I notice you say your going through a lot of CD's. Why don't you use CD-RW? It work for me. Just to conserve money.

 

ok, im going to atempt to do this, someone help

 

help with what?

 

Well, while we're posting screens, I'll contribute one:



You can download it here if you'd like.

BTW, this is compression compensated, so when it's seen on the screen it should look right.

 

oops didnt realize the dumpnavi tool was in that link, im gonna start now, i hope it will work with the navi version i have in the 01 TL, im gonna post how it goes and if i get stuck

 

ok this wont work for the 99-01 TL

 

One more:



Download here.

 

I dont have a CD-RW burner.

 

I would say ask a friend to borrow a cdrw burner, but i guess that be hard, if i live in orland i lend u my burner. I know someone in orlando, but i dont know if he will lend his burner to you. I would say go buy it, its cheap but dont know if u want to waste the money

 

anyone else try this on a 99-01 TL, i couldnt get it to work, couldnt even get the "version">> and "Loading Filename" to appear, i know what the version is but dont know what filename to use

 

I believe the TL has a different format for the dvd. I have no bin files on mine at all. There are ELF files in the directories. Is there a debug mode for the 03 navigation?

 

Hey bysin you got my handle misspelled as "acrticll9" on your website =)

 

Im so miserable! My navi has been in the shop for 17 days!!! If i dont get it back from acura by wednesday, im stealing another tsx from their lot and messing with thier navi. My loaner is a non-nav. BTW, 6 speed rocks and i now hate auto. it's like being on the wrong side of a window in front of a candy store....

 

Speaking of which, won't it be nice to leave a navi loaner car a nice surprise by leaving a different background image..and since it's easily fix, no harm no foul

 

Very nice background. Do you have the psd, I wanted to add my name or something somewhere on the screen as well. Thanks.

 

I just wanted to chime in and say good work Bysin. I knew some genious would come around figure out some cool shit to do with the navi eventually.

Can we sticky this thread (if it hasn't been already)?

 

Thats why I posted it in a TSX forum

 

Whoops

 

Hey can you guys make this with a honda Emblem instead? I have a Euro R conversion so the Acura splash doesnt really work with my application. I love that startup screen though!!!!! If you have the .psd file that would be awesome too!!!!

Something like this

 

What are you guys using to make the bmp files?
This is what I did:

I used photoshop to open up one of the bmp files in this thread.
I cropped and resized a jpg file to 480x234
I did a "select all" and copy the jpg
did a paste to the bmp file.

This is where the problem starts, seems like after I do a paste to the bmp, I'd lose all the color info from the jpg, and it just shows up in black and white...

any pointers?


Thanks.

 

When you select all, go to new to open the blank sheet. Before clicking ok, select RGB near teh bottom. You are probably opening the new image in grey scale. Then paste. Should solve the problem

 

i'm telling floridaowner you said that about him

 

bysin, is there any way that you can modify other stuff such as the way the Auido and/or climate controls look? Is there a way to make new skins for the that current software so that we can change the look of it? Can you add mpeg and mp3 functionality to it?

Also, can you post some links to documention on the SH-4 assembly language that you have found most helpful. Are there any detailed specification on what type of hardware is in the Acura TSX audio/climate/navi unit.

 

Hi guys, just updated the file to the correct aspect ratio i think..



uploading the PSD's right now to upload hut or somewhere...

 

you posted that AS the cd was burning with the modified BIN file. I got a pop up at the bottom saying i have mail as it said 10 seconds left to burn. I guess ill see what this updated photo does before i do anything...

 

well, it should still look okay. its hard to notice, its just off a little itty bit.

here is the file, ratio compensated
http://uploadhut.com/view.php/62231.psd

here is the file, uncompensated (you probably want to start from this)
http://uploadhut.com/view.php/62238.psd

hopefully i'm doing this right, following the ratio directions from earlier in this thread.

 

do i need to recopy all the files off the dvd again? i just tried to remodify it and it says the file your selecting must be equal or less then the file you are replacing...

 

do i use the compensated or uncompensated one? i see how one is a little taller then the other...

 

if you're not gonna edit just use the 2nd one i posted

 

well im starting from scratch... so i should use the 2nd one right?
sorry to be such a pain...

 

personalized is the way to go

 

ugh! well now im trying to save the 2nd file but it wont let me save the psd to a bmp in 8bit. im about to give up...

 

umm yeah i dont know how to work my roommates camera (hence flash) but im a better programmer than photographer :P

looks like i found a new project for my week off.. check out the acura tl recognizing the cisco aironet 340 series pcmcia card in the trunk

 

i got it to work. i cant tell if it takes longer for the splash screen to show up after starting the car then it used too... seems its blank for 5 or 10 seconds rather then instantly showing up; or i could just be imagining things.

btw, if anyone messes up you dont have to disconnect the battery i dont think. just put the navi disc in, do the menu, cancel and map, hit version and hit load disc. it should just reload the original software from the dvd disc.

 

hmm not sure if that last link was working.. image should now be stable below:

 

well MoFocker i dont think ur imagining things i am getting a similar delay and i was told its becuase my back.BMP is larger that the orignal one but i checked it has the exact same properties as the orignal one and i am still getting a delay

 

It does take an extra 5 seconds. However, it is worth every extra second!

Just did Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon BMP on my 3rg gen TL. So sweet! Thanks!

 

if anyone figures out how to do it on a 2nd gen TL, id be glad to know

 

god damn.

best first post EVAR!

welcome to the forums Bysin.

this is incredible stuff. I can not wait to see how far you can go with it.



oh, and STUCK!

 

What kind of potential does having WiFi in our Nav system have?