoured the net looking for IDA (or an equivalent FREEWARE SH4 disassembler) but have only found the demo version of IDA which supports only x86 processors. Could someone PM a source for an SH4-enabled version of IDA? Please?

accsuperstar

sweeeet just got mine to work

crfortin

No Nag, Startup Screens, Startup Sounds? !

would be cool if we could put a flash-card reader in the PCMCIA slot and then use it to play media files MP3/MPEG4 on a high capacity memory card.

Or how about a way to replace the voice feedback with something more interesting (sexy celebrity voices).

WiFi access would be pretty cool too. I don't know about the technical side of this but Since the nav system has access to the microphone and speaker, could the TL (bluetooth phone with a bluetooth PCMCIA card)/sun orientation HVAC, or even RL features traffic info (where does it get the traffic data from ?). Could you just run code from the TL or RL system on the TSX ?

Ubercool would be to tie the hondata monitor program from the ECU back into the screen with some kind of cool 3Dstyle performance graph.

Possibilities seem endless.

Any ideas on the specs. of the Nav/Computer ?

nukdriver

I own an '03 Honda Accord and an '04 TL, both with navigation. This hack works on both of them. Thank You. The community owes you a huge debt for opening up all of the possibilities.

I have been looking for a disassember for SH4, does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations?

Turbowhat2

im not getting any delay when loading the new screen. my filesize is smaller than original tho. original was 113,038 or something along those lines. Mine is 112,560 or something close to there.

joerockt

Wow, look at all the ppl camped out here

Arcticcl9

My delay is not bad when the navi boots up with my new screen...I think I got a a good sized pic.

This is a cool mod that let's everyone personalize their navi!

Now waiting for no-nag..keep up the good work, bysin!

n3ok318

iTrader: (1)

yea start up sound would be great!

daniel1113

I decided to go the personalized route:

vasu

i like the idea of using a brochure shot. I've been racking my brain for a couple days now for something that wouldn't look tacky, and of course as an anal graphic design person I've made a dozen and trashed them. I think i might use one of those shots as well, or go minimal with white text on black with some light shadow

-vasu

daniel1113

Let me know if you'd like a vector copy of the Acura logo. I'm sure another graphic designer would appreciate it

vasu

daniel, I'd love one, i was just going to trace one in Freehand or do one from scratch, but I'd love one predone

can you post a link for everyone or if not can you just email it to me ( my email should be in my profile)

zeezz

hey, a vector would be great. can you email it to me or uploadhut.com it? thanks!

UofMFan

Just a thought, it could be possible to only place a subset of the maps included on the DVDs on a disc and use the remaining space for other types of files (MP3, MPG4, Software). I'm not at all familiar with the formats of the maps and other POI data, but seems like it could have possibilities. If you happen to need an expanded map set, you could put back in the original DVD. Most people have DVD burners these days, and for those that don't, can get them under $50 these days.

Startup sounds would be a cool idea. What sounds clips you guys thinking of using? I imagine you could really freak out some of the acura employees when you take in your car for maintenance.

I also think it would be amazingly cool if I could use the BT internet access in my Treo 650, to have a way of displaying my email, traffic updates (http://maps.yahoo.com/traffic), satellite imagery (http://maps.google.com) on the LCD screen.

daniel1113

Here yah go:

Acura Logo

Enjoy

zax123

Over on the TL forums, a few people have tried to burn a copy of the DVD (it's a DVD-9 dual layer) and have been unsuccesful. Unfortunately, to remove map data and have fancy things that are more runtime going on, we'd have to LEAVE our burned DVD in the drive and they haven't been succesful in doing that. If someone has a method to do it, please let me know. Up to now, we weren't able to make backups of the Navi disc as a permanent replacement. Uploading the BIN file which stays in the navi system's ROM isn't a problem cuz the disc doesn't need to stay in.